Securities holdings in SEK

The securities bought by the Riksbank were government bonds, treasury bills, covered bonds (mortgage bonds), commercial papers, municipal bonds and corporate bonds. As from April 2023, the Riksbank is selling government bonds, and the sales pace has since been adjusted upwards on two occasions, most recently in the monetary policy decision in February 2024, see Sale of government bonds.

To maintain good operational capability, the Riksbank decided in November 2024 to establish a long-term holding that enables regular trading of nominal government bonds. This holding should amount to a nominal value of SEK 20 billion and over time broadly reflect the composition of outstanding nominal government bonds with a remaining maturity of approximately 1 to 15 years. The Riksbank will continue with the ongoing sales of Swedish nominal government bonds until the holding, excluding Government Bond 1059 and the Green Bond, amounts to SEK 20 billion. This means that sales are expected to cease at the end of 2025.

This page presents summaries of how the Riksbank's total holdings and total purchases of securities, broken down into the various asset types, have developed since the start of the purchases in March 2020. In addition, the change in holdings over the last month is reported broken down into the various asset types. Finally, compiled information is reported about the Riksbank's holdings of various securities related to outstanding stock on the market of each of the securities. The holdings and purchases are reported in nominal amounts, that is, the value at maturity that is not affected by variation in market interest rates.

Holdings of securities

The Riksbank’s total holdings of securities. The holdings are the net sum of purchased securities, i.e. the total sum of securities minus sold (government bonds) and matured securities at each point in time. The holdings are reported in nominal amounts and is based on the transaction date for the Riksbank's purchase and sale of the bonds.

Purchases of securities during the Corona pandemic

Here, we present the Riksbank’s total purchases of securities at each point in time since the beginning of March 2020. The purchases are reported in nominal amounts and is based on the transaction date for the Riksbank's purchase of the bonds. Note that securities purchases ceased in December 2022 and the chart below has not be updated since then. 

The Riksbank´s holdings of securities compared to the outstanding stock on the market

Here, we present the Riksbank's holdings of securities compared to the outstanding stock on the market. The outstanding stock shown in the diagram has been retrieved from Statistics Sweden (SCB). The outstanding stock for government bonds, treasury bills, covered bonds and municipal bonds shows the entire outstanding stock on the Swedish market. The outstanding stock for corporate bonds and corporate certificates shows the outstanding stock for so-called non-financial corporations in Swedish kronor. Only Swedish issuers are included in the figures.