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Margarita Feldman

Anders Houltz on world’s fairs in the Hallwylska podcast

CfN's research director Anders Houltz visits Hallwylska museum's podcast again, this time talking about the history of world's fairs.

31 May. 2023

Margarita Feldman

Miljonbemanning receives SvD Business Achievement Award 2023

The three founders of the company Miljonbemanning - Ali Khalil, Saleh Karrani, and Shafik Muwanga - were awarded the SvD Business Achievement Award 2023.

25 May. 2023

Anders Sjöman

Launch “Kerstin Hesselgren – healthcare apostle and parliamentary pioneer”

Welcome to the launch of the book , with the writer Anders Johnson and Andreas Norlén, Speaker of the Swedish Parliament.

23 May. 2023

Passed event

Lecture: ICA and H&M, two Västerås companies who pioneered their industries

Both ICA and H&M are companies that were founded in Västerås. Listen to Centrum för Näringslivshistoria's consultant manager Per-Ola Karlsson, who will tell the story of the two giants on site in Västerås city hall.

16 May. 2023 18:00 - 19:30

Anders Sjöman

Green industry and cultural historical values in Borlänge and Falun

The first stakeholder forum in the project "Goal conflicts create opportunities" was held in Falun and Borlänge on 2-3 May 2023, to discuss synergies between green industry and cultural and historical values together with companies, cultural environmen...

12 May. 2023

Margarita Feldman

New book: “Kerstin Hesselgren – healthcare apostle and parliamentary pioneer”

Kerstin Hesselgren was one of the first five women to take a seat in the Swedish parliament, and also a pioneer in many other fields. We now publish the first comprehensive biography of her life and work.

8 May. 2023

Margarita Feldman

New tv-series covers “Sweden’s modern economic history”

A new project with UR - and this time we made a whole tv-series together! "Sweden's modern economic history" is now available for free online at UR Play.

3 May. 2023

Margarita Feldman

Alexander Husebye about the National Archive Database

Our CEO Alexander Husebye is one of the co-authors of a debate article about NAD's future that was published on April 30 on svd.se.

2 May. 2023

Sara Johansson

Two centuries with Norstedts

Norstedts turned 200 - and released a book with 200 examples from the publisher's long history. The book builds on material from Norstedt's extensive archive kept with us at the Centre for Business History.

14 Apr. 2023

Anders Sjöman

New book celebrates Swedish-Brazilian business history

The Swedish-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo celebrates 70 years with the new book "Sweden in Brazil - A Story of Passion for Business and People", produced and published by Business History Publishing.

31 Mar. 2023

Passed event

Anders Houltz talks about the Gothenburg Exhibition 100 years

Our head of research Anders Houltz gives a talk at Gothenburg's Natural History Museum under the title "Gothenburg exhibition 100 years - The city, the museums, the industrial heritage".

30 Mar. 2023 18:00 - 19:00

Kvinnliga anställda på varuhuset N.Israel. Bild ur N. Israels album Arbeit und Erholung (1914). Publicerad med tillstånd från the Leo Baeck Institute.

Passed event

Lunch webinar: Jewish business and modern Europe

22 Mar. 2023 12:00 - 13:00

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News and events

Anders Houltz on world’s fairs in the Hallwylska podcast

Miljonbemanning receives SvD Business Achievement Award 2023

Launch “Kerstin Hesselgren – healthcare apostle and parliamentary pioneer”

Lecture: ICA and H&M, two Västerås companies who pioneered their industries

Green industry and cultural historical values in Borlänge and Falun

New book: “Kerstin Hesselgren – healthcare apostle and parliamentary pioneer”

New tv-series covers “Sweden’s modern economic history”

Alexander Husebye about the National Archive Database

Two centuries with Norstedts

New book celebrates Swedish-Brazilian business history

Anders Houltz talks about the Gothenburg Exhibition 100 years

Lunch webinar: Jewish business and modern Europe

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Näringslivets historia i din inkorg

Knowledge Base

We are the archivists who can tell a good story

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