When the Swedish electric grid goes digital, it is inspired by the Arpanet. But technical problems soon lead to an innovation which becomes a piece of Swedish internet history - and reaches the world.

Until 1973 the Arpanet is strictly an American affair. But by making a connection with Norway (through Sweden) the network becomes international. The internet.

In 1978 hundreds of Swedes, both scientists and private individuals, can connect to a computer for the first time and write to each other in so-called "meetings". The KOM system, an early social network, is born.

Before the web, there are electronic bulletin boards. Using your phone line and a modem, you dial a number and connect to another computer. There, you can communicate with other people who have called up the same computer.

In the year 1982 the Commodore 64 is a hot new item in computer stores. It will become the best selling computer of all times.

At two minutes past 2pm on April 7, 1983, Björn Eriksen receives the first ever e-mail sent over the internet to Sweden.

In the early summer of 1984, Ulf Bilting connects Sweden to the internet. He adds the first Swedish IP network – 192.5.50.0 – which is the connected to the American Arpanet.

In 1985 the Nordic council of ministers choose to invest in Nordunet - a computer network to connect the Nordic science and education networks. A rapid development of the internet follows in the Nordic countries.

.se is one of the first country code top-level domains. It is registered in 1986 by Björn Eriksen.

Dice - from the demo scene to conquering the world with Battlefield. Here Dice founder Andreas "axl" Axelsson tells the story about how a bunch of friends from Småland, Sweden, created the powerful gaming company Digital Illusions CE - Dice.

The state-owned phone company turns it down, preferring X.25 over the internet. Instead Jan Stenbeck's Comvik Skyport gets the question, and Swipnet becomes Sweden's first commercial internet service provider.

In 1991 the Nordic university networks are already connected. Now it's Europe's turn.

As soon as the World Wide Web was standardized, Linköping University's computer club quickly launched Sweden's first web site.

On February 5th in 1994, the Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt writes an e-mail to the President of the United States Bill Clinton (and receives a response). This is the first time that two heads of governments are writing over the internet.

Dreamhack is the world's largest LAN party, which is a meetup where people bring their computers to connect into networks, mainly to play video games.