Siemens in Sweden
1853/54
The first telegraph lines are constructed in Sweden (Stockholm-Göteborg, Stockholm-Malmö)
1880
S&H is represented in Stockholm by J.E. Erikson; a lighting system is supplied for the Stockholm railroad shunting yard.
1885
The first electric lighting is installed in Stockholm Palace.
1893
Siemens sets up its own company under the name of Siemens Tekniska Byrå.
1898
This becomes a stock corporation and is renamed Svenska Aktiebolaget Siemens & Halske.
1910
SSW and ASEA supply two express and 13 freight train locomotives for the Swedish railway company.
1926
The medical department is combined with the Swedish Reiniger agency Elema.
1938
A Siemens plant manufacturing heavy current equipment goes into operation.
1943
An electron microscope from the first production series is supplied to Uppsala university.
1949
A Siemens pension fund is founded.
1953
The company is renamed Svenska Siemens Aktiebolaget.
1956
Siemens sets up the first permanent Swedish telestation.
1958
The first implanted pacemaker is developed in Sweden by Siemens-Elema.
1963
The Siemens building in Stockholm is inaugurated.
1990
An order is received for construction of the largest gas turbine power plant in Europe in Halmstad.
1999
The first GSM mobile network for railways in the world is set up in Sweden by Siemens.
2004
Siemens delivers indoor mobile phone solution to Spring Mobil in Sweden
2006
Siemens wins contract to build Sweden’s biggest offshore wind park in the Öresund near Malmö
2006
Acquisition of Sweden’s Bewator, a producer of products and systems for access controls
