Prominent events in Sweden about Bitcoin
Events in 2014
Sweden government turns
to the European Union to come up with rules on VAT (Value-added Tax)
Sweden based payment
processor Klarna tests a Bitcoin integration to serve US and Europe
clients more efficiently.
Bitcoin-related business
gets their bank accounts suspended from Nordea and other Swedish Banks
Events in 2015
The biggest Bitcoin
consumer-oriented event is held in Stockholm
BTCX exchange takes the
Swedish Tax Authority to court over the request to disclose the transaction
history of over 20 000 customers
The 3rd largest bank in
Sweden releases a whole page ad to explain its stance on Bitcoin in the biggest
online newspaper – Swedish Dagbladet with the title “This May be Bitcoin’s
Fatal Blow”
Stripe expands its
payment services to Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark becoming a direct
competitor to Klarna
Events in 2016
Blockchain smart
contracts are tested for land registering
The Swedish Bank SEB
invests in Danish blockchain payment service provider Coinify
Swedish Bitcoin Foundation
warns against OneCoin – a famous Ponzi scheme in the crypto industry
Events in 2017
Blockchain smart
contracts land registry finishes its second phase
Sweden officially starts
using the blockchain land registry
Nasdaq and SEB partner
in a test for Mutual funds on Blockchain
Events in 2018
After two years of
testing the first Blockchain property transaction is conducted by Lantmäteriet
(Swedish land-ownership Authority)
Stockholm IT Ventures AB
(SITV) obtains a software license agreement with Valens Bank
Events in 2019
Android users in Norway,
Denmark and Sweden can purchase ETH (Ethereum) through the Opera browser
Swedish based exchange QuickBit is hacked, leaking sensitive information about its users.