--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-17/ict-production-and-productivity-in-sweden-and-finland-1975-2004/" title: "ICT Production and Productivity in Sweden and Finland, 1975-2004" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T07:31:35+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T07:31:35+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Fall 2008" ipm_keyword: - "convergence" - "Ericsson" - "Finland" - "ICT" - "labour productivity" - "manufacturing" - "Nokia" - "productivity" - "shift-share" - "Sweden" ipm_research_theme: - "Technology and innovation" ipm_country_focus: - "Finland" - "International" - "Sweden" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # ICT Production and Productivity in Sweden and Finland, 1975-2004 Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-17/ict-production-and-productivity-in-sweden-and-finland-1975-2004/ # ICT Production and Productivity in Sweden and Finland, 1975-2004 [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-17-4-Lind.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Lind, Daniel. 2008. “ICT Production and Productivity in Sweden and Finland, 1975-2004.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 17 (Fall 2008): 40–51. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-17/ict-production-and-productivity-in-sweden-and-finland-1975-2004/ ## Author: - Daniel Lind Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO) ## IPM Issue 17 Fall 2008 pp. 40–51 ## Related IPM articles [The Relationship between Efficiencies Defenses for Mergers and TFP Growth Robin Shaban Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 82–102](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-relationship-between-efficiencies-defenses-for-mergers-and-tfp-growth/) [Labour Productivity as a Measure of Technological Change Ulrich Kohli Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 64–81](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/labour-productivity-as-a-measure-of-technological-change/) [Adult Skills and Productivity: New Evidence from PIAAC 2023 Dan Andrews, Balázs Égert, Christine de La Maisonneuve Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 41–63](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/adult-skills-and-productivity-new-evidence-from-piaac-2023/) [The Potential Impact of Pro-competitive Regulatory Reforms on Productivity and Growth in Canada Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 3–40](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-potential-impact-of-pro-competitive-regulatory-reforms-on-productivity-and-growth-in-canada/) [IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark, Paul Schreyer Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–2](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/) [De-industrialization and the Great Productivity Slowdown: What Comes Next? 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The results show that the Finnish productivity level has been converging towards the Swedish level, but that there is still a significant difference. This trend has coincided with the growing importance of the ICT sector, especially since the mid 1990s. Due to higher productivity and employment growth, the Finnish ICT sector has contributed to this convergence. This is explained by the electrical engineering industry. The Nokia effect has been stronger than the Ericsson effect. D URING THE DECADES AFTER World War II, Cet article compare le développement de la productivité du travail dans les secteurs des entreprises suédois et finlandais et le rôle du secteur des technologies de l’information et des communications (TIC) dans ce processus. Les résultats montrent que le niveau de productivité finlandais convergeait vers le niveau suédois, mais qu’il subsiste encore une différence significative. Cette tendance a coïncidé avec l’importance croissante du secteur des TIC, en particulier depuis le milieu des années 1990. En raison d’une productivité et d’une croissance de l’emploi plus élevées, le secteur finlandais des TIC a contribué à cette convergence. Cela s’explique par l’industrie du génie électrique. L’effet Nokia a été plus fort que l’effet Ericsson. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-17-4-Lind.pdf)