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Sweden

This page presents historical data on Sweden.

Some of the data files below are presented as excel files. On some computers it could be requested to type a password, etc. No password is, however, necessary. Click on one of the buttons and the excel file should be uploaded.

Historical monetary statistics of Sweden (the Riksbank):

The Riksbank database Historical Monetary Statistics of Sweden 1668-2008 is organised around the following six sections:

• Prices. A Consumer Price Index is presented for the whole period 1290–2006.
• Wages from 1540 onwards.
• Exchange Rates. Contains exchange rates between various Swedish currencies in 1291–1834 and foreign exchange rates from 1658 onwards.
• Money Supply from 1871 onwards.
• Interest and stock returns from 1856 onwards.
• State loans from 1668 onwards.

Historical national accounts for Sweden 1800-2000 (excel file)
Includes data series of GDP, value added, investment, consumption, foreign trade, stocks of produced assets and consumption of produced assets for the period 1800-2000; employment, wages, labour income of self-employed and gross surplus for the period 1850-2000; and hours worked for the period 1950-2000. Data collected by Rodney Edvinsson.

Gross output, gross value added and intermediate consumption in 9 manufacturing branches in current prices in Sweden 1800-2000 (excel file)

Gross output, gross value added and intermediate consumption in agriculture, forestry and fishing in current prices in Sweden 1800-2000 (excel file)

Annual volume growth (in percent) of aggregate production according to different estimates (excel-file)

Current values (in million SEK) of some aggregate variables (excel-file)

Estimates of GDP per capita and population (excel-file)

Nominal gross value added (in basic prices, million SEK) of different types of activities and of GDP (excel-file)

Annual growth rates (in percent) of the volume gross value added (in basic prices and corrected for changes in the value added share in gross output) of different types of activities (excel-file)

Nominal values (in purchasers’ prices, million SEK) of different expenditures and of GDP by expenditure (excel-file)

Annual volume growth rates (in percent) of various expenditures and of GDP by expenditure (based on purchasers’ prices) (excel-file)

Annual changes (in percent) in the prices indices (purchasers’ prices) of various expenditures and of GDP by expenditure (excel-file)

Nominal value of gross investment (in purchasers’ prices, million SEK) of various types of activities and total gross investment (excel-file)

Consumption of fixed assets (in current, purchasers’ prices, million SEK) of various types of activities and total consumption of fixed assets (excel-file)

Net (capacity) stock of various types of produced assets (in current, purchasers’ prices, million SEK), aggregate economy, and the total net stock of produced assets of the aggregate economy, of the private sector and of manufacturing and handicrafts (1st of January each year) (excel-file)

Annual volume growth rates (in percent) of the net (capacity) stock of various types of produced assets (purchasers’ prices, million SEK), aggregate economy, and of the total net stock of produced assets of the aggregate economy, of the private sector and of manufacturing and handicrafts (excel-file)

Gross (capacity) stock of various types of produced assets (current, purchasers’ prices, million SEK), aggregate economy, and the total gross stock of produced assets of the aggregate economy, of the private sector and of manufacturing and handicrafts (1st of January each year) (excel-file)

Annual volume growth rates (in percent) of the gross (capacity) stock of various types of produced assets (purchasers’ prices, million SEK), aggregate economy, and of the total gross stock of produced assets of the aggregate economy, of the private sector and of manufacturing and handicrafts (excel-file)

Number of employed (employees and self-employed) of various types of activities (excel-file)

Number of employees of various types of activities (excel-file)

Number of self-employed of various types of activities, and the number of “housewives” (excel-file)

Total hours worked (in tens of thousands) of employed (employees and self-employed) of different types of activities (excel-file)

Total hours worked (in tens of thousands) of employees of different types of activities (excel-file)

Total hours worked (in tens of thousands) of self-employed of different types of activities (excel-file)

Wages and salaries (including social benefits) of employees (current factor values, million SEK) of various types of activities (excel-file)

Imputed labour income of self-employed (including social benefits, current factor values, million SEK) of various types of activities (excel-file)

Gross surplus (current, basic values, million SEK) of various types of activities (excel-file)

Various ratios (in percent, based on current purchasers’ and purchasers’ proxy prices) and change in real wage rate (in percent) for manufacturing and handicrafts (excel-file)

The population in Sweden within present borders 4000 BC-2004 AD (html-file)

A business cycle chronology for Sweden (html-file)

Annual GDP growth in Sweden 1720-2000 (html-file)

GDP per capita in Sweden 1720-2000 in the reference prices of year 2000 (html-file)

The ratio of import and export to GDP in Sweden 1800-2000 (html-file)

1 Swedish crown in 1800-2000 in the value of the Swedish crown of year 2000 (html-file)

A price index for Sweden 1800-2000 (1900=100) (html-file)

The ratio of self-employed to all employed in Sweden in 1850-2000 (html-file)

The share of manufacturing in total employment in Sweden in 1850-2000 (html-file)

The net stock of buildings in Sweden in 1800-2001 in the reference prices of year 2000 (html-file)

The profit rate in Swedish manufacturing in 1850-2000 (html-file)

The British pound in Swedish crowns/riksdalers in 1858-2005 (annual average) (html-file)

The US dollar in Swedish crowns/riksdalers in 1858-2005 (annual average) (html-file)

Money supply (M3), income velocity of money, GDP and price index for Sweden 1965-2004 (html-file)

The Swedish Riksbank discount rate in 1856-2002 och reference rate in 2002-2004 (html-file)

External links:

Statistics Sweden

CyberCity

Lund University Macroeconomic and Demographic Database (LU - MADD)

SVAR - The National Archives

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