record years

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The record years ({{langx|sv|rekordåren}}) is a period in the economy of Sweden, dating from the international post–World War II economic expansion to the 1973 oil crisis,{{cite news|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sverige/krisen-som-skakade-varldens-basta-land/|title=Krisen som skakade världens bästa land|newspaper=Sydsvenskan|language=Swedish|first=Daniel|last=Rydén|date=8 September 2013|accessdate=5 May 2016|archive-date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130035547/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sverige/krisen-som-skakade-varldens-basta-land/|url-status=dead}} and largely coinciding with the mandates of prime ministers Tage Erlander and earliest years of Olof Palme. The concept was originally a satirical left-wing description of the years 1968–70.

Sweden had maintained neutrality during both world wars, and entered the post-war boom with industrial and demographic advantages. Sweden also received aid from the Marshall Plan. Between 1947 and 1974, the Swedish economy grew at an average rate of 12.5% annually{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}. The urban population, living in towns of over 15,000 people, grew from 38% of the total population in 1931 to 74% by 1973. Sustained by an export boom of automobiles, heavy machinery, electronics, shipbuilding, and heavy weapons, the per capita income increased by as much as 2,000%. Sweden had successfully moved into the high-income group of countries by 1955–56.