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Svenska Aeroplan AB

Saab Group
Publicly traded Aktiebolag
Traded as Nasdaq StockholmSAAB B
Industry Aerospace and defence
Predecessor SAAB/Saab AB (1937–68)
Saab-Scania (1968–95)
Founded Trollhättan, Sweden (1937)
Headquarters , Sweden
Area served
Worldwide
Key people

Marcus Wallenberg (Chairman)

Håkan Buskhe (President & CEO)
Products Air Traffic Control systems
Fighter aircraft
Military aircraft
Military systems
Radars
Revenue Increase 28.631 billion kr (2016)
Decrease 1.797 billion kr (2016)
Decrease 1.175 billion kr (2016)
Total assets Increase 41.211 billion kr (2016)
Total equity Increase 13.301 billion kr (2016)
Owner Investor AB (30.0%; 40.4% votes)
Number of employees
Increase 15,465 (2016)
Subsidiaries
Website saabgroup.com

Marcus Wallenberg (Chairman)

Saab Group (originally Svenska Aeroplan AB, later SAAB and Saab AB; About this sound listen ) is a Swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer Saab Automobile. Between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania-Vabis, known as Saab-Scania. The two were de-merged in 1995 by the new owners, Investor AB. Despite the demerger, both Saab and Scania share the right to use the griffin logo, which originates from the coat of arms of the Swedish region of Scania.

"Svenska Aeroplan AB (aktiebolag)" (Swedish for "Swedish Aeroplane Company Limited") (SAAB) was founded in 1937 in Trollhättan, with the merger of Svenska Aero AB (SAAB) and Linköping based VASJA the headquarters moved to Linköping. The style "Saab" replaced "SAAB" around 1950.

Originally manufacturing aircraft, the company sought ways in which to diversify its business. In the late 1940s the company began manufacturing cars at its Saab Automobile division, based in Trollhättan. The first car was the Saab 92; full-scale production started December 12, 1949, based on the prototype Ursaab.


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