Swedish Trade Council

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

The Swedish Trade Council (Swedish: Exportrådet, or Sveriges Exportråd) was an organisation formed after a parliamentary decision July 1, 1972, in cooperation between the Government of Sweden and representatives from the Swedish business community, through the Swedish Foreign Trade Association (Swedish: Sveriges Allmänna Utrikeshandelsförening). Its mission was to promote Swedish exports on behalf of the Swedish industry and government.[1]

In 2013, the organisation was merged with the government agency Invest Sweden, to form a new organisation named Business Sweden.[2]

Abroad, operations were organized into five regions: the Americas; Asia; Western Europe and Australia/New Zealand; Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. In these regions, the Swedish Trade Council worked with Swedish and foreign consultants and cooperates closely with Swedish embassies, consulates and chambers of commerce.

References

1. Proposition 1972:31
2. "Business Sweden - ny organisation för ökad export och investeringsfrämjande". Government of Sweden. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.