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Banks issued ID cards in Sweden for decades. Source: I worked as a teller and knew the procedure. Passports only became legal IDs in the last decade or so.

• SahAssar 6y ago
  Even then you usually needed a letter proving your identity (personbevis) from the government, right? So the bank was not the arbiter of "who was who", but issued the ID cards.
  • gerikson 6y ago
    Correct, but banks were responsible for devising security features etc.