# Apoteket

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{{Short description|Swedish pharmaceuticals retailer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name             = Apoteket AB
| logo             = Apoteket_Logo.svg
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| type             = [Swedish government enterprise](/source/List_of_Swedish_government_enterprises)
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| foundation       = {{Start date|1970}}
| founder          = 
| location         = [Solna](/source/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](/source/Pharmaceuticals)
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| revenue          = [SEK](/source/Swedish_krona) 26.275 million (2010)<ref name=apoteket />
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| 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>
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| homepage         = https://www.apoteket.se/
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'''Apoteket AB''' is a state-owned [pharmaceuticals](/source/pharmacology) retailer in [Sweden](/source/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](/source/Ministry_of_Finance_(Sweden)).<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Cuba) and [North Korea](/source/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>

==References==
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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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