Bure Equity is an investment company involved in communications, textiles, training, and education. It is largest private school operator in Sweden

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....

. This role gained it international attention in connection to the rise of independent school

Independent school

An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

s in Sweden. Bure Equity owns Vittra

Vittra

Vittra Utbildning AB is a Swedish education company which operates schools. The company runs 27 schools in Sweden and other schools in Norway, Denmark, Latvia, and Estonia. In Stockholm, the company owns the largest independent school in Sweden...

, a company that runs schools in Sweden and other countries.

On the 11th of February 2009 Altor Fund III and Bure Equity AB signed an agreement to acquire Carnegie Investment Bank AB, a leading independent Nordic investment bank, from the Swedish National Debt Office

Swedish National Debt Office

The Swedish National Debt Office founded by the Riksdag of the Estates in 1789, is a Government agency in Sweden. The first task of the Debt office was to finance the War against Russia started by King Gustav III....

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