Talk:Economy of Sweden

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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)

A rough calculation gives: The average retirement age is about 61 and people start to work at about 21 years of age, which gives 40 years of work. And with an average of 80 years life expectancy you get a working force of roughly 50% of the population. 81.227.0.152 (talk) 04:19, 29 November 2007 (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))

[edit] How can an article about the economy of Sweden...

Not include any mention of exported music, which plays a huge role in the country. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.114.107.77 (talk) 18:43, 14 January 2007 (UTC).

Good question. I'll see if I can find any info. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 16:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
The Swedish export of music is greatly exagerated. When they do the numbers they include the export of CD presses and other technical gadgets. (Lpwa 20:15, 28 Feb 2007)
Here's some information on that: http://www.exms.se/export/export_performance_MI2001.htm
To summarize, 2/3 of the export incomes are from goods such as cd pressing equipment or pressed CD's that might have been produced in another country. Anyway, it's not a huge industy, although it can serve as a example of how the swedish economy has evolved.81.235.136.245 (talk) 13:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] This page has been vandalized

Being a n00b I am not sure how to fix it, but I need it for my social project due tomorrow. Someone please help Mitchell-o-t 02:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Figures section

Ok, so me and Fred J seem to disagree about the Figures section. My reasons for deleting the section is that I don't think the section adds to the article, considering much of the info is 1) repeated in Template:Economy of Sweden table, 2) The source is linked twice in the article already and 3) It contains information that is at best peripherally related to economy (For example the info on electricity production). It will also quickly become outdated as CIA updates their factbook frequently.

Granted, there is some information that could be incorporated in the article, but the source is readily available for other editors if they wish to incorporate it into the text (as opposed to just duplicating the information from the world factbook). Meanwhile it distracts from the flow of the article and (in my opinion) just makes the article less valuable.

Your thoughts on this would be appreciated. Henrik 18:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, most of the information in that section is in the template...
I had wanted to keep the figures of electricity, oil, natural gas and how much of Sweden's power comes from what, but the figures were from 2001/2002 and I think they have changed by now.
Fred-J 12:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of major industries

 Please help improve this article or section by expanding it.
Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (December 2007)

The article would benefit from a list of the largest industries and companies in the country. -- Beland (talk) 19:10, 19 December 2007 (UTC)