Electricity supply in Sweden

In the summer of 1964, the author paid a study visit to the Sydsvenska Kraftakiebolaget, which is the biggest private power company in Sweden. Sydkraft, as it is called, is surpassed in the sale of electric energy only by the State Power Board. Its area of operation, the southern part of Sweden, is approximately 14,000 square miles (3% of Sweden´s total area), with a population of about 1.5 m. The area is highly developed electrically, and electric power is available to more than 99% of the population.