Passagen, is a Swedish

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....

 web portal

Web portal

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 started in 1994 by Ken Ceder, Lars-Erik Eriksson and Mattias Söderhielm at Telia

Telia

Telia may refer to:*Telia - part of the reproductive cycle of Rusts*Telia Digital-tv - a Swedish TV platform*Telia, Nepal - a village in Nepal*TeliaSonera - a Swedish/Finnish telecom operator*Telia Challenge Waxholm - Golf tournament...

, and was launched in October 1995. Until 1999, it was Sweden's second largest web site. It provides community service for adults like blog

Blog

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s, homepage

Homepage

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s, forums, chat, and free e-mail

E-mail

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 and profilepages. The most recent addition is a quiz

Quiz

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 application.

Between 1998 and 2001 Passagen was owned by the Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 media company Schibsted

Schibsted

Schibsted is a Norwegian media conglomerate with operations in 20 countries, the most important being Norway and Sweden. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange....

. Passagen was up to 1999 one of the three largest web sites in Sweden. Since 2001 it has been owned by Eniro Sverige AB

Aktiebolag

Aktiebolag is the Swedish term for "limited company" or "corporation". When used in company names, it is abbreviated "AB" or "Ab"...

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