List of the largest companies in Sweden
The Largest Companies List in Sweden includes the largest publicly traded companies in Sweden published by Forbes Magazine on the Forbes Global 2000 list . Often referred to as one of the largest companies in Sweden, IKEA (sales in 2011 EUR 24.7 billion) is headquartered in Leiden , the Netherlands .
The ranking of the annual list of the 2000 largest publicly traded companies in the world is calculated from a combination of sales , net profit , assets and market value . The placements of the companies in the equally weighted categories were added together to form a rank. The table also shows the headquarters , the number of employees and the industry . The figures are in billion US dollars and relate to fiscal year 2011, for the market value to the stock exchange price in April 2012.
| rank | Forbes 2000 |
Previous year (2010) |
Surname | Headquarters | Revenue ($ billion) |
Profit ($ billion) |
Assets ($ billion) |
Market Value ($ billion) |
Employee | Branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 135. | (95) | Nordea Bank | Stockholm | 21.7 | 3.4 | 933.3 | 39.7 | 30,000 | Banks |
| 2. | 183. | (537) | Volvo Group | Gothenburg | 45.0 | 2.6 | 49.7 | 31.5 | 100,000 | Automobiles |
| 3. | 239. | (276) | Ericsson | Stockholm | 32.9 | 1.8 | 39.0 | 32.4 | 50,000 | telecommunications |
| 4th | 280. | (527) | SEB Skand Enskilda Bank | Stockholm | 13.5 | 1.6 | 344.5 | 16.5 | 20,000 | Banks |
| 5. | 282. | (267) | Svenska Handelsbanken | Stockholm | 10.9 | 1.8 | 358.0 | 20.9 | 11,000 | Banks |
| 6th | 294. | (208) | TeliaSonera | Stockholm | 15.1 | 2.7 | 35.9 | 29.9 | 31,000 | telecommunications |
| 7th | 311. | (688) | Swedbank | Stockholm | 10.3 | 1.7 | 270.8 | 19.5 | 21,280 | Banks |
| 8th. | 489. | (427) | H&M Hennes & Mauritz | Stockholm | 16.3 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 61.6 | 68,000 | retail trade |
| 9. | 528 | (564) | Atlas Copco | Nacka | 11.8 | 1.9 | 10.8 | 31.4 | 32,950 | mechanical engineering |
| 10. | 578 | (896) | Sandvik | Sandviken | 13.6 | 0.8 | 14.4 | 19.0 | 47,000 | mechanical engineering |
| 11. | 707 | (640) | Skanska | Solna | 17.2 | 1.1 | 11.8 | 7.5 | 56,000 | Construction |
| 12. | 845. | (1104) | SKF Group | Gothenburg | 9.6 | 0.9 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 41,090 | mechanical engineering |
| 13. | 904 | (452) | SCA Svenska Cellulosa | Stockholm | 11.8 | 0.1 | 20.2 | 12.5 | 52,000 | Paper industry |
| 14th | 1098. | (790) | Electrolux Group | Stockholm | 14.7 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 6.8 | 56,174 | Consumer goods |
| 15th | 1101 | (1176) | Assa Abloy | Stockholm | 6.1 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 29,500 | Services |
| 16. | 1131. | (462) | investor | Stockholm | 2.8 | −1.3 | 31.2 | 17.0 | 143 | Financial service providers |
| 17th | 1170. | (1045) | Tele2 | Kista | 5.9 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 5,350 | telecommunications |
| 18th | 1226. | (640) | Autoliv | Stockholm | 8.2 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 56,000 | Automotive supplier |
| 19th | 1297. | (1201) | Kinnevik | Stockholm | 1.3 | 1.0 | 10.2 | 6.3 | Financial service providers | |
| 20th | 1481. | (1909) | Lundbergs | Norrkoping | 3.3 | 0.7 | 12.5 | 4.2 | 600 | property |
| 21st | 1488. | (1392) | Alfa Laval | Lund | 4.2 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 12,120 | mechanical engineering |
| 22nd | 1619. | (1747) | Boliden | Upplands Väsby | 5.8 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4,500 | Mining |
| 23. | 1750. | (1528) | Swedish Match | Stockholm | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 8.1 | 11,866 | tobacco |
| 24. | 1816. | (640) | hexagon | Stockholm | 2.8 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 56,000 | measuring technology |
| 25th | 1935. | (1684) | Getinge | Getinge | 3.2 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 12,210 | Medical technology |
| (1212) | Industrivärden | Stockholm | 2.79 | 2.89 | 7.53 | 4.27 | Financial service providers | |||
| (1311) | Securitas | Stockholm | 8.75 | 0.30 | 4.31 | 3.96 | 250,000 | Security services | ||
| (1667) | SSAB | Stockholm | 4.17 | −0.14 | 8.44 | 5.48 | 10,218 | Steel industry | ||
| (1850) | NCC Group | Solna | 7.24 | 0.18 | 4.18 | 1.80 | 21,000 | Construction | ||
| Scania | Södertälje | 10.84 | 0.87 | 12.87 | 14.74 | 34,000 | Automobiles | |||
| SAS | Stockholm | 7.78 | 0.02 | 7.10 | 2.92 | Airlines | ||||
| Husqvarna | Huskvarna | 3.98 | 0.26 | 2.29 | 4.58 | 16,000 | Timber industry | |||
| Saab Automobile | Trollhättan | 0.95 | 3,801 | Automobiles |