Sources for Historical Balance Sheet Data on Swedish Companies

Summary

The document addresses where to obtain historical balance sheet information for backtesting strategies on Swedish companies. It suggests beginning with company annual reports, which commonly include annual financial statements. For larger companies, regulatory authorities may also provide financial information, though access can involve a fee. A further option is to request records directly from the company.

These are practical source leads rather than a detailed data collection method. The answer does not identify particular Swedish filings, databases, coverage periods, formats, or costs, and it gives no examples of companies or downloaded records. Researchers would need to check whether the available statements are complete and comparable across firms and years, and whether the reporting dates align with the backtest’s information set. The exchange does not discuss handling restatements, accounting changes, or publication lags, all of which can affect historical equity research.

Key ideas

• Company annual reports are a potential source of historical financial statements.
• Regulatory authorities may provide information for larger companies, sometimes for a fee.
• Researchers can also ask companies directly for historical balance sheet data.
• The answer does not specify particular Swedish databases or address reporting lags and data consistency.

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I would like to run backtests on swedish companies.

How I can retrieve historical balance sheet data?

## Answer by user51037 (score 1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/65787

Depends on the size of the company. Large companies publish an annual report in which the annual financial statements are also included. If the company is large enough, it is also possible to obtain information from the regulatory authorities, but this usually costs money.

Alternatively, you could ask the company itself.

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