{{Short description|Swedish pharmaceuticals retailer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Apoteket AB | logo = Apoteket_Logo.svg | caption = | type = Swedish government enterprise | traded_as = | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{Start date|1970}} | founder = | location = Solna, Sweden | area_served = | key_people = Ann Carlsson (CEO)<ref name=apoteket>{{cite web|url=http://www.apoteket.se/privatpersoner/om/Documents/Apoteket_2010_SE.pdf |title=Årsredovisning 2010 |language=Swedish |publisher=Apoteket AB |page=3 |accessdate=15 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105180447/http://www.apoteket.se/privatpersoner/om/Documents/Apoteket_2010_SE.pdf |archivedate=5 January 2012 }}</ref> | industry = | products = Pharmaceuticals | services = | revenue = SEK 26.275 million (2010)<ref name=apoteket /> | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = <!-- Only used with financial services companies --> | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 2,821 (2023)<ref>{{cite web | last=Carpman | first=Annika | title=Apoteket AB gör halv miljard i vinst – halverar utdelningen | website=Dagens Medicin | date=2023-02-03 | url=https://www.dagensmedicin.se/vardens-styrning/ekonomi/apoteket-ab-gor-halv-miljard-i-vinst-halverar-utdelningen/ | language=sv | access-date=2024-03-24| quote=Antalet anställda ökade under förra året till 2 821, från 2 729 anställda ett år tidigare.}}</ref> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = https://www.apoteket.se/ | footnotes = }} '''Apoteket AB''' is a state-owned pharmaceuticals retailer in Sweden which formerly held a monopoly on the retail sale of medicines in the country. Formerly known as Apoteksbolaget, the company is a government owned enterprise reporting to the Ministry of Finance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regeringens skrivelse 2012/13:33|url=http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Dokument-Lagar/Forslag/Propositioner-och-skrivelser/Riksrevisionens-rapport-om-sta_H00333/?html=true|publisher=The Swedish Government|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref>
==History== The company was founded in 1970 under the name ''Apoteksbolaget AB''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apofri – Apoteket först ut med egen serie receptfria läkemedel |url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/apoteket_ab/pressreleases/apofri-apoteket-foerst-ut-med-egen-serie-receptfria-laekemedel-475054 |website=Mynewsdesk |access-date=29 March 2021 |language=sv}}</ref> In 1998 the name was changed to the current one, ''Apoteket AB''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Apoteket AB |encyclopedia=Nationalencyklopedin |language=Swedish |url=http://www.ne.se/apoteket-ab |accessdate=16 March 2012}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
On 1 July 2009, the government monopoly was lifted, allowing the opening of private pharmacies in Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sweden's pharmacy monopoly finished |first=David |last=Landes |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20396/20090701/ |newspaper=The Local |date=1 July 2009 |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref> The Swedish government cited the fact of Sweden being the only democracy, along with Cuba and North Korea, to retain its monopoly as an argument for its abolishment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sveriges Grönaste Varumärke 2018 |url=https://www.differ.se/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Sveriges-Gr%C3%B6naste-Varum%C3%A4rke-2018_rapport_final.pdf |publisher=differ.se |access-date=29 March 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101002348/https://www.differ.se/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Sveriges-Gr%C3%B6naste-Varum%C3%A4rke-2018_rapport_final.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.apoteket.se/}}
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Category:Government-owned companies of Sweden Category:Companies based in Solna Municipality Category:Former monopolies
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