Swedavia
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| Aktiebolag | |
| Predecessor | Swedish Civil Aviation Administration |
| Founded | 1 April 2010 |
| Headquarters |
Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden |
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Number of employees
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2,600 (2010) |
| Website | swedavia.com |
Swedavia AB is a Swedish nationally owned company, which owns and operates the major airports of Sweden. It has its head office at the airport control tower on the grounds of , Sigtuna Municipality, near .
It was formed on 1 April 2010, when the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration was split up, and all commercial airport operation was transferred to the new Swedavia company. Air navigation services continues as a state enterprise under the name LFV (Civil Aviation Administration). In 2010, the number of employees was about 2,600.
Swedavia owns ten airports in Sweden:
When the decision was made to form Swedavia, there were 16 nationally owned airports, but it was a part of the decision to transfer six of them to local owners and keep ten large airports. Region Värmland took over the operations of Karlstad Airport in 2010. In 2011, the operations for Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport was transferred to Region Skåne Nordväst and Örnsköldsvik Airport was transferred to Örnsköldsvik Municipality. In 2013 Sundsvall Airport was transferred to local owners. Jönköping Airport and Skellefteå Airport were transferred to local ownership 2009/2010 before Swedavia was formed.
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