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Anders Sjöman

New site about the Brothers Nobel

The Centre for Business History has created a web site, , about the Robert and Ludwig Nobel (brothers of Alfred) and their company Branobel which at the turn of the 1900s built a global company from just one Russian oil field.

20 Jan. 2016

Mikaela Nordin

“We are drawing a line over history.”

"First a bit of TV history. Then let's draw a line over it." That's also a way to approach history in corporate marketing – especially if the company is dealing with new technology.

18 Jan. 2016

Mikaela Nordin

Unilever’s corporate archive 30 years

Unilever's award-winning corporate archives, located in Port Sunlight, UK, celebrated 30 years in September 2015.

18 Jan. 2016

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

Alexander Husebye

Time for Nobel!

Once again, attention revolves around the magic name – one of Sweden's strongest and most well-known brands.

9 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

Alexander Husebye

Travel letter from the USA

– Wow, let´s go for that material! – Getting to shake hands with a legend like has a high "star strucked" factor.

13 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

Allmännyttan.se, new site from SABO with content from CfN

Sara Johansson

Stories about Swedish public housing, “allmännyttan”

The new site allmannyttan.se illlustrates, through various stories, the public housing sector's mission to provide sustainable and affordable homes for everyone. Produced by us on assignment from SABO, Sweden's Public Housing Companies.

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

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We are the archivists who can tell a good story

Here we have gathered some thoughts on how we view companies' historical material and their archives - and how they can work with strategic use of history, history marketing.

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News and events

New site about the Brothers Nobel

“We are drawing a line over history.”

Unilever’s corporate archive 30 years

A royal chat about business history

Time for Nobel!

New issue of “Företagshistoria”

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

Travel letter from the USA

Systembolaget gets new corporate history site

Don’t forget the history of the gaming companies!

Stories about Swedish public housing, “allmännyttan”

Silver in the Swedish Design Awards

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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