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by francamps 3284 days ago
Spotify?

Edit: you did say 'almost'.
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atupis 3284 days ago
Mojang, Skype, Klarna, King and couple others. Sweden produces probably more unicorns per capita than any other country.
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tigroferoce 3284 days ago
Don't forget Supercell and Nokia (which are Finnish). And it might not be a startup, but Ikea too.
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atlantique 3284 days ago
Skype is Estonian.
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tskaiser 3284 days ago
Skype (the company) was founded by Niklas Zennström, a swede. Skype (the software) was originally developed by estonians.

The company is what is pertinent to the discussion :)

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aedron 3284 days ago
It was founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (Danish) in equal measure. The software was based on Janus Friis' earlier work (the Kazaa p2p network). It was developed by an outsourced team in Estonia.
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tskaiser 3284 days ago
As a Dane I'm a bit embarrassed to forget Janus Friis. Thank you for the correction and elaboration.
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