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Anders Houltz lectures at a cultural heritage conference in Tampere

Our research director Anders Houltz lectures under the heading "Industries as heritage agents" at the conference "Nordic Industrial Heritage Culture in the 2020s: Citizens, societies, and memory organizations" in Tampere, Finland.

25 Mar. 2022 13:30 - 14:00

Sara Johansson

Arranging and listing af Klint archive

We are working with the Hilma af Klint Foundation, to arrange and list historical materials linked to Hilma af Klint's family.

23 Mar. 2022

Sara Johansson

Audit history in latest “Företagshistoria”

In the latest issue of Företagshistoria, we highlight the important work that auditors do, talk about business-linked world heritage sites, how Grumme cleans house and the Gamma-ray knife saves life.

9 Mar. 2022

Anders Sjöman

History of SEB, new episode on Radio CfN

From the start in 1856 until today and into the future. Our Anders Sjöman and journalist Tobias Svanelid emerges from the archives with the story of bank giant SEB.

23 Feb. 2022

Anders Sjöman

Our school site Företagskällan gets new features

The school portal Foretagskallan.se with school materials for upper secondary school and the last year of compulsory school has been given an updated look.

21 Feb. 2022

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Lunch webinar: This is how IKEA works with its history and archive

Listen to a talk between IKEA's Helena Viebke and Tony Nilsson and our own Gustav Svensson on how IKEA invests in its own archive and what goals and challenges IKEA has in that work.

3 Feb. 2022 12:00 - 13:00

Anders Sjöman

New book tells story about Swedish cement industry

In 1871, Skånska Cementaktiebolaget, today's Cementa, was founded. Then and there, the Swedish cement industry also started. A new book from Business History Publishing tells the history of Swedish cement.

20 Jan. 2022

Margarita Feldman

“Your history makes your brand.”

Brands grow over time, in constant interaction with customers, partners and employees. A company's brand then simply is the sum of its history. This, and more, is what Anders will talk about at the upcoming Trademark Day.

28 Dec. 2021

Anders Sjöman

Göteborgs Kex archive to the Center for Business History

Göteborgs Kex's historic factory in Kungälv will close at the turn of the year 2022–2023 when production is moved to Latvia. Prior to this, the factory's archive has been inventoried and materials transferred to the Center for Business History in Bromma.

22 Dec. 2021

Alexander Husebye

Updated site about the Nobel Brothers’ oil company

We have updated the site about the Brothers Nobel oil company, Branobel.

9 Dec. 2021

Anders Sjöman

Board games take center stage in latest Företagshistoria

Board games, AGA's unknown car and SAS's bumpy ride all covered in the latest issue of Företagshistoria.

2 Dec. 2021

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Per-Ola Karlsson lectures at Södertörn University

1 Dec. 2021 10:00 - 11:00

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