Axel Johnson Group
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The Axel Johnson Group is a Swedish
fourth-generation family-owned company. It traces its origins to the trading company A. Johnson & Co, founded in 1873. The Group consists of four legally and financially independent groups with a common owner, Antonia Ax:son Johnson
and her family. In addition, the Group has proprietary interests in the British company Spirent
plc, listed on the London
and New York Stock Exchange
s, and in Nordstjernan
, which in turn has major interests in other companies, including the listed company NCC
.
The four companies in the group are:
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
fourth-generation family-owned company. It traces its origins to the trading company A. Johnson & Co, founded in 1873. The Group consists of four legally and financially independent groups with a common owner, Antonia Ax:son Johnson
Antonia Johnson
Antonia Ax:son Johnson , born in New York City in 1943, is the fourth generation of the family company The Axel Johnson Group, founded by her great grandfather in 1873...
and her family. In addition, the Group has proprietary interests in the British company Spirent
Spirent
Spirent Communications plc is a multinational telecommunications testing company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom.It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
plc, listed on the London
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
and New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
s, and in Nordstjernan
Nordstjernan
Nordstjernan is a Swedish investment company. Nordstjernan is a fourth-generation family company controlled by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. The origin is the shipping company Nordstjernan, which was founded in 1890.-The first generation:...
, which in turn has major interests in other companies, including the listed company NCC
Nordic Construction Company
NCC AB is a Swedish construction company, the second largest in the Nordic region with annual revenues of 49 billion Swedish krona and about 17,000 employees.-History:...
.
The four companies in the group are:
- Axel Johnson ABAxel Johnson ABAxel Johnson AB is a Swedish investment company that invests in trade and trade-related services in the European market, with a main focus on the Nordic region...
- Axel Johnson Inc
- Alex Johnson International AB
- Axfast AB