The total number of employees in these amounted to total slightly more than 1.65 million, an increase of 9% over the previous year. The number of employees abroad increased by approximately 111 000 to just over 1.1 million, whilst the number in Sweden increased by slightly more than 20 000 persons to 516 000 employees.


China and Japan were the countries where Swedish international groups increased their presence most. The number of employees in some countries decreased, amongst these were Denmark, Finland and Norway. The majority of employees in Swedish affiliates abroad are in Europe and America.

Of the 1 308 Swedish groups with affiliates abroad in 2007, 424 groups (32 %) had affiliates in Norway. Between 20% and 26% of the groups had affiliates in the other Scandinavian countries, the UK and the USA.

The groups studied accounted for 39 percent of Sweden's total exports of goods, and 22 percent of imports of goods in 2007.

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