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Qualified Signatures: The créme de la créme of E-Signatures

Explore how qualified signatures can be integrated to streamline your administrative processes.


Understanding Qualified Signatures​

Qualified signatures hold the same legal weight as handwritten signatures, and are recognized in the EU and EEA. This makes them ideal for contracts and agreements that require a higher level of security and legal certainty. Some governments and organizations (such as Bolagsverket in Sweden) even require it for certain types of documents.


Get started with Qualified Signatures​

In order to get started with qualified signatures, you need to upgrade your API client to version 3.2.3 or higher. You can do this by navigating to the client settings on zigned.se and selecting "Upgrade". Then just specify the trust level as QES when creating or updating an agreement. It's really that simple!


Caveats and Limitations when using Qualified Signatures​

We embed your qualified signature as a native PDF signature. As such, it is limited to the same restrictions as any other PDF signature:

  • The signing process must be sequential, as each signature builds on the previous.
  • Since the signature is embedded in the PDF and the process is sequential, it is not possible to combine with detached signing methods such as BankID.
  • Parallell signature workflows, such as the use of signing groups, are not supported as it goes against the PDF standard.