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Swedavia AB is a Swedish nationally owned company, which owns and operates the major airports of Sweden. It has its head office on the grounds of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm Arlanda Airport , is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly , by road, south-east of Uppsala....

, Sigtuna Municipality
Sigtuna Municipality
Sigtuna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta.The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm....

, near Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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It was formed on 1 April 2010, when the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration was split up, and all commercial airport operation was transferred to the new Swedavia company. Air navigation services continues as a state enterprise under the name LFV (Civil Aviation Administration). In 2010, the number of employees was about 2,600.

Airports

As of May 2011, Swedavia owns 11 airports in Sweden:
  • Åre Östersund Airport
  • Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
    Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
    Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport is an international airport serving the Gothenburg region in Sweden. With 4.3 million passengers in 2006 it is Sweden's second-largest airport...

  • Kiruna Airport
    Kiruna Airport
    Kiruna Airport is the northernmost airport in Sweden. The airport lies around ten kilometres from the town centre of Kiruna. In 2010 the airport served 199,708 passengers.-Future:Kiruna Airport is the chosen destination for the Spaceport Sweden project...

  • Luleå Airport
    Luleå Airport
    Luleå Airport is located about 5 km south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. The airport had a 995,581 passenger total in 2008, and is thus Sweden's sixth largest airport...

  • Malmö Airport
  • Ronneby Airport
    Ronneby Airport
    Ronneby Airport is located about 4 km from Ronneby, Sweden and 30 km from Karlshamn and 30 km from Karlskrona....

  • Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
    Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
    Stockholm Arlanda Airport , is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly , by road, south-east of Uppsala....

  • Stockholm-Bromma Airport
    Stockholm-Bromma Airport
    Stockholm-Bromma Airport is an airport in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm-Bromma Airport is located west northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city...

  • Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport
    Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport
    Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport or Midlanda Airport is located about 21 km north of Sundsvall and 32 km south of Härnösand, Sweden....

  • Umeå Airport
  • Visby Airport
    Visby Airport
    Visby Airport , is located about 3.5 km north of Visby, Gotland, Sweden.Visby airport is Gotland's only commercial airport and the 12th largest airport in Sweden. The airport had about 305,000 passengers in 2009. The traffic has a large seasonal variation with many more passengers in the...



Region Värmland took over the operations of Karlstad Airport
Karlstad Airport
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 in 2010. In 2011, the operations for Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
-History:A military airforce base was opened here in 1945. In 1960 civilian passenger flights started from this airport. In 2002 the airforce left the airport, and it became a civilian only airport. The line to Stockholm has always had the largest number of passengers.-External links:*...

 was transferred to Region Skåne Nordväst and Örnsköldsvik Airport
Örnsköldsvik Airport
Örnsköldsvik Airport , is a regional airport located northeast of Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, at Husum, built in 1961. The airport had 132,468 passengers in 2007.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:...

 was transferred to Örnsköldsvik Municipality
Örnsköldsvik Municipality
Örnsköldsvik Municipality is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Örnsköldsvik...

. Jönköping Airport
Jönköping Airport
Jönköping Airport , called Axamo is an airport located about 8 km from Jönköping, Sweden. The airport opened in 1961.- Taxi :In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company. Price to Jönköping down town approx. 175 SEK.- Airport parking :*There is...

 and Skellefteå Airport
Skellefteå Airport
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were transferred to local ownership before Swedavia was formed.
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