Swedavia AB is a Swedish

state-owned company A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...

, which owns and operates ten of Sweden's busiest airports. It has its head office at the air traffic control tower of

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Stockholm Arlanda Airport is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly south-east of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County and the p ...

Sigtuna Municipality Sigtuna Municipality (''Sigtuna kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm. The municipality is a part of Metropo ...

near

Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...

.Arbetsmarknadsminister Hillevi Engström besöker Swedavia

Archive
. Government of Sweden. 15 January 2013. Retrieved on 27 August 2014. "Plats: Flygledartornet, Tornvägen 1, Stockholm Arlanda Airport" It was formed on 1 April 2010, when the

Swedish Civil Aviation Administration :''"Luftfartsverket" is also the former Swedish name for the Finnish air navigation service provider, Finavia'' The Swedish Civil Aviation Administration ( sv, Luftfartsverket) is a Swedish Government agency which regulated and oversaw all aspect ...

was split up, and all commercial airport operation was transferred to Swedavia. Air navigation services continue as a state enterprise under the name LFV (Civil Aviation Administration). In 2010, the number of employees was about 2,600.

Airports

When the decision was made to form Swedavia, there were 16 nationally owned airports, but it was a part of the decision to transfer six of them to local owners and keep ten large airports. ''Region Värmland'' took over the operations of

Karlstad Airport Karlstad Airport is situated 16 km (10 mi) from Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the larges ...

in 2010. In 2011, the operations for Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport was transferred to ''Region Skåne Nordväst'' and Örnsköldsvik Airport was transferred to

Örnsköldsvik Municipality Örnsköldsvik Municipality (, ) is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Örnsköldsvik. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the ''City of Örnsk ...

. In 2013

Sundsvall Airport Sundsvall () is a Cities in Sweden, city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the Sundsvall Municipality, municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st ...

was transferred to local owners. Jönköping Airport and

Skellefteå Airport Skellefteå Airport , is located about 17 km from Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden. Skellefteå Airport is ranked as one of ten largest airports in Sweden in terms of domestic flights. Airlines and destinations The following airlines opera ...

were transferred to local ownership 2009/2010 before Swedavia was formed.

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* {{authority control Airports in Sweden Government-owned companies of Sweden Swedish companies established in 2010 2010 in transport Transport companies established in 2010 Companies based in Stockholm County Transport operators of Sweden Airport operators Sigtuna Municipality