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Sweco (originally "Swedish Consultants") is a European engineering consultancy company, active in the fields of consulting engineering, environmental technology and architecture.  Sweco is Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancy company, established in 14 countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Ireland and Poland). Sweco carries out projects in 70 countries annually throughout the world.Sweco plans and designs buildings and community infrastructure. The company assists with analysis, calculations, studies and the planning, design and construction of what is to be built. The company is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm since 1998 and has since acquired more than a hundred companies of varying sizes. Åsa Bergman is president and CEO since 2018.


History

Sweco was formed 1997, when FFNS (''Falck/Fogelvik/Nordström/Smas AB''), founded itself in 1958, acquired VBB group (''Vattenbyggnadsbyrån AB''). The name Sweco is an abbreviation of "Swedish Consultants", a name used by VBB in international projects. VBB has had its first international project in St. Petersburg in 1902; since then, the companies today in Sweco's portfolio carried out projects in more than 100 countries. Sweco expanded as a company thanks to over 130 mergers between 1998 and 2020. The oldest of these engineering offices was ''Theorells Installationskonsult AB'', founded in 1889 by Swedish MSE Hugo Theorell, and turned into Sweco Systems AB after it was acquired. For this reason, Sweco claims over 130 years of experience in engineering projects. Sweco has grown profitably both organically and through acquisition. Sweco has extensive experience in acquisitions and has been a force for consolidation in Sweden, the Nordic region and in northern Europe. Sweco has since 1998 acquired over 100 companies and has its historical roots in a number of companies, among them: * BECO * BLOCO * Theorells Installationskonsult AB * VBB *
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* Årstiderne Arkitekter * MLM Group * KANT Architects In 2019, the group employed 16,000 people, including 5,600 in Sweden. With just over 30%, the company's largest shareholder is Investment AB Latour, which belongs to Swede Gustaf Douglas.


Notable projects

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Abu Simbel temples Abu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel ( ar, أبو سمبل), Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan. It is situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about s ...
– the relocation of the temples in the 1960s * Bloomberg European Headquarters, London *
City Tunnel (Malmö) The City Tunnel ( sv, Citytunneln) is a 11-kilometre rail link in Malmö, Sweden, running between Malmö Central Station (Malmö C) and the Öresund Bridge, of which six kilometres under Malmö city centre is in a tunnel, to increase capacity on ...
* European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund * Facebook data center, Luleå *
Kuwait Towers The Kuwait Towers are a group of three thin towers in Kuwait City, standing on a promontory into the Persian Gulf. They were the sixth, and last, group in the larger Kuwait Water Towers system of 34 towers (33 store water; one stores equipment), ...
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Kuwait Water Towers The Kuwait Water Towers are a prominent group of 31 water towers in Kuwait City, Kuwait that were completed in 1976. Design and construction In 1965, the government of Kuwait commissioned the Swedish engineering company of VBB (since 1997 Sweco) ...
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Stockholm City Line The Stockholm City Line ( sv, Citybanan) is a commuter railway tunnel beneath central Stockholm in Sweden which is used by the Stockholm Commuter Rail. The line is long, double track and electrified. It has two stations: Stockholm City Stat ...
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Tegera Arena Tegera Arena is an arena in Leksand, Sweden primarily used for ice hockey. It was opened in October 2005, and is the home arena of Leksands IF. It holds 7,650 people. History Construction of a new arena, replacing the former Leksands ishall from ...
* The Northern Link (Norra länken) * The Ray Farringdon, London * Øresund Bridge, Malmö & Köpenhamn *
Bybanen Bergen Light Rail ( no, Bybanen) is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project was a twenty-station stretch between the city center and Lagunen Storsenter, where the first 15 stations comprising a stretch opened i ...
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Official websiteFinancial reportsSweco history
{{Authority control Companies based in Stockholm Engineering consulting firms Companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Swedish companies established in 1997 Consulting firms of Sweden Abu Simbel