Forty Swedish companies have joined together with the Swedish Trade Council and the Swedish Foreign Ministry in a new grouping called the Swedish Alliance for UN Business.

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Nordic firms make record sales to UN. Dismal results for Sweden

Danish, Finnish and Norwegian companies experienced an upswing in sales to the UN System last year, recent IAPSO figures show. Firms in the Nordic Block are now No. 5 on the list of the UN’s top suppliers. In a record year for Nordic sales, only Swedish firms actually sold less to the UN System in 2005 than the previous year.