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| Type | State owned |
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| Industry | Electricity |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Sweden |
| Key people | Per Eckemark (director-general) |
| Services | Electric power transmission |
| Owner | Government of Sweden |
Number of employees | 530 |
| Website | www |
Svenska kraftnät is an electricity transmission system operator in Sweden.[1] It is current led by director-general Per Eckemark since 2025.[2]
It is a state-owned public utility, which was created in 1992 by splitting the former government agency Vattenfall into a power generation and distribution company Vattenfall AB and a transmission company Svenska kraftnät. The company has its headquarters in Sundbyberg, near Stockholm in Sweden. Svenska kraftnät owns and manages 17500 km of power lines, 175 transformer - and switching stations as well as foreign connections with both alternating and direct current.[3] Svenska kraftnät owns 28% of Nord Pool along with other Nordic and Baltic transmission system operators.
Svenska Kraftnät has been frequently criticised for mistakes, insufficient problem-solving, organisational dysfunction and lack of responsibility.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
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Svenska kraftnät is an electricity transmission system operator in Sweden. It is current led by director-general Per Eckemark since 2025. It is a state-owned public utility, which was created in 1992 by splitting the former government agency Vattenfall into a power generation and distribution company Vattenfall AB and a transmission company Svenska kraftnät. The company has its headquarters in Sundbyberg, near Stockholm in Sweden. Svenska kraftnät owns and manages 17500 km of power lines, 175 transformer - and switching stations as well as foreign connections with both alternating and direct current. Svenska kraftnät owns 28% of Nord Pool along with other Nordic and Baltic transmission system operators.
Anders Björgerd (8 November 1920 – 18 July 2017) was a Swedish businessman who was deputy CEO of Sweden's largest publicly listed utility, Sydkraft (now E.ON Sverige AB), between the years 1970–1987. He started his career as a trainee with Siemens, and later gained employment with Swedish engineering firm ASEA before embarking on his career path with Sydkraft in Malmö, Sweden. Björgerd was also the chairman of the board for Sydgas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sydkraft and one of Scandinavia's largest suppliers of LPG. He is one of the founders and former owner of Swedpower, Scandinavia's largest energy consultancy firm (now operating under the name Vattenfall Power Consultant AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vattenfall). He also served as chairman of one of the national state pension funds, 5:e AP Fonden (now 3:e AP Fonden), as well as being a member of the advisory board of the Swedish Energy Commission. Björgerd died in July 2017 at the age of 96.
Vattenfall is a Swedish multinational power company owned by the Swedish state. Beyond Sweden, the company generates power in Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The company's name is Swedish for "waterfall", and is an abbreviation of its original name, Royal Waterfall Board (Kungliga Vattenfallsstyrelsen).
Volvo Car AB (Swedish: [ˈvɔlːvʊ kɑːr oːˈbeː]), trading as Volvo Cars (Swedish: Volvo personvagnar, pronounced [ˈvɔlːvʊ pæˈʂuːnˌvɑŋːnar]; styled VOLVO in the company's logo), is a Swedish multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles. Volvo is headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg. The company manufactures SUVs, station wagons, and sedans. The company's main marketing revolves around safety and its Swedish heritage and design. Volvo Cars has been separate from its former parent conglomerate and producer of heavy trucks, buses, and construction equipment (among others) AB Volvo since 1999 when AB Volvo sold its automobile division Volvo Cars to the Ford Motor Company for US$6.47 billion. On 28 March 2010, Ford sold Volvo Cars at a loss to Geely Holding for $1.8 billion; the deal closed in August 2010. Volvo Cars was publicly listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange in 2021, though Geely Holding still retains majority ownership. Volvo Cars and AB Volvo share the Volvo logo, and cooperate in running the Volvo Museum. Volvo Cars owns 18% of Polestar and 50% of NOVO Energy (electric vehicle batteries), 100% of Zenseact (AD and ADAS software), and 100% of HaleyTek (Android-based infotainment systems). As of 2022, Volvo Cars has production plants in Torslanda in Sweden, Ridgeville, South Carolina, in the United States, Ghent in Belgium, and Daqing in China.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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