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Infranord is a wholly owned Swedish Government enterprise and a
railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
contractor, providing engineering services to build and maintain railways. The company is the result of a
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when the
Swedish Transport Administration The Swedish Transport Administration () is a government agency in Sweden, controlled by the Riksdag and the Government of Sweden. It is responsible for long-term infrastructure planning for transport: road, rail, shipping and aviation. It owns, c ...
was established in 2010, following the merger between the
Swedish Rail Administration The Swedish National Rail Administration () was a Swedish state administrative authority which acted as owner on behalf of the State and maintained virtually all main railway lines in Sweden; except for short sidings for freight, heritage railwa ...
() and the Swedish Road Administration (). Today, the company has a presence in all
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n countries, with operations in
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and
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. The company had 2,500 employees and a turnover of over SEK 4,400 million in 2012, and its head-office is located in
Solna Solna ( or , ), also known as Solna Municipality, is a municipality in central Stockholm County, Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna i ...
.


See also

* Svevia *
Government-owned corporation A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity created or owned by a national or local government, either through an executive order or legislation. SOEs aim to generate profit for the government, prevent private sector monopolies, provide goo ...
*
List of government enterprises of Sweden This is a list of Swedish companies owned by the state. State-owned companies are legally in a form of aktiebolag but mainly or fully state-owned. They are expected to be funded by their sales, and not be given direct tax money. A big customer ...


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* {{authority control Government-owned companies of Sweden Construction and civil engineering companies of Sweden Swedish companies established in 2010 Construction and civil engineering companies established in 2010 Companies based in Solna Municipality