Alexander Husebye

Professor Håkan Lindgren receives the Business History Award 2022. He receives it for his many years as a leading business historian and academic institution builder.

Former chairman of the board of Föreningen Stockholms Företagsminnen Lars Bergstig has died. As city council secretary, he was active in shaping the idea that is the origin of all our activities today.

We have updated the site about the Brothers Nobel oil company, Branobel.

During the corona crisis, various actors have quickly wanted to find major changes and shifts – and they often use existing perspectives for that. But if we are to draw lasting lessons, we need both historical knowledge and documentation of what actually happened.

A person that, in many ways meant much to, the Centre for Business History, has passed away. Professor Hans De Geer, Stockholm, died on 10 June 2021 at the age of 76. He is grieved by his wife Eva and sons Jonas, with daughters Emilia and Josefin, and Henrik with wife Karolina.

Bengt Jangfeldt tells about the Nobel family’s unknown corporate empire in a new book. The book is the end result of over 10 years of international archive project in which a previously unknown archive from the Nobel brothers’ oil company in Baku plays a central role.

Professor Bengt Jangfeldt is hard at work with a book on the Nobel family’s unique industry history in Russia.

We just launched our own publishing house: Förlaget Näringslivshistoria (or Business History Publishing).

Presentation by Alexander Husebye, CEO of Centre for Business History in Stockholm, at the IBC SBA 2015 Conference “Creating the Best Business Archive – Achieving…