Background

History

The Swedish House of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics was founded in 2011 by the Stockholm School of Economics and the Institute for Financial Research (SIFR) through a government initiative to strengthen financial research in Sweden with the aim to be one of the top research institutions in Europe.

The Institute for Financial Research (SIFR) was established in 2001 by an initiative from the Swedish financial sector with the purpose to support research in finance and step up the dialogue between researchers and decision-makers in the private and public sector.

Since SIFR and the Swedish House of Finance share the same ultimate goals, the two organizations merged in June 2016 and decided to act under one name: the Swedish House of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics.