The Stockholm School of Economics is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with PhD- and Executive education programs. SSE’s Master program in Finance is ranked no.18 worldwide as of 2018. The Masters in Management program is ranked no. 7 worldwide by the Financial Times. QS ranks SSE no.26 among universities in the field of […]
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The Stockholm University of the Arts is a public university college created 1 January 2014 by merging the School of Dance and Circus, the University College of Opera, and the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. This is the result of the ministerial committee directive issued in 2012. The three institutions remained autonomous with regards to undergraduate studies, but the amalgamation intended […]
The Swedish Defence University is situated on Drottning Kristinas väg 37 in Östermalm, Stockholm City Centre, next to the campus of the Royal Institute of Technology. Programme The University trains and educates domestic and international military and civilian personnel. The University offers training for career and reserve officers of the Swedish Armed Forces. Graduates contribute, both nationally and internationally, to the […]
Konstfack, or University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden. Education Following the standards of the Bologna process, Konstfack offers bachelor’s degree programmes (3 years, 180 ECTS credits, Bachelor of Fine Arts), and master’s degree programmes (2 years, 120 ECTS credits, Master of Fine Arts). There are also Art Education programmes (teacher programmes, […]
The Royal College of Music, Stockholm is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The institution was made independent of the Academy in 1971 and is now a public authority directly under the Ministry of Education and Research. Vice-Chancellor from June 2019 […]
The Royal Institute of Art is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in art, founded in 1735. The school was part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, until 1978 when it was made independent. It is under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and Research. Training Program in free art Postmaster courses International exchange Research Postgraduate education Research project […]
KTH Royal Institute of Technology abbreviated KTH, is a publicresearch university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education within engineering and technology, and is Sweden’s largest technical university. Currently, KTH consists of five schools with four campuses in and around Stockholm. KTH is the highest ranked technical university in Sweden. It is ranked top 100 in the world among all universities in the 2020 QS World […]
The Karolinska Institute is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. The Karolinska Institute is Sweden’s third oldest medical school, after Uppsala University (founded in 1477) and Lund University (founded in 1666). It is one of Sweden’s largest centres for training and research, accounting for 30% of the medical training and more than 40% of all academic medical and life science […]
Stockholm University is a public university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, it is one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world by the Academic Ranking of […]
Swedish Match AB is a Swedish company based in Stockholm that makes snus, moist snuff, and chewing tobacco (with its Red Man brand). These products are known as moist smokeless tobacco. The company also makes machine-made cigars, matches, and lighters and sells batteries, light bulbs and disposable razors. Swedish Match operates in 11 countries and has 6,270 employees (average 2019). The products are sold globally, with a majority of […]
FOREX Bank is a Swedish retailing bank, which is noted for specialising in currency exchange services. The company was started in 1927 providing currency exchange for travellers, at the main Stockholm Central train station. Legend says that it started by the owner of Gyllenspet’s Barber Shop at the station, when he discovered that most of his customers were tourists in need […]
Vattenfall is a Swedish multinational power company owned by the Government of Sweden. Beyond Sweden, the company generates power in Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The company’s name is Swedish for “waterfall”, and is an abbreviation of its original name, Royal Waterfall Board (Kungliga Vattenfallstyrelsen). Distribution Vattenfall dominates the electrical distribution in 60 municipalities in Sweden. Other mayor grid companies include Ellevio (formerly […]
Spotify Technology S.A is a Luxembourg-based holding company who owns Spotify AB a Swedish audio streaming and media services provider, founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek. Spotify is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in 17 different countries around the world. It is one of the world’s largest music streaming service providers, with over 345 million monthly active users, including 155 million paying subscribers, as of December 2020. Spotify […]
Skanska AB is a multinationalconstruction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska is the fifth largest construction company in the world according to Construction Global magazine. Notable Skanska projects include renovation of the United Nations Headquarters, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub project, Moynihan Train Hall, 30 St Mary Axe, MetLife Stadium, Mater Dei Hospital, among others. Operations Skanska divides its operations into four business streams: Business […]
Securitas AB is a security services (security guarding and mobile patrolling), monitoring, consulting and investigation group, based in Stockholm, Sweden. The group has over 300,000 employees in 53 countries worldwide. Securitas AB is listed at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, Large Cap segment. Securitas AB owns and operates the Swiss security company Protectas AG in Switzerland, where there already existed a security company called Securitas AG, part of the Swiss Securitas Group. It […]
Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA, English: Swedish Cellulose Company) is a Swedishtimber, pulp and paper manufacturer with headquarters in Sundsvall. It has approximately 4,000 employees and a turnover of approximately SEK 15.4 billion (€1.6 billion). Its main products include many one-use paper products, publication papers, solid-wood products, pulp and forest-based biofuel. Products and brands Containerboard Publication papers: LWC paper, uncoated offset and newsprint Pulp: Star, Celeste […]
Peltarion is an AI software company with offices in Stockholm and London. Product The Peltarion Platform is a cloud-based operational AI platform that allows you to build and deploy your deep learning models. The service offers an end-to-end platform that lets you do everything from pre-processing your data to building models and putting them into production. All of this […]
Ovako AB is a European manufacturer of engineering steel for customers e.g. in the bearing, transportation and manufacturing industries. Since 2018, Ovako has been owned by Nippon Steel Corporation. The production is based on recycled scrap and includes steel in the form of bar, tube, ring and pre-components. Ovako is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of […]
Nynas AB is a Swedish manufacturer of specialty naphthenic oils and bitumen products. Founded in 1928 as a national oil company with a traditional range of products, the company today also supplies specialist products and niche markets. As well as sales offices all over the world, Nynas also has access to a global distribution network. This includes, among other things, three central storage […]
Neonode Inc (Nasdaq: NEON) is a publicly traded company, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and established in 2001. The company provides optical sensing solutions for touch, gesture control, and remote sensing. Neonode technology is currently deployed in more than 73 million products and the company holds more than 120 patents worldwide. Neonode’s customer base includes Fortune 500 […]
Loomis (formerly Loomis, Fargo & Co.) is a cash handling company. The modern company was formed in 1997 by the consolidation of two armoured security concerns, Wells Fargo Armored Service and Loomis Armored Inc. Their international network covers over 400 operating locations in the US and eleven western European countries. In the US, Loomis operates an electronically […]
Lantmännen is an agricultural cooperative and Northern Europe’s leader in agriculture, machinery, bioenergy and food products. Owned by 25,000 Swedish farmers, they have 10,000 employees, operations in over 20 countries and an annual turnover of SEK 45 billion (approximately EUR 4.5 billion). With grain at the heart of their operations, they refine arable land resources to make farming thrive. […]
L E Lundbergföretagen AB is an investment company controlled by the Swedish businessman Fredrik Lundberg and family. Operating companies Fastighets AB L E Lundberg – real estate Listed holdings Hufvudstaden AB – real estate (45.3% stake, 88.1% voting rights) Holmen AB – pulp and paper industry (28% stake, 52% voting rights) Cardo AB – industrial doors, logistics systems, water treatment systems, process equipment. […]
Saab Kockums AB is a shipyard in Malmö, Sweden, owned by the Swedish defence company Saab Group. While having a history of civil vessel construction, Kockums’ most renowned activity is the fabrication of military corvettes and submarines. Ships built by Kockums M/T Frans Suell MV Sovetskaya Latviya Visby-class of stealth corvettes Landsort-class mine countermeasures vessel Styrsö-class mine countermeasures vessel Näcken-class submarine Västergötland-class submarine Södermanland-class submarine […]
Kinnevik AB is a Swedish investment company that was founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor and von Horn families. Kinnevik is an active and long-term owner investing primarily in digital consumer businesses. Current CEO, Georgi Ganev, was appointed in 2018. Kinnevik holds significant stakes in about 30 companies and invest in Europe, with a focus on the Nordics, […]
