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Saab AB

J. Erik Carlson · 1937

Saab AB is a Swedish aerospace and defence company founded in 1937 by AB Bofors to build aircraft domestically. It merged with ASJA in 1940, developed its first aircraft — the SAAB 17 — which flew on 1940-05-18, began automobile production in 1947, merged with Scania-Vabis in 1968, changed its name to Saab AB in May 1965, and was re-established as an independent entity in 1995 after de-merger.