The Stockholm School of Economics is a private business school located in Stockholm, the capital of
Sweden. SSE has been creating
Opportunities for its graduates for over
A hundred years.
On this episode, we'll have a look
At the history of SSE.
Knut Wallenberg
50 years old!
Hi Joseph Nachmanson. Nice to see you, my friend.
Welcome, welcome. So good to see you again.
So good to see you again. Happy birthday!
Olof Söderberg
Very nice to see you, my friend.
Welcome. Welcome. Let's grab a drink.
[unheard small talk]
Mm yeah.
Speaking of which, did you see the editor in chief at Svenska Dagbladet, the
fact finding trip around Great Britain and Europe that my brother Marcus
financed? Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yeah. I remember that the new economic institutions
And so on. Yes.
Yes. Yes, yes.
Gentlemen, I really I really think we should implement something like that in Stockholm.
I agree I agree
[In Swedish] Alla för Handels höjer en skål
So how is it going with the investments, gentlemen?
I mean, just fine, the grocery business.
People need food.
I provide food bad.
Very well. I've been looking into diversification ever since I read the
article and you know, the trip that my brother Marcus financed.
I've been thinking about financing something similar myself, perhaps writing a cheque for a hundred thousand
kronor and calling it, I envision the Stockholm
School of Economics Association.
What do you think? What do I think?
What do I think? I would tell you what I think.
I think it's a very intriguing idea and I want to join you.
I want to be a supporter of this association.
Well, I mean just the same, it's beneficial for all of us, I think,
You know what, as I'm the financier here, I will write the first initial check of
a hundred thousand kronor, and I'm thinking that that will go towards
studying the best institutions in the world will send people to the United States of
America and out in Europe.
And we will have this rapid expansion here in Stockholm, both in terms of
people and their capacities.
What do you say, gentlemen, shall we start the Stockholm School of Economics Association?
We shall, we shall.
We shall. To Stockholm, to SSE
to SSE
It was here at Brunkebergs torg 2 at the time, known as Brunkebergs Hotel,
also hosting the Swedish Riksbank that the first 110 students of the Stockholm
School of Economics entered the door to attend class for the first time.
At the same time, SASSE, the Students Association was founded to care for the joint interests of the
students, a tradition an organization that lives on even today.
In 1926, SSE moved to Sveavägen 65 into this
neoclassical building, whose facade takes hints from the royal palace and remains the main campus
up until today.
1929 marks a significant time in SSE's history as the school
established its first research institute focused on economics and commerce
In 1939
The school's two year program at the time, known as the economics degree, was changed to a three year
program known as the Civil Economics Degree.
A year later, the school saw massive expansion in the amount of students applying for their courses,
As this first doctoral dissertation was presented in 1946 by Folke Kristensson
that was made in studies in Swedish textile industries structure.
This was a significant shift, as SSE had not had any PhD studies whatsoever,
and it was a completely new thing in Sweden as as a whole.
This also meant that other educational institutions soon followed suit.
When SSE's
Initial group of graduates from 1911 gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary
In 1961, SCF, the Swedish Society for Civil Economics took the opportunity
to highlight the importance of lifelong learning and executive education.
It was out of this meeting that the IFL
Was born, the Swedish Management Training Institute, which, according to its statutes, has the
purpose to support Swedish enterprise and education.
In 1971, the IFL broke new ground when it launched a one year
full
Time master in management program, the first of its kind in Sweden.
Bertil Ohlin, an alumnus, returned to SSE as a professor in 1929.
Later in the 70s, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in the movement of capital international
trade.
Behind me, this installation
Is a homage to him and an inspiration for us Stockholmians and for students for life during the
Nobel Week
While SSE's first female student Märta Sigrid Löfdahl graduated in 1912 and
thereafter entered the banking industry where women were significantly absent SSE received its first
female PhD in 1974.
None other than Gisèle Asplund with her dissertation on uncertainty factors in the enterprise and its
environment. In 2001, Carin Holmquist, an authority on women's business and
entrepreneurship, became SSE's first female professor.
SSE is proud to support its female students in breaking conventional norms in various fields.
Today in 2021, SSE alumni, Magdalena Andersson has become Sweden's first female prime
minister.
1994 was the birth of SSE Riga, which started as a collaboration between
SSE and the Latvian government to promote knowledge building in the Baltic states.
Furthermore, in 1997, SSE establishes itself in the heart of St.
Petersburg with the aim of promoting and development of sustainable and responsible business
in Russia, offering EMBA programmes and executive education,
Many things happened for SSE in the 2000s, some of which were already covered in this web series.
For example, the SSE Business Lab started in 2001
Or in 2008, the adoption of the Retail Management Bachelor Programme. SSE has also created a
cross-disciplinary research and education centre known here as MISUM and an art initiative for the school in
2015. If you want to dive deeper into any of these topics, please check out season one.
Viewers, thank you for following us along.
Me and Aidan, we've been at the helm for the first two seasons of Unfiltered.
Thank you to everyone who's participated.
And thank you to SSE for giving us this wonderful opportunity.
Yeah, it's been a wild ride.
Lots of fun times, great experiences.
I hope that you guys have learnt a lot from it.
And yeah, so
I mean, we're not done at school, but we're done with the web series.
You can find this on social media if you're interested in what's to come next.
But until then,
Yeah, that's it. That's all for us, I suppose.
But now we actually have to go meet our new team.
We have a lecture, I believe.
Oh, yeah, true. Yeah.
I think we have a lecture to catch first. Where is Kris?
Let's go.
So don't forget there are no shortcuts.
Always use final cut.
And when you layer, remember, choose alpha stencils.
Now this is by far the most important work you will ever do during your
time at SSE, which is why it's crucial for you to follow the graph and our
intersecting line here to make sure that quality stays on top.
The school's reputation is now in your hands.
But yeah, that's basically how we run the web series.
Now it's your turn.
Any questions?