Holmen AB is a Swedish company which bases its business in the forest industry and the pulp and paper industry. Holmen’s main products are paperboard for consumer packaging and graphical applications. Printing paper for magazines, supplements, direct mail, directories, books and newspapers. They also produce sawn timber for flooring, window components, furniture or construction. Products The business area Iggesund Paperboard produces paperboard for use in the premium packaging and graphics sectors. The […]
Hexagon AB is a global technology group headquartered in Sweden. The operation is focused on precision measuring technologies and is divided into three business areas: Geospatial Measuring (Surveying and GPS), Industrial Metrology (Hexagon Metrology) and Technologies. The company markets its products and services under more than 35 different brands worldwide. The Group employs about 18,000 people in 50 countries. […]
Svenska Handelsbanken AB is a Swedish bank providing universal banking services including traditional corporate transactions, investment banking and trading as well as consumer banking including life insurance. Handelsbanken is one of the major banks in Sweden with over 460 branches. Subsidiaries and branches Home markets: Sweden (more than 450 branches) United Kingdom (more than 200 branches) Denmark (more than 50 branches) Finland […]
Swedbank AB is a Nordic-Baltic banking group based in Stockholm, Sweden, offering retail banking, asset management, financial, and other services. Organisation Swedbank sign above an automated teller machine in Karlskrona.The Swedbank logo (1997—2006). FöreningsSparbanken was created in 1997 through a merger between Sparbanken and Föreningsbanken. The unusual corporate name and logo were compromises of the merger of two different corporate cultures. Swedbank has 7.25 million […]
Esselte is a manufacturer and marketer of office products and business supplies with subsidiaries in 25 countries and sales in over 120 countries. Esselte makes files, binders, folders, covers, staplers, letter trays and computer accessories under the Esselte, Leitz, Oxford, Pendaflex, Rapid and Xyron brands. Customers range from wholesalers and direct marketers to office superstores and mass retailers.
Electrolux AB is a Swedishmultinational home appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm. It is consistently ranked the world’s second largest appliance maker by units sold after Whirlpool. Notable products The Lux vacuum is the first product Electrolux sells. D, Electrolux’s first refrigerator, is an absorption model. Electrolux model 30 vacuum is unveiled. Assistent (Swedish for assistant), the company’s only wartime consumer product, is a mixer/food processor. W […]
EA Digital Illusions CE AB (DICE) is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. Its releases include the Battlefield, Mirror’s Edge and Star Wars Battlefront series. Through their Frostbite Labs division, the company also develops the Frostbite game engine.
Diamyd Medical AB is dedicated to find a cure for type 1 diabetes: first, the autoimmune inflammation need to be down-regulated with a compound such as for example GABA; second, tolerance need to be induced to insulin producing beta cell auto-antigens such as for example GAD65; third, the beta cell mass need to be restored […]
Carnegie Investment Bank AB is a Swedish financial services group with activities in securities brokerage, investment banking and private banking. Founded in 1803, Carnegie is headquartered in Stockholm with offices across the Nordic region, as well as in London, New York, and Luxembourg. The company has market leading positions in equities research and brokerage, corporate finance advisory and private wealth management. Carnegie’s customers include institutional investors, corporates, financial institutions, private equity firms, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Organisation […]
Bonnier AB also the Bonnier Group, is a privately held Swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries. It is controlled by the Bonnier family. International operations In Denmark, operations include magazine publisher Bonnier Publications, which has subsidiaries in Norway, Finland and Sweden; business daily Dagbladet Børsen; film distributors SF Film and film producers SF Film Production. Finnish operations include book publishers Tammi and WSOY; plus magazines […]
Boliden AB is a Swedish mining and smelting company focusing on production of copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver. Following a series of acquisitions during the 1980s and 1990s the company acquired mining and smelting assets of the Finnish mining and smelting company Outokumpu in 2003. Outokumpu acquired the subsidiary Boliden Contech and Boliden’s copper and zinc divisions. As a consequence of the deal, Outokumpu ended up controlling 49 percent […]