| AIM | Alternative Investment Market |
| AUM | assets under management |
| ATP | allmän tilläggspension (general supplementary pension) |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CPIF | Sweden Consumer Price Index with fixed interest rate |
| DCS | dual-class shares |
| DE | Germany |
| DK | Denmark |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| ESA 2010 | 2010 European System of Accounts |
| ESMA | European Securities and Market Authority |
| ETF | exchange traded fund |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| FoF | fund of funds |
| FR | France |
| FSA | Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| IBA | income base amounts |
| IFRS | International Financing Reporting Standards |
| INFE | International Network on Financial Education |
| IPO | initial public offering |
| IPS | Individuellt pensionssparande (individual pension savings) |
| ISK | Investeringssparkonto (investment savings account) |
| ITP | Industrins och handelns tilläggspension (Occupational Pension Scheme for Industry and Trade) |
| MCR | Minimum Capital Requirement |
| MiFID II | Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II |
| MTF | multilateral trading facility |
| NGM | Nordic Growth Market |
| NL | Netherlands |
| Nomad | nominated adviser |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OMXN40 | OMNX Nordic 40 |
| PE | private equity |
| PPP | purchasing power parity |
| PTK | Council for Negotiation and Cooperation |
| SCR | Solvency Capital Requirement |
| SE | Sweden |
| SEB | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken |
| SEK | Swedish Krona |
| SIXRX | SIX Return Index |
| SME | small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SPO | secondary public offering (follow-on offering) |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| US | United States |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| VC | venture capital |
The Swedish Equity Market
Institutional Framework and Trends
