Confederation of Swedish Enterprise explained

Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Native Name:Svenskt Näringsliv
Native Name Lang:sv
Formation:2001
Status:Political organization
Purpose:Employers' organization
Location:Stockholm, Sweden
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Fredrik Persson
Leader Title2:Director-General
Leader Name2:Jan-Olof Jacke
Affiliations:BusinessEurope
Budget:1,000,000,000 SEK
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.[1]

History

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.

Policy

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 liberal and economically liberal think tank — via the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation (Swedish: Stiftelsen Fritt Näringsliv).[2]

Organisation

Approximately 200 employees work in the Stockholm main office, the 22 regional offices in Sweden and the EU Brussels office.[3] The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise is a member federation of BusinessEurope, representing 41 member federations from 34 European nations.[4] The organization alone covers 69 per cent of private sector workers in Sweden (2017). Together with other employers' associations, the organization cover about 82 per cent of all private sector workers.[5]

Leadership

Director-Generals: Presidents:
  • Sören Gyll, 2001 – 2004
  • Michael Treschow, 2004 – 2007
  • Signhild Arnegård Hansen, 2007 – 2010
  • Kenneth Bengtsson, 2010 – 2013
  • Jens Spendrup, 2013 – 2016
  • Leif Östling, 2016 – 2017
  • Fredrik Persson, 2017 – present

List of member organisations

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise's members are employers' associations, trade associations or other groups of companies. Individual companies are members of the member organizations and thereby members of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.[6]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About us. Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. 3 January 2015.
  2. Web site: The Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation. Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation. 3 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Årsredovisning 2012. Swedish. Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. 3 January 2015. 18.
  4. Web site: BUSINESSEUROPE. Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. 3 January 2015.
  5. Anders Kjellberg (2019) Kollektivavtalens täckningsgrad samt organisationsgraden hos arbetsgivarförbund och fackförbund, Department of Sociology, Lund University. Studies in Social Policy, Industrial Relations, Working Life and Mobility. Research Reports 2019:1, Appendix 3 Table E (in English)
  6. Web site: Medlemsorganisationer. Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. 11 August 2014. Swedish.

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