Timbro

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Timbro

Formation	1978
Type	Think tank
Headquarters	Grev Turegatan 19, Stockholm, Sweden
Key people	Maria Rankka, CEO
Budget	~18,000,000 SEK
Staff	21
Website	www.timbro.se

Timbro is a libertarian, free market think tank based in Stockholm, Sweden, that works to influence legislation and public opinion. Its research and analyses are centered on the core values of individual liberty, economic freedom, an open society and minimizing governmental intervention in the economy.

Timbro was founded in 1978 by the Swedish Employers' Association (Swedish: Svenska Arbetsgivareföreningen) (which in 2001 merged with the Swedish Industrial Association to form the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise). Timbro is a subsidiary of the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation, which is financed by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

Chief executive officers of Timbro have been:

Mats Svegfors, 1981–1983
Mats Johansson,
Odd Eiken,
P. J. Anders Linder, 1996–2000
Mattias Bengtsson, 2000–2004
Cecilia Stegö Chilò, 2005–2006
Maria Rankka, 2006–present

Other notable people currently or previously associated with Timbro include Johan Norberg, Fredrik Erixon, Johnny Munkhammar, Fredrik Segerfeldt, Erik Zsiga, Kristian Karlsson, Dick Kling, Dick Erixon, Mattias Svensson, Sven Otto Littorin, Ulf Kristersson, Henrik Landerholm, Christofer Fjellner, Johan Forssell and Carl Rudbeck.