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A modern office building in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Wingårdh arkitektkontor.

Ericsson

Ericsson is a big company from Sweden that helps people and businesses connect using phones and the internet. It was started in 1876 by Lars Magnus Ericsson in Stockholm. Today, Ericsson makes important equipment that lets phones talk to each other.

Ericsson helped create Bluetooth, the technology that lets devices like headphones and speakers connect without wires. The company works in over 180 countries and has many clever ideas called patents.

Today, Ericsson employs around 100,000 people and sells its products all over the world. The company is guided by two big Swedish groups, the Wallenberg family and Handelsbanken.

Ericsson has been very important for more than 100 years in how we use phones and the internet. It made the world’s first fully automatic mobile phone system and helped create faster internet speeds with 5G technology.

Images

Portrait of Lars Magnus Ericsson, a Swedish inventor, taken from a 1906 publication.
An old wooden Ericsson telephone with a winding handle and receiver, showcasing historic communication technology.
An Ericsson building located at Telefonplan in Stockholm, Sweden.
A vintage black rotary telephone from 1931, showcasing early telephone design.
A vintage 1950s Ericsson bakelite telephone, showcasing classic design from the mid-20th century.
One of the first GSM mobile phones ever made by Ericsson.
A mobile phone model showing different removable color panels for customization.
An example of Swedish industrial design from the 1990s: the Ericsson GF-768.

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