What is “BRF”?
BRF stands for Bostadsrättsförening (Swedish), a cooperative used primarily in Sweden. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Bostadsrättsförening, a Swedish-language term. It translates literally as “Housing cooperative association.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as bostadsrättsförening.
Where it's used
BRF appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to BRF in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “BRF” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme BRF” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Acme BRF", "country": "se"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme brf",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"brf"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does BRF stand for?
BRF stands for Bostadsrättsförening (Swedish), which translates as "Housing cooperative association".
Is a BRF public or private?
A BRF is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a BRF?
Owners of a BRF have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use BRF?
BRF is used in Sweden.
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