Swedish InventionsArchive 1844 — 2025

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01Food & Beverage
2001
Oatly Oat Milk

Oatly Oat Milk

Rickard Öste
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1915
Coca-Cola Bottle

Coca-Cola Bottle

Alexander Samuelson
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1879
Absolut Vodka

Absolut Vodka

Lars Olsson Smith
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02Engineering & Technology
1892
Adjustable Wrench

Adjustable Wrench

Johan Petter Johansson
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1855
Safety Matches

Safety Matches

Gustaf Erik Pasch
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1951
Tetra Pak

Tetra Pak

Erik Wallenberg
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1953
Ultrasound Technology

Ultrasound Technology

Hellmuth Hertz and Inge Edler
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1959
Three-Point Seatbelt

Three-Point Seatbelt

Nils Bohlin
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1913
Zipper

Zipper

Gideon Sundbäck
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1907
Ball Bearing

Ball Bearing

Sven Wingquist
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1836
Propeller

Propeller

John Ericsson
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1882
Blowtorch

Blowtorch

Carl Richard Nyberg
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1949
The Re-washable Dishcloth

The Re-washable Dishcloth

Curt Lindquist
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1965
Modern Walking Frame

Modern Walking Frame

Aina Wifalk
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1866
The First Bolt Cutter

The First Bolt Cutter

Jonas Jönsson Byman
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03Digital Technology
1994
Bluetooth Technology

Bluetooth Technology

Jaap Haartsen and Sven Mattisson
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1990
Automatic Identification System

Automatic Identification System

Håkan Lans
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2003
Skype

Skype

Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis
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2006
Spotify

Spotify

Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon
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1876
The First Telephone Handset

The First Telephone Handset

Lars Magnus Ericsson
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04Gaming
2009
Minecraft

Minecraft

Markus Persson (Notch)
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2012
Candy Crush

Candy Crush

Riccardo Zacconi
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2002
Battlefield

Battlefield

Lars Gustavsson
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2013
Geometry Dash

Geometry Dash

Robert Topala
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2014
The Goat Simulator

The Goat Simulator

Armin Ibrisagic
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05Artificial Intelligence
2023
Lovable

Lovable

Founders: Sigge Labor, Max Junestrand & August Erséus
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2023
Legora

Legora

Founders: Sigge Labor, Max Junestrand & August Erséus
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2016
Sana

Sana

Founder: Joel Hellermark
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2023
Tandem Health

Tandem Health

Founders: Oliver Åstrand, Oscar Boldt-Christmas & Lukas Saari
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2023
Listen Labs

Listen Labs

Founders: Alfred Wahlforss & Florian Juengermann
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2024
Filed

Filed

Founders: Johannes Schildt, Jakob Olsson & team
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2024
Lightbringer

Lightbringer

Founders: Team Lightbringer
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2023
Talentium

Talentium

Founders: Talentium Team
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2022
AI-Bob

AI-Bob

Founder: Elin Mårtensson
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2023
Aris Machina

Aris Machina

Founders: Peter Carlsson & Siddharth Khullar
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2023
Andon Labs

Andon Labs

Founders: Andon Labs Team
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2020
Buddywise

Buddywise

Founders: Buddywise Team
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2020
Gilion

Gilion

Founders: Gilion Team
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2018
Kognic

Kognic

Founders: Daniel Langkilde & Mikael Rousson
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2021
Rerun

Rerun

Founders: Emil Ernerfeldt, David Sandberg & Adam Britton
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2019
Validio

Validio

Founders: Theodor Sandström & Patrik Tran
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2010
Vionlabs

Vionlabs

Founders: Vionlabs Team
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06Science & Innovation
1895
Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

Alfred Nobel
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1742
Celsius Temperature Scale

Celsius Temperature Scale

Anders Celsius
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1991
First Oral Cholera Vaccine Drokal

First Oral Cholera Vaccine Drokal

Jan Holmgren
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1867
Dynamite

Dynamite

Alfred Nobel
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1922
AGA Cooker

AGA Cooker

Gustaf Dalén
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1958
Implantable Pacemaker

Implantable Pacemaker

Rune Elmqvist
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1925
Absorption Refrigerator

Absorption Refrigerator

Carl Munters & Baltzar von Platen
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1968
The Gamma Knife

The Gamma Knife

Lars Leksell
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07Arts & Culture
1906
The First Abstract Paintings

The First Abstract Paintings

Hilma af Klint
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