''Osakeyhtiö'' (; "
stock company"), often abbreviated to Oy (), is the term for a
Finnish limited company
In a limited company, the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. In a company limited by shares, the li ...
(e.g.,
Ltd,
LLC
A limited liability company (LLC for short) is the US-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of ...
, or
GmbH).
The Swedish-language term is ''
aktiebolag'', often abbreviated (in Finland) to Ab. The Swedish abbreviation is sometimes included, as in ''Ab Company Oy'', ''Oy Company Ab'', or ''Company Oy Ab''. The abbreviations have been styled in many ways, such as ''Oy'', ''OY'', ''O.Y.'', or even ''O/Y''. The English form is ''Ltd.''
''Julkinen osakeyhtiö''
''Julkinen osakeyhtiö'' (pl. ''julkiset osakeyhtiöt'') means "public stock company" and is abbreviated to oyj (). A ''julkinen osakeyhtiö'' can be listed on the
Helsinki Stock Exchange. The term's Swedish equivalent is ''Abp'' (''publikt aktiebolag''). An oyj may be called a
public limited company
A public limited company (legally abbreviated to PLC or plc) is a type of public company under United Kingdom company law, some Commonwealth jurisdictions, and the Republic of Ireland. It is a limited liability company whose shares may be fr ...
or
public company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange ( ...
in English and may use the abbreviation PLC or the term corporation in the company's English name, for example
Remedy Entertainment Plc,
Kone Corporation
Kone Oyj (; officially stylized as KONE and trading as KONE Corporation) is an elevator engineering company employing over 60,000 personnel across 60 countries worldwide. It was founded in 1910 and is now headquartered in Espoo near Helsinki, ...
and
Nokia Corporation
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finland, i ...
.
Related types of Finnish companies
* ''Avoin yhtiö'', ''ay'',
general partnership
* ''Kommandiittiyhtiö'', abbreviated ''ky'',
limited partnership
*, abbreviated ,
registered association (in , abbreviated )
See also
*
List of companies of Finland
Finland is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. It was a relative latecomer to industrialization, remaining a largely agrarian country until the 1950s. It rapidly developed an advanced economy while building an extensive Nordic-style welfare ...
References
External links
A 19th century history of the limited liability company in Finland
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Economy of Finland
Types of business entity
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