Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
| Svenskt Näringsliv | |
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| Formation | 2001 |
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| Legal status | Political organization |
| Purpose | Employers' organization |
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President
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Jens Spendrup |
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Director-General
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Carola Lemne |
| Affiliations | BUSINESSEUROPE |
| Website | svensktnaringsliv.se |
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise or Swedish Enterprise (Swedish: Svenskt Näringsliv) is a major employers' organization for private sector and business sector companies in Sweden. It has 49 member associations representing 60,000 member companies with more than 1.6 million employees.
The current organisation is the result of a merger between the Swedish Employers Association (Swedish: Svenska Arbetsgivareföreningen, abbreviated SAF) and the Swedish National Federation of Industry (Swedish: Sveriges Industriförbund) that was completed in March 2001.
Like its predecessors, the organisation is actively lobbying for pro-business interests. Tax cuts, especially the abolition of property and inheritance taxes, is a main priority. The organisation also promotes letting private enterprises take over the production of a larger part of services today mainly performed by the Swedish public sector, such as education and health services.
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise finances Timbro — a libertarian, free-market think tank — via the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation (Swedish: Stiftelsen Fritt Näringsliv).
The current Director-General is the CEO of Praktikertjänst, Carola Lemne, while the former CEO of Spendrups, Jens Spendrup, serves as the President. Approximately 200 employees work in the main office, the 22 regional offices in Sweden and the EU Brussels office. The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise is a member federation of BUSINESSEUROPE, representing 41 member federations from 34 European nations. The organization alone covers 68 per cent of private sector workers in Sweden. Together with other employers' associations, the organization cover about 80 per cent of all private sector workers.
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