Invest Sweden

This is an article about a now-defunct Swedish government agency, see Business Sweden for more information.

Invest Sweden (Swedish: Myndigheten för utländska investeringar i Sverige), a.k.a. Invest in Sweden Agency (Swedish: Delegationen för Utländska Investeringar i Sverige) 1995–2010,[1][2] was a Swedish government agency organised under the Minister for Foreign Affairs, promoting business and investment opportunities in Sweden to foreign investors. The objective was to stimulate an increased flow of foreign direct investment to Sweden.[2]

In 2013, the agency was merged with the organisation Swedish Trade Council, to form a new organisation named Business Sweden.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Prop. 2011/12:92". The Government of Sweden. Retrieved 21 July 2014. Myndigheten ändrade 2010 sitt namn från det ursprungliga Invest in Sweden Agency till Invest Sweden.
  2. ^ a b "SOU 1997:191" (PDF) (in Swedish). The Government of Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2014. Myndigheten Invest in Sweden Agency inrättades i juli 1995.
  3. ^ "Business Sweden - ny organisation för ökad export och investeringsfrämjande". Government of Sweden. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.