Timbro

Timbro
Formation 1978
Type Think tank
Headquarters Kungsgatan 60, Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates 59°20′04″N 18°03′31″E / 59.3344°N 18.0587°E / 59.3344; 18.0587Coordinates: 59°20′04″N 18°03′31″E / 59.3344°N 18.0587°E / 59.3344; 18.0587
Key people
 Karin Svanborg-Sjövall, CEO
Budget
29,000,000 SEK [1]
Staff
21
Website www.timbro.se

Timbro is a free market think tank and book publisher based in Stockholm, Sweden, that works to promote ideas, influence legislation and public opinion. Its research and analyses are centered on the core values of individual liberty, economic freedom, an open society, and minimizing governmental intervention in the economy.

Timbro is a subsidiary of the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation, which is financed by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

In its modern form, Timbro was founded in 1978 by the Swedish Employers' Association (Swedish: Svenska Arbetsgivareföreningen) (which in 2001 merged with the Swedish Industrial Association to form the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise).

Originally, Timbro was founded as a book publisher by bank director Ernfrid Browaldh (1889–1982), later CEO of Svenska Handelsbanken. He named it after his two children Tom and Ing-Marie Browaldh, and later donated the publishing company to a predecessor of the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation. Timbro was brought out of its dormant state when the Swedish Employers' Association became more active in political lobbying from the mid-1970s under chairmanship by Curt Nicolin (1921–2006).

According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Timbro is number 88 (of 150) in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 45 (of 80) in the "Top Think Tanks in Western Europe".[2]

People

Chief executive officers

Chief executive officers of Timbro have been:

Other notable people currently or previously associated with Timbro include Michael C. Moynihan, Roland Poirier Martinsson, Johan Norberg, Fredrik Erixon, Johnny Munkhammar, Dick Erixon, Mattias Svensson, Sven Otto Littorin, Ulf Kristersson, Christofer Fjellner, and Johan Forssell.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://alliansfritt.nu/nyheter/29-miljoner
  2. ↑ James G. McGann (Director) (February 4, 2015). "2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". Retrieved February 14, 2015. Also, Timbro is ranked #68 (of 80) in Domestic Economic Policy.


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