Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

marknad

/marknad/Roman

English meaning: Market

Swedish Definition

(Svenska)

Det ekonomiska systemet där utbud och efterfrågan av varor och tjänster möts.

English Definition

A system where buyers and sellers exchange goods and services. Sweden has one of the world's most open, competitive market economies — consistently ranked in the top 10 for economic freedom. Swedish companies are globally successful multinationals: IKEA (furniture, largest private employer in some countries), H&M (fashion), Volvo, Scania, Ericsson, AstraZeneca, Spotify, and Klarna (fintech). Stockholm is a major European financial center.

Example

Sverige är hemland till globalt framgångsrika varumärken som IKEA, Volvo och H&M.

In English: Sweden is home to globally successful brands like IKEA, Volvo, and H&M.

Synonyms

  • marknadsekonomi
  • handel

Literary Heritage

De fattiga måste lämna sina hem, men de rika stannar kvar och tar allt.

The poor must leave their homes, but the rich remain and take everything.

Vilhelm Moberg · Novelist / Playwright · 20th century

Utvandrarna

Utvandrarna (The Emigrants), Part II, Ch. 5, 1949

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