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Kronprinsessan Victoria, prins Carl Philip och prins Daniel pratar med Krister Hillerud, vice VD, om Ericssons företagsarkiv på Centrum för Näringslivshistoria, (Foto: Michael Folmer, abcpress.se.)

Anders Sjöman

A royal chat about business history

Last Thursday, crownprincess Victoria, prince Daniel and prince Carl Philip visited us at the Centre for Business History. During two hours, we discussed Swedish enterprising throughout the ages and also how enterpreneurship is treated in education. Of...

17 Dec. 2015

Företagshistoria nr 4, 2015. Årets sista nummer.

Sara Johansson

New issue of “Företagshistoria”

This years's last issue of Företagshistoria ("Corporate History") covers, among other things, professions and titles from before.

25 Nov. 2015

Anders Sjöman

“The immigrants who built Sweden” sent to all Swedish MPs

”The immigrants who built Sweden” by Anders Johnson was named Book of the Year when it was first released in 2010. The Centre for Business History, together with publisher Dialogos Förlag, now publishes an updated verison. And just in time for the fall...

20 Nov. 2015

Anders Sjöman

Systembolaget gets new corporate history site

It's been 60 years since the Swedish alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget was founded. The story of its operations over the years is told on , a new corporate history site that the Centre for Business History in Stockholm has developed for Systembolaget.

5 Nov. 2015

Anders Houltz

Don’t forget the history of the gaming companies!

It is high time to take gaming seriously. In a couple of decades, the video game industry has evolved from a concern for enthusiasts to a global industry with profound cultural and economic significance.

29 Oct. 2015

Anders Sjöman

Silver in the Swedish Design Awards

We struck silver for our magazine "Företagshistoria" when the annual Swedish Design Awards was held at a gala in Gothenburg on 8 October.

10 Oct. 2015

Alexander Husebye

“This is the Centre for Business History in Stockholm.”

Presentation by Alexander Husebye, CEO of Centre for Business History in Stockholm, at the IBC SBA 2015 Conference “”, 15 – 16 June in Milan, Italy.

26 Jun. 2015

"Boken om LKAB", producerad av Centrum för Näringslivshistoria på uppdrag av LKAB

Anders Sjöman

Our book about LKAB is here!

The mining giant LKAB turns 125 years. The company decided last year to mark the evethat told its whole story. The Centre for Busines History in Stockholm was assigned to produce the book. Now it's here!

30 May. 2015

Anders Houltz

Profit warning? Lively debate organized by CfN

What is profit – more than the difference between revenue and costs? Today, when profits in welfare are being debated, this question is hot. On Thursday, May 21, the Centre for Business History organized a lively panel debate at that turned and twisted...

23 May. 2015

Anders Sjöman

What is profit? Watch the panel discussion.

What is profit and who needs it? On 21 May, the Centre for Business History in Stockholm organized a panel discussion who took the concept of profit to town. .

22 May. 2015

Anders Houltz

Save game!

"Computer games are among the most complicated forms of software one can imagine. If we can preserve games, we can preserve everything." This is the opinion of , researcher at the School of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth. She participat...

8 May. 2015

Anders Sjöman

Book celebrating Becker 150 years published

In 1865, the German immigrant Wilhelm Becker opened a paint shop in Stockholm. 150 years later, the company is a global leader in industrial paint and is today headquartered in Germany. At the Centre for Business History in Stockholm, we helped Beckers...

20 Apr. 2015

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News and events

A royal chat about business history

New issue of “Företagshistoria”

“The immigrants who built Sweden” sent to all Swedish MPs

Systembolaget gets new corporate history site

Don’t forget the history of the gaming companies!

Silver in the Swedish Design Awards

“This is the Centre for Business History in Stockholm.”

Our book about LKAB is here!

Profit warning? Lively debate organized by CfN

What is profit? Watch the panel discussion.

Save game!

Book celebrating Becker 150 years published

Nyhetsbrev

Näringslivets historia i din inkorg

Knowledge Base

We are the archivists who can tell a good story

Bookstore

Shop our books and Corporate History

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