Svevia is an independent

public company A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of share capital, stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) co ...

which builds and operates roads and infrastructure in Sweden. Svevia is the fourth largest

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

company in the country, with approximately 1,900 employees and a turnover of SEK 8.1 billion (in 2020). It is the largest road operation and maintenance company in Sweden. Svevia has its origins in the production division of the former

Swedish Road Administration The National Road Administration () was a government agency in Sweden. Its primary responsibility was to organise building and maintenance of the road network in Sweden. Its headquarters were located in Borlänge. History The agency was founded i ...

(''Vägverket''). The company headquarters is in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. The chairman is Olof Ehrlén and the president and CEO is Anders Gustafsson. The name "Svevia" is also the

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for

Swabia Swabia ; , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia, one of ...

, a historical region of

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* Government-owned companies of Sweden Construction and civil engineering companies of Sweden Roads in Sweden Infrastructure in Sweden Companies based in Stockholm {{Sweden-company-stub

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