Axe system: the AXE system is a completely automated telephone system that uses computerized switchboards developed by Swedish Telecom and Ericsson. With the AXE-system Ericsson underwent a huge expansion. AXE offered customers access to a variety of services such as wake-up calls, forwarding of incoming calls to other telephones, fast dialing of frequently -used numbers etc. AXE became the basis for the telephone systems of today. During the final years of the 20th century AXE was the most frequently installed system for land-based telephone lines. Sales of AXE for use in mobile telephone systems are three times higher than for landbased networks.

The Brånemark System: Per-Ingvar Brånemark, a professor of anatomy, developed a method for surgically inserting titanium screws directly in the human bone. In the 1950s Brånemark had discovered that titanium can bond with human tissues and can thus function as an implant in the human body. In 1965 Brånemark performed his first tooth replacement on a patient. The surgeon implants small titanium sockets in the jawbone, into which the artificial teeth are screwed. The method has also been used with a great success in the development of facial prosthetics and hearing aids, that are fastened directly to the bones of the skull. The development goes on with further applications in the human body.

Digital hearing aid: The greatest disadvantages of most models of analogue hearing aids is that they amplify all sound including noises that the user would prefer not to hear. Two researchers under the leadership of professor Alinger at the University Hospital in Linköping invented the technology behind the Digifocus, the worlds first digital hearing aid. Digifocus is unique in that different portions of the "sound image" can be emphasized according to the unique hearing profile of the individual. It automatically adapts itself to different sound environment, from a noisy street to a quiet library. The device is today recommended by hearing clinics aound the world and is introduced in about 40 countries, chiefly in USA and Europe.

Hasselblad camera: with its debut in New York in 1948 and which became the first camera to take pictures in the space in 1962. The Hasselblad Cameras were used on the American moon missions with a great success. We may remember that the Hasselblad camera was used to record Neil Armstrong´s and Buzz Aldrin´s historic moonwalk in 1969. Hasselblad´s camera has undergone many improvements since its introduction in 1948 and Hasselblad remains a dominating camera manufacturer.

Hydraulic rock drill: The Hydraulic rock drill is a star product for Sweden´s export industries, in particular for Atlas Copco. The first one was sold in 1973. The occurence of "white fingers", which afflicts many people who work for long periods of time with vibrating machines, has been significantly decreased by the devlopment of handheld pneumatic and gasolinedriven rock drills , which operate at low vibrating levels.

Logging Machinery:Rottne industry in Småland started as a very small industry in the logging field in 1955 and thanks to the brilliant brains of the owners the company today is a world leading company that develops and manufactures a wide range of forest forwarders and harvesters covering everything from thinning to clear felling. The machinery represent a full product line with many various configurations of forwarders and harvesters. Predominant market are Europe, North America and Australia. The first introduction on the US market took place in 1982.

Losec & Nexium: Losec differs from all previous ulcer medications. it works only on one type of cell in the entire body; the type that produces gastric acid. as a result, the side effects of this product is minimal. The secret of Losec is its ability to prevent the formation of gastric acid in the stomach. Losec was made available for sale in Sweden in 1978 and it has then became the most widely sold medication in the world. USA was the one of the largest markets for Losec. When the patent on Losec in the USA expired in 2001 the market was opened wide for less expensive copies. Nexium is Astra Zeneca's successor to Losec, a purified form of Losec based upon a similar molecule.

Mobile Telephony: The basis for mobile, cellular telephony was establish in the 1950s. In 1976 the Östen Mäkitalo group at Ericsson drew upp their guidelines for Network Management Technologies,( NMT) which in the beginning of the 1980s made a breakthrough in modern mobile telephony. Sweden had taken on a leading role in mobile telephone technology, and at the same time work began on the Global System for Mobile Communication, GSM. Today there are several manufacturers on the mobile telephone arena but Ericsson was in the 1990s the worlds leading seller of mobile telephone systems. The enormous and rapid technological development opens now up for a long range of new applications of the mobile telephony.

Pacemaker: As early as in the beginning of the 1800s physician had dreamt of increasing the frequency of the heart beat through electrical impulses. In the 1950s this idea was realized and in 1958 Rune Elmqvist built his first pacemaker, a device so small that it could be surgically implanted. The worlds first pacemaker operation was performed at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm in 1958. Elmqvist was able to construct the device because he had obtained the first silicon transistors ever imported into Sweden. The speed of modern pacemakers can be adjusted according to the needs of the individual patient through telemetry. It is also posible to obtain diagnostic information.

Spherical roller bearings: An important innovation from the middle of the 1900s. Examples are the C-bearing, the CC-bearing, the Axleless wheell bearing and Carb tm bearing. The Carb combines the best of other types of bearings, can withstand greater axial forces and sideways, and can carry heavier loads.

Tetra Pak: in 1951 presented the revolutionizing idea for the storage of non-carbonated drinks such as milk and juice in plastic-couted paper containers. Later, a system for the aseptic handling of milk was developed.
The development of this technology and the sale of cartons by vending machines was first adopted by the Swedish dairy industry in 1952 and by the end of the 1960s Tetra Pak products were in use throughut the world, so also in USA. Tetra Pak has made new advances in the packing technology. In 2001, 94.1 billion cartons were delivered.

Three-point safety belt: In 1958 Nils Bohlin, Volvo, but a former tecnician in Saabs aircraft division developing the ejection seat for Saab fighter Draken, developed the three-point safetybelt for cars. At that time seat belts were alreday standard equipment in some car models, but they were only two-point belts.  In 1959 the Three-Point Safetybelt was introduced as a standard equipment in the front seats of Volvo cars for the Nordic market, However Volvo had set its sight on the USA. In 1968 the large American car manufacturers accepted the three-point safetybelt as standard equipment in the front seat of all passenger cars. The safety belt system developed by Nils Bohlin, Volvo, has so far saved thousands of life and spared many people from injuries , which might have left them disable for life.  Today all three-point safety belts use the design developed by Nils Bohlin, regardless of the make of the car. The safety belt is one of the most important car safety features.  The Retractable Seat Belt developed in early 1960s by Hans Karlsson, a helicopter mechanic at Ostermans Aero and improved until 1972 meant a great improvement on the fixed seat belts. It is always pulled close to the body without squeezing.

Xylocain: When you sit in the dentists chair your pain may be modified by aid of Xylocain, which is a Swedish invention. The local anesthetic, invented by Nils Löfgren and Bengt Lundqvist, was introduced on the market in 1948. It brought about something of a revolution in local anesthesia, because it anesthesizes with virtually no delay. Xylocaine is still used aound the world in odontology and other medical fields