Excerpted from the Sweden Career Guide
According to the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries (Teknikföretagen), more than 300,000 people, or 6.5 percent of the Swedish workforce, work for engineering companies. More than half of Sweden’s export trade comes from engineering activities.
Sweden is also home to five vehicle manufacturers: Volvo Group, Volvo Cars, Scania, Saab Automobile and BAE Hägglunds. These companies have developed an ecosystem of suppliers and other partners. In addition, Sweden offers access to test environments for car manufacturers, and more than 30 vehicle manufacturers and suppliers use the Winter Test Region in Northern Sweden for winter testing and long-term road tests.
Organizations and Trade Associations
Branschorganisationen Svensk Elektronik (SE)
The Swedish Electronics Trade Association
http://www.svenskelektronik.se/ (Swedish, English)
SE is the trade association for companies within electronics manufacturing, development and design, test and measurement. The association handles different issues of common interest such as market statistics, exhibitions and conferences, major events (benefits for the members), information about regulations, European Union-issues, terms of trade and contacts with governmental authorities and other organizations. SE also provides a valuable network of professional contacts in the business.
Branschorganisationen Svensk Elektronik
Box 22 307
104 22 Stockholm
Sweden
Visiting address:
Branschorganisationen Svensk Elektronik
Klara Norra Kyrkogata 31, 4th floor
Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 8-508 938 00
Fax: +46 8-508 938 01
Email: info@svenskelektronik.se
Labor Unions
Unionen
https://www.unionen.se (Swedish, English)
Unionen is Sweden’s largest trade union for the private sector and the largest white-collar union in the world, with 27 offices and 35,000 elected representatives at workplaces throughout the country. It has close to half a million members, including engineers, accountants, scientists and IT workers, and retail and wholesale businesses. Unionen is part of the TCO (the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees). Members receive the magazine Kollega eight times a year.
Unionen
Olof Palmes gata 17
SE-105 32 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 8 504 15 000
Email: kontakt@unionen.se
Publications
Ny Teknik
http://www.nyteknik.se/ (Swedish, English)
Ny Teknik, the leading Swedish technical magazine for engineers, focuses on the development, possibilities and consequences of technology development and IT. Its website is free of charge and provides the latest business and technology news in a searchable format. The focus is on news of the technological fields with analysis and articles about science, research and development, and industrial products. This website includes a free, searchable job database and a résumé/CV bank.
Talentum Media AB
Birger Jarlsgatan 61
S-106 12 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 8 7966600
Fax: +46 8 6133028
Email: prenumeration@nyteknik.se
This is just a sample of what you'll find in the complete Sweden guide.
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