Telenor Sverige is the third-largest telecom company in Sweden, after two Swedish-owned multinationals, Telia and Tele2, and ahead of Three. It was founded in 1992 as Europolitan. Vodafone Group acquired Europolitan in 2002 and rebranded it to Europolitan–Vodafone in 2003, and later to Vodafone. Telenor Group acquired it in 2005, and it rebranded to Telenor in 2006.
Telenor Sverige also owned the internet service provider Bredbandsbolaget, which was folded into its parent company in May 2018.
Europolitan[]
1991–2003[]
Europolitan–Vodafone[]
2003–2004[]
When Vodafone acquired Europolitan, its logo added the Vodafone branding to represent Vodafone's ownership of the company. The Europolitan logo typography was slightly modified and the Europolitan logo was given a rough texture.
Vodafone[]
2004–2006[]
Telenor Sverige[]
2006–present[]
Telenor acquired Vodafone Sweden on 31 October 2005,[1] and as a result, the Vodafone branding was renamed to Telenor on 20 April 2006.[2]
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| Current operations:
Mobile networks: Other operations: Related: Telenor Arena Former operations:
1Co-owned with Axiata.  |
| Subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees: Europe: Albania | Channel Islands (Airtel-Vodafone)1 | Cyprus (Cytamobile-Vodafone) | Czech Republic (Oskarta) | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Ireland | Italy (TeleTu | ho-mobile) | Netherlands2 (50%) (Vodafone | Ziggo) | Northern Cyprus (Telsim Vodafone) | Portugal (Yorn) | Romania | Spain (Lowi | yu) | Turkey | United Kingdom (Talkmobile | Voxi) Middle East and Africa: Egypt | Ghana | Kenya (40%) (Safaricom) Asia-Pacific: Vi (India)3 (45.2%) | Australia (TPG Telecom) (25%)4 Authorized licensees (not owned): Partnerships: Former operations: Divested: SmarTone (Hong Kong) | Verizon Wireless5 (United States) | J-PHONE–Vodafone (Japan) | SFR (France) | Nema (Faroe Islands) | Si.mobil–Vodafone (Slovenia) | Europolitan–Vodafone (Sweden) | MTC–Vodafone (Bahrain) | Orange (United Kingdom) Sponsorships
1Joint venture with Bharti Airtel.  |