Talk:Economy of Sweden
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WHAT ARE THE MANUFACTURED ITEM???????
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[edit] Astra
Can somebody say whether the Astra which is mentioned in this article is Astra AB, which merged to form AstraZeneca? At the moment the link points to the article for SES-Astra and the Astra direct broadcast satellites! -- Arwel 11:44 Apr 15, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Moved off main page:
Swedish industry is dominated by the timber and mining industries. Other large sectors are steel, paper and electricity production. Medical research and production remains a large industry, but has recently seen some decline as jobs and revenues have been placed abroad. In the 1990s, the music industry of Sweden grew with large export successes. The IT sector, powered by a skilled labour force and successful telecom corporations, overheated around 2000, but is still a growing sector of the industry.
Some large Swedish companies are Volvo, Saab, Ericsson, Electrolux, TetraPak, AstraZeneca, H&M, SKF, and IKEA.
Some examples of Swedish inventions are dynamite, safety matches, the adjustable spanner, ball bearings, and the propeller.//
There is probably a place for this somewhere -- Mic 02:27 Apr 25, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Gross public debt
Gross public debt: "In 2000 it fell below the key level of 60% and is expected to be eliminated within a few years."
This is a really outrageous claim, and should be deleted. Furthermore, a distinction between foreign-currency debt and internal debt should be made. Filur Aug 02, 2004.
[edit] Labor force
If the labor force is 4.46 million (Slightly less than 50% of the inhabitants) and 5.6% is unemployed, where's the rest of the population? Is it really that many that are underage, retired or students? 81.232.72.148 01:57, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestions for improvement
- It really needs a quick paragraph which summarises the economic situation/structure in Sweden at the start.
- There must be more interesting general facts about the Swedish economy than that it is no longer dominated by agriculture. It is not very interesting as this applies to practically all modern industrialised economies.
- The economic crisis of the 1990's should have its own more prominent section. I first thought the first section "overcoming the 1990's crisis" was the relevant section, but there is more information in the uneployment section, I later discovered. The article presently acknowledges the crisis as an important fact, but without clearly explaining what happened, and without more than an insinuation of the causes (provide references please!). I remember there was a massive speculation against the krona. Worth mentioning if it can be properly documented. Jens Nielsen 23:13, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- Why has most of the text been copied directly from It has also been copied directly from http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Economy-of-Sweden ???
Because it is a good source, also updated some of it (Deng 14:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC))
