Two Swedish accountancy bodies merge
13 Aug 2006
Two main Swedish professional accountancy organisations have agreed to merge effective 1 September 2006. The two groups are the Swedish Organisation of Certified Public Accountants (Foreningen for Auktoriserade Revisorer, or FAR) and the Swedish Organisation of Auditors (Svenska Revisorsamfundet or SRS).
The combined organisation has about 4,000 members comprising authorized public accountants, approved public accountants, and other highly qualified professionals in the accountancy sector in Sweden. The new body is known as FAR SAS.