Företagshistoria #4, 2025: The history of commerce, Bang and more!

Read about the history of commerce in rural areas, the reporter Barbro Alving's significance for journalism in the media houses she worked at, and the entrepreneur Erik Lundgren who helped launch the first snowmobile.

7 Dec. 2025

Discover how trade and commerce in rural areas of Sweden developed. In this year's fourth and last issue of Företagshistoria, you'll also meet journalist legend Barbro "Bang" Alving, the company Gense that modernized the cutlery drawer and Erik Lundgren, one of the co-owners of the industrial company Ockelbo that launched the first snowmobile. Also meet industrial designer Kenneth Österlin who designed the electronic signal box located on poles at pedestrian crossings.

The magazine is available for sale at Pressbyrån from December 10th. Don't miss exciting stories, subscribe on your own at order.flowy.se. Additionally, you can read the magazine digitally on Readly.

And of course, articles from Företagshistoria is also available online at www.foretagshistoria.se.

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2026-04-13

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BizStories.se becomes Foretagshistoria.se

The site changes name and appearance – welcome Foretagshistoria.se!

8 Apr. 2026

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Företagshistoria #1 2026: Readiness, flowers, and men’s fashion

Read about how Swedish companies have readied them in times of war, the Swedish Men's Fashion Council, and German-Swedish trade relations in the new issue of our quarterly magazine Företagshistoria, out March 11.

20 Mar. 2026

Den digitala läsesalen som Centrum för Näringslivshistoria nu lanserar finns på arkivet.naringslivshistoria.se.

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