Swedish economic history

In this section you will find a brief introduction to approximately 150 years of Swedish economic history. During this time period, Sweden went from being a poor agrarian country in the outskirts of Europe to one of the wealthiest nations in the world. The articles below describe this transition.

• Agricultural toward Industrial
  This article describes a number of important changes and reforms that led Sweden into the early stages of industrialization.
• From War to the Swedish Model
  This article describes the first half of the 20th century Swedish economy. Severe business cycle swings and the Swedish model were introduced.
• Structural Problems and reforms
  This article describes the problems that surfaced in the mid 1970s. Sweden experienced cost crisis, decreased competitiveness, deregulations, a severe economic crisis and recovery.
• Sweden today
  This section includes information about the Swedish economy today, public sector and taxes, globalization and quick facts.