Swedish Trade Council

{{Hatnote|This is an article about a now-defunct Swedish organisation, see Business Sweden for more information.}}

The Swedish Trade Council ({{langx|sv|Exportrådet, or Sveriges Exportråd}}) was an organisation formed after a parliamentary decision July 1, 1972, in cooperation between the Government of Sweden and representatives from the Swedish business community, through the Swedish Foreign Trade Association ({{langx|sv|Sveriges Allmänna Utrikeshandelsförening}}). Its mission was to promote Swedish exports on behalf of the Swedish industry and government.Proposition 1972:31

In 2013, the organisation was merged with the government agency Invest Sweden, to form a new organisation named Business Sweden.{{cite web|title=Business Sweden - ny organisation för ökad export och investeringsfrämjande|url=http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/16916/a/207093|publisher=Government of Sweden|accessdate=21 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728015008/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/16916/a/207093|archivedate=28 July 2014}}

Abroad, operations were organized into five regions: the Americas; Asia; Western Europe and Australia/New Zealand; Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. In these regions, the Swedish Trade Council worked with Swedish and foreign consultants and cooperates closely with Swedish embassies, consulates and chambers of commerce.