Starting your own company and navigating taxes can be, well… taxing. But for the many international professionals who move to Sweden to start a new life and a new business, taxes in a new language can prove even more challenging. Nicole Michaelis is an entrepreneur who has done just that.
Melanie Aronson’s first taste of Sweden came in 2014, when she moved to Malmö on a Fulbright Scholarship. Armed with a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and a master’s degree in Documentary Film, she set out to make a documentary about immigration and integration in Sweden. It was through this project she first identified a need for her company, friend-finding app Panion.
The recovery of the Swedish economy is also evident in the creation of new companies. Although the number of new firms dropped significantly in 2009 as a whole, the final months of the year showed signs of improvement.
Sweden has once again topped a survey measuring innovation performance among several industrialized countries, but a top official from Sweden’s innovation community cautioned against reading too much into the figures.
<i><b>New Swedish companies are bursting with ideas in IT and biotech. It's time for international investors to sit up and take notice, says leading entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein.</b></i>
The rate at which new companies are being started in Sweden is declining. The reason, according to ALMI Företagspartner, a state-owned body promoting business and entrepreneurship, is that the labour market is improving and more people choose to take jobs rather than go it alone.
