Topic

Scandinavia

Cold, rich, low on hierarchy, high on design.

5: in business
10:55: average
55 min: in total
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10:09

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.

10:44

Arla Foods

A co-operative did not need venture capital or a pivot to become the world’s fifth-largest dairy company — it just needed 119 years of farmer-led consolidation.

10:46

Telenor

A state telegraph monopoly didn’t become a telecom giant by disrupting — it became one by outlasting.

11:18

Telia Company

The largest Nordic telecom operator sold its media division because the math didn’t lie — and the scandal still did.

11:36

Lundin Energy

A fossil fuel company that sold its entire oil and gas business — then kept the name only for the renewables spin-off.