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Swedish Match

Swedish snus company
Organization business Q52855

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
business, enterprise[3]
Official website
www.swedishmatch.com, www.swedishmatch.com[18][19]
Legal form
aktiebolag[24]

Status and dates

Inception
1917[16]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1917 BnF data 1980 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Replaces
Jönköpings och Vulcans Tändsticksfabriksaktiebolag[23]

Location

Headquarters location
Stockholm[5]
Country
Sweden[2]
Location
Stockholm[6]

Industry and activity

Industry
tobacco product, tobacco industry, food and tobacco industry, chemical industry[12][13][14][15]
Product or material produced
snus[20]

People

Founder
Ivar Kreuger[4]

Relations

Child organization or unit
German Match Factories, British Match Corporation, Wilkinson Sword, Norddeutsche Zündholz, Süddeutsche Zündholz[7][8][9][10][11]
Owner of
America's Best Chew[25]
Parent organization or unit
Philip Morris International[17]
More facts +2
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), From Swedish Matches to Swedish Match (1997)[21][22]
P14750
3D03-FA84-680D-74AF-5150[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Svenska Tändsticks AB en STAB en Swedish Match de STAB de Svenska Tändsticks AB fa سوئدیس متچ ja スウェディッシュ・マッチ sv STAB sv Svenska Tändsticks AB sv Svenska Tändsticksaktiebolaget sv Svenska Tändsticks Aktiebolaget sv Swedish Match AB sv Swedish Match Aktiebolag zh 瑞典火柴公司
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ROR ID
00a6vpp92
ISNI
0000000404691507
Legal Entity Identifier
529900YVXCGNWAUYZG78
VIAF cluster ID
158689623
Library of Congress authority ID
no98062976
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Produktionsanläggning Swedish Match KUB arkitekter natt.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
155497688
Crunchbase organization ID
swedish-match
Dagens Nyheter topic ID
swedish-match
EU Transparency Register ID
56705163713-93
Freebase ID
/m/030j7g
ISIN
SE0000310336
Show all 21 identifiers +9
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
64162571
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/88AA44AA-0817-4450-9530-A43BBC32AB71
OpenCorporates ID
se/556015-0756
PM20 folder ID
co/021661
Quora topic ID
Swedish-Match
Ringgold ID
7686
Swedish Organization Number
556015-0756
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
82341
Wikirate Company ID
2660539

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🔗 Connections
← Ultimate parent organization 4
Swedish Match Industries Aktiebolag, Swedish Match Intellectual Property AB, Swedish Match North America LLC, Swedish Match North Europe AB
Industry 3
chemical industry, tobacco industry, tobacco product
← Parent organization 3
Swedish Match Industries Aktiebolag, Swedish Match North America LLC, Swedish Match North Europe AB
Instance of 2
business, enterprise
← Child organization or unit 2
Philip Morris International, Charterland and General Exploration and Finance
Child organization or unit 1
Wilkinson Sword
Country 1
Sweden
Founder 1
Ivar Kreuger
Headquarters location 1
Stockholm
Legal form 1
aktiebolag
Location 1
Stockholm
Owned entities 1
White Owl
Parent organization or unit 1
Philip Morris International
Product or material produced 1
snus
← Commissioned by 1
Matchstick Palace
← Manufacturer 1
Zyn
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Summary

Swedish Match is a business[1].

Related Entities

business Charterland and General Exploration and Finance Philip Morris International Stockholm Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 3D03-FA84-680D-74AF-5150
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 3D03-FA84-680D-74AF-5150, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  2. 22w ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.swedishmatch.com/, https://www.swedishmatch.com/sv/
    Parent organization or unit → Philip Morris International
    Location → Stockholm
    Product → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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