Private company

Swedish Match

Swedish company

Swedish Match AB is a Swedish multinational company headquartered in Stockholm. The company manufactures snus, nicotine pouches, moist snuff, tobacco- and nicotine-free pouch products, chewing tobacco, chew bags, tobacco bits, cigars, matches, lighters, and other fire products with operations in Sweden, Denmark, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, the Netherlands, and the Philippines.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1917Founded1
  • Industrychemical industry, food and tobacco industry, tobacco industry, tobacco product1
  • HeadquartersStockholm1
  • Websitewww.swedishmatch.com
  • Legal formaktiebolag1

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The story

Founded by Ivar Kreuger in 1917.1

Leadership

Who has led Swedish Match, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • snus

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • German Match Factories
  • Norddeutsche Zündholz
  • Süddeutsche Zündholz
  • British Match Corporation since 1927
  • Wilkinson Sword since 1987

Also owns

  • America's Best Chew

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1987Wilkinson Sword became a subsidiary1
  2. 1927British Match Corporation became a subsidiary1
  3. Succeeded Jönköpings och Vulcans Tändsticksfabriksaktiebolag1

Timeline

  1. 1917Founded Founded1

Sources

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