Fact sheets / Technology & Infrastructure
Swedish energy policy strives to create a sustainable energy system with a long term vision for Sweden to obtain all energy supply from renewable energy sources.
Publisher:
Swedish Government Offices
The engineering industry is, and has long been, the base of the Swedish manufacturing industry. Out of just over SEK 465 billion in total value added in manufacturing during 2004, the engineering industry accounted for more than half (52%).The engine ...
Publisher:
Swedish Institute
Digital technology provides better sound and picture quality and reduces susceptibility to interference. There is also space for many more channels with digital than with analogue technology. Interactive services can be transmitted alongside TV progr ...
Publisher:
Swedish Government Offices
After a long slump that lasted almost throughout the 1990s, the Swedish construction industry has recovered and is in relatively good health after a more normal cyclical downturn in 2003/2004. Construction remains a key economic sector, today employi ...
Publisher:
Swedish Institute
The motor vehicle industry plays a central role in the Swedish economy. Swedish automotive manufacturers, including suppliers to the industry, employ about 140,000 people. The automobile industry accounted forone fifth of the total machine and invent ...
Publisher:
Swedish Institute
Sustainable development throughout society should be the objective of Sweden’s environmental work both inside and outside its borders.This requires major behavioral changes at all levels and in all areas of society. A new environmental policy based o ...
Publisher:
Swedish Institute
There are two main types of companies that utilize classical or modern biotechnology: mature companies in traditional areas such as pharmaceuticals, food processing or pulp and paper, which have gradually become more innovative users of biotechnology ...
Publisher:
Swedish Institute
During the late 1990s, telecommunications and information technology (IT) attracted increasing attention in their role as twin engines of economic growth. The Swedes became international pacesetters in finding applications for “new” technology. The c ...
Publisher:
Swedish Institute
Many well-known inventions and discoveries-historical and modern-were made by Swedes. Through their discoveries and skills in utilizing international knowledge, inventors and scientists laid the groundwork for many of the innovations that played a ma ...
Publisher:
Swedish Institute
For centuries, Sweden has been a major producer and exporter of various forms of iron ore and sulfide ores. Nowadays all iron ore is extracted in the northern part of the country, where there is also large-scale mining of sulfide ores and smelting of ...
Publisher:
Swedish Institute