Abstract
Sweden has a long and rich foundation history. In the early 21st century, there are currently some 14,500 larger foundations – foundations that have more than 350,000 Swedish krona (SEK) (about €34,250) in capital and thus are obliged to register with the County Administrative Board – and these function in a wide variety of fields and roles. Statistics are scarce in this field, and many changes have occurred as a result of the new law on foundations. However, according to earlier estimates, there are perhaps as many as 20,000 or 30,000 smaller foundations in Sweden in addition to the 15,000 larger ones, and these are not captured in the statistics below (Wijkström 2001).