Rio de Janeiro aerial view.

Historic places that shaped innovation

Visit the very first addresses from the 1800’s in Stockholm. Then follow along as the company moves to Tulegatan and Telefonplan. Ericsson established itself all over Sweden in the 1900’s and from the change of the millennium has expanded to the rest of the world.

Stockholm becomes an industrial city

Midsommarkransen! Taylorism as architecture

Ericsson’s first addresses

The manufacturing plant on Tulegatan

Söderhamn, from rotary dials to energy systems

Expansion in Blekinge

Ericsson in the struggle against depopulation

Ericsson becomes a truly national company

Ericsson grows out of Stockholm

MALAYSIA, 1987, SOLAR DRIVEN COIN TELEPHONE

Malaysia

Ericsson was established in Malaysia in 1964. In 1970 a factory was built in Shah Alam for making cables and AXE telephone exchanges.

Great Britain

Great Britain

In 1985, the British Telecom selected AXE as its second system for the British telephone network after its own System X.

Ericsson history Poland

Poland

Ericsson's activities in Poland began in 1901, when Poland was still under Russian rule.

More about Ericsson's history in Poland (in Polish)

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