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A story about a company is also the story about all the people that have worked there. Meet Ericsson’s founder and the managing directors; meet the industry leaders and employees. You will also get to know some of the innovative engineers and some real adventurers.

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, August 7 1881

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, August 14 1881

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, August 17 1881

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, August 24 1883

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, August 1885

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, May 25 1889

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, March 10 1890

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, March 12 1890

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, March 14 1890

From Hilda to Lars Magnus, November 1899

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, August 21 1883

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, July 8 1885

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, August 8 1885

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, August 21 1885

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, June 6 1889

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, October 29 1899

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, May 18 1900

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, November 1900

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, May 3 1901

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, August 22 1901

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, October 2 1902

From Lars Magnus to Hilda, October 10 1902

 

Nils Palmgren's vision

Nils Palmgren's vision

When the young telecom engineer Nils Palmgren was taking a walk one evening in the early 1910s, he suddenly had a vision of how ten incoming telephone lines in a telephone exchange could be placed in contact with 100 outgoing lines. 

Arvid Lindman and Swedish telephony

Arvid Lindman and Swedish telephony

Arvid Lindman was an industrial leader and a prominent conservative politician in the early 1900s. The story of his life has several links with Swedish telephony.

The telephone king of Stockholm

The telephone king of Stockholm

Entrepreneur, Henrik Thore Cedergren came to be known as the telephone king as a result of his monumental efforts and success in establishing Stockholm as the world's leading telephone city in 1885.

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