About disqualifications
Last updated: 2 August 2021.
You can check if a person has an active disqualification by searching in the Register of Bankruptcies.
You must log on through the ID-porten in order to search in the Register of Bankruptcy. The one you are making a search on, will not be notified that you have made a search on him or her.
To make sure you find the right person, you must use the person’s national ID number or d number when making a search. You may also search on a name.
The search result shows the name, date of birth, municipality and disqualification period. The information is collected from the point in time when the disqualification was registered. If you want more information, for instance check whether the person is removed from an existing position, you must contact the Register of Bankruptcy.
Changes of name and address in the National Population Register will not be updated in the search results. The service will show all active disqualification periods on a person.
Persons with disqualification cannot start or establish a new enterprise, or undertake new roles, such as general manager, chair of the board, board member or deputy board member during the disqualification period. In certain cases, the disqualification may imply that a person is removed from existing positions.
The district court may issue a verdict disqualification if a person is suspected of a criminal act in an enterprise that is, or has been under bankruptcy proceedings. The same applies if a person has been found unfit to establish an enterprise, become a general manager, chair of the board, board member or deputy board member in a new company, due to improper business conduct.
Both enterprises and individuals can go bankrupt and this means that they loose the right to decide over their assets.
Only individuals can be declared disqualified. A disqualification is a means to prevent people from starting a new enterprise, or taking on new roles, such as general manager, chair of the board, board member or deputy board member, during the period of disqualification.
A disqualification period normally lasts for two years. A person may have several disqualification periods.