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Sara Johansson

Successful Russian-Swedish cooperation

The Centre for Business History strengthened cooperation with archivist colleagues in Russia during an official visit from Saint Petersburg.
29 Apr. 2013
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Sara Johansson

New book: Women’s entrepreneurship over 400 years

A rich depiction of women's entrepreneurship since the 1600s in Sweden.
13 Mar. 2013
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Sara Johansson

Atlas Copco 140 years

On February 21, 2013, Atlas Copco, one of Sweden's leading industrial companies, turns 140 years old. We made their anniversary book.
10 Feb. 2013
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Sara Johansson

New book: “The Snapshot” – 52 texts from Företagsminnen

The snapshot captures everyday life. The vignette has been featured in the magazine Företagsminnen for sixteen years. Now, the best of them, representing a wide variety of Swedish business history, have been collected in a book.
20 Jan. 2013
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Sara Johansson

Our magazine Företagsminnen turns 15 years!

Our quarterly magazine Företagsminnen has gone from a thin black-and-white membership newsletter to a colorful magazine packed with business history.
10 Dec. 2012
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Sara Johansson

Symposium on freedom of trade and commerce

"Every Swedish man or woman is entitled to engage in trade or manufacturing, craftsmanship or other business in town or country; to export or import goods to and from foreign places, as well as to transport goods between domestic places" (from the ordi...
16 Nov. 2012
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Sara Johansson

Unique archive material from Stenhammar

Olof Stenhammar donates unique archival material to the Centre for Business History.
25 Oct. 2012
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Sara Johansson

Book news: The ICA retailer – entrepreneur, pillar, bearer of ideas

Today there are more than a thousand: the ICA shopkeepers. Who are they, and what drives them? And what did the path look like from the country store owner in a knit cap to today's grocery entrepreneurs? Publisher Anders Johnson portrays them and their...
28 Sep. 2012
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Sara Johansson

ICA’s creator in a new book

On April 8, 1938, Hakon Swenson, the founder of the Hakon company which supplied the grocery trade with products, met with the CEOs of the three other major purchasing centers. The result was the retailers' cooperative ICA. Hakon Swenson, a charismatic...
29 May. 2012
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Sara Johansson

CfN presents OK’s history

The Center for Business History has, on behalf of OK Ekonomisk Förening, created a website about the company's long history. The website is aimed at the general public with stories including how the cooperative organization in several ways opposed monop...
9 Mar. 2012
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Sara Johansson

New report: Personal address – about letters in business

A letter means so much. For companies, it can announce an upcoming major merger, changes in ownership, or perhaps an impending bankruptcy. Letters from company leaders can be personal yet not private, thereby providing unique insights into the company's...
5 Mar. 2012
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Sara Johansson

The Centre for Business History portrays the history of Swedish trade on a new website

The Centre for Business History has created a new historical website based on its extensive archive material – featuring stories about companies and personalities from the history of Swedish trade and commerce. Here you can find articles and films on a...
15 Feb. 2012
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