Swedish Pensions Agency to add SEK 8.2bn to premium pension accounts

Swedish premium pension accounts will be credited with SEK 8.2bn on 8 May, as the Swedish Pensions Agency (SPA) distributes fund rebates and inheritance gains, net of administration fees.

This is up from SEK 7.9bn for the 2025 allocation.

The payment comprises SEK 7.8bn in fund rebates from asset managers and SEK 1bn in inheritance gains, less SEK 597m in administration fees.

SPA pension specialist Agneta Claesson commented: “Those who receive an income pension also accrue funds in the premium pension, where fund providers offer discounted fees to participate in the fund marketplace.

"The rebate is now distributed together with inheritance gains, which are paid out monthly.”

The premium pension system is funded through an annual fee on savers, totalling SEK 597m in 2026, or 0.024 per cent of assets under management.

The charge is capped at SEK 157 per individual, averaging around SEK 70 per person.

The capital-weighted fund fee averaged 0.11 per cent of assets under management in 2025.

Without the fund platform rebate, the average capital-weighted fee would instead have been 0.4 per cent.

The number of premium pension accounts totalled 8,593,000 in the 2026 allocation period, up from 8,456,000 a year earlier.



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