# Record years > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Record_years > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Record_years.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_years > Source revision: 1340143407 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Period of Swedish economic history}} [[File:Hoghus 1-5 1964.jpg|thumb|The [redevelopment of Norrmalm](/source/redevelopment_of_Norrmalm), downtown [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), in 1963]] [[File:Constructing the Stockholm Metro in 1957.jpg|thumb|The [redevelopment of Norrmalm](/source/redevelopment_of_Norrmalm) and the [Stockholm Metro](/source/Stockholm_Metro)]] The '''record years''' ({{langx|sv|rekordåren}}) is a period in the [economy of Sweden](/source/economy_of_Sweden), dating from the international [post–World War II economic expansion](/source/post%E2%80%93World_War_II_economic_expansion) to the [1973 oil crisis](/source/1973_oil_crisis),{{cite news|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sverige/krisen-som-skakade-varldens-basta-land/|title=Krisen som skakade världens bästa land|newspaper=[Sydsvenskan](/source/Sydsvenskan)|language=Swedish|first=Daniel|last=Rydén|date=8 September 2013|accessdate=5 May 2016|archive-date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130035547/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sverige/krisen-som-skakade-varldens-basta-land/|url-status=dead}} and largely coinciding with the mandates of prime ministers [Tage Erlander](/source/Tage_Erlander) and earliest years of [Olof Palme](/source/Olof_Palme). The concept was originally a [satirical](/source/satirical) left-wing description of the years 1968 to 1970. Sweden had maintained neutrality during both world wars, and entered the post-war boom with industrial and demographic advantages. Sweden also received aid from the [Marshall Plan](/source/Marshall_Plan). Between 1947 and 1974, the Swedish economy grew at an average rate of 12.5% annually{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}. The urban population, living in towns of over 15,000 people, grew from 38% of the total population in 1931 to 74% by 1973. Sustained by an export boom of automobiles, heavy machinery, electronics, shipbuilding, and heavy weapons, the per capita income increased by as much as 2,000%. Sweden had successfully moved into the high-income group of countries by 1955–56. ==See also== {{Portal|Sweden|Economics }} * [History of Sweden (1945–67)](/source/History_of_Sweden_(1945%E2%80%9367)) * [Folkhemmet](/source/Folkhemmet) * [Million Programme](/source/Million_Programme) * [Trente Glorieuses](/source/Trente_Glorieuses) * [Japanese post-war economic miracle](/source/Japanese_post-war_economic_miracle) * [Italian economic miracle](/source/Italian_economic_miracle) * [Wirtschaftswunder](/source/Wirtschaftswunder) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Economic miracle and tiger economy}}{{Sweden-hist-stub}} Category:1940s in Sweden Category:Economic booms Category:Post–World War II economic booms Category:Economic history of Sweden Category:1940s in economic history Category:1950s in economic history Category:1960s in economic history Category:1970s in economic history Category:1950s in Sweden Category:1960s in Sweden Category:1970s in Sweden --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Record years](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_years) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_years?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.