List of Swedish inventors

Swedish inventors are Swedish people who invented novel ideas, machines or tools.

In the 18th century, Sweden's scientific revolution took off. Previously, technical progress had mainly come from professionals who had immigrated from mainland Europe. In 1739, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was founded, with people such as Carl Linnaeus and Anders Celsius as early members.

Sweden had a total of 49,974 patents as of 2015 according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and only ten other countries had more patents than Sweden.^[1]

The traditional engineering industry is still a major source of Swedish inventions, but pharmaceuticals, electronics and other high-tech industries are gaining ground. A large portion of the Swedish economy is to this day based on the export of technical inventions, and many large multinational corporations from Sweden have their origins in the ingenuity of Swedish inventors.^[2]

^ Patents By Country, State, and Year – All Patent Types (December 2015)
^ "Swedish inventions and discoveries" (PDF). Fact Sheet FS 91 e. Swedish Institute. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.

[1] Patents By Country, State, and Year – All Patent Types (December 2015)

[si91e-2] "Swedish inventions and discoveries" (PDF). Fact Sheet FS 91 e. Swedish Institute. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.

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