Nordics: biggest companies by number of employees

The Swedish company, Securitas AB, had the highest number of employees in the Nordic countries as of November 2021, with around 290,000 employees. The second largest employer was Norsk Sykepleierforbund, reaching over 150,000 employees, followed by Hennes & Mauritz, with 110,000 employees.

Largest companies in the Nordic countries as of November 2021, by number of employees

Characteristic	Number of employees
Securitas AB	292,877
Norsk Sykepleierforbund	151,046
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB	110,325
Nokia Oyj	101,731
Ericsson, Telefoni AB LM	99,589
Medtronic Norge AS	90,000
Volvo AB	89,573
KONE Oyj	53,417
Cbre AS	51,050
Assa Abloy AB	48,992
Electrolux AB	47,543
Scania CV AB	47,016
Scania AB	47,016
Sandvik AB	38,666
SKF AB	38,385
Volvo Car AB	38,343
Atlas Copco AB	37,805
Norsk Hydro ASA	36,487
Skanska AB	32,463
Carl Bennett AB	28,825

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November 2021

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Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden

Survey time period

November 2021

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "The top list data is always based on the latest available financial statements."

Total number of employees refers to the average number of employees.

Subsidiaries are excluded if the parent company is on the top list with consolidated figures.

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