Swipnet becomes Sweden's first commercial internet service provider

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.

The story of DICE – the Swedish game company – as told by the founder

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.

Björn Eriksen claims the top-level domain – and Sweden becomes .se on the internet

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

Nordunet connects the Nordic countries, and give us an advantage

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.

Researcher Ulf Bilting connects Sweden to the internet

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.

The first Swedish e-mail: "Hello"

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

The Commodore 64 turns the Swedes into a gaming people

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.

Swedish BBS - computer networking before the internet

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.

A Swedish social network is started – the revolutionary KOM system.

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.

Arpanet finally becomes an international network - via Sweden

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

Swedish invention added to Arpanet

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.

Reddits användare slåss om pixlar på "Place"

Reddit, ett socialt nätverk med över 50 miljoner användare över hela världen, skapar ett gemensamt klotterplank kallat "Reddit Place" där alla som vill kan placera en enda pixel i taget var femte minut.

Världens första mejl skickas – mellan två datorer bredvid varandra

Världens första mejl skickas 1971 av Ray Tomlinson. Mejlet skickar han till sig själv, från en dator till en annan som står precis bredvid varandra. Alltsedan dess har mejl varit en av de populäraste kommunikationskanalerna på internet.

Annica Tiger lär svenskarna att bygga egna hemsidor

Med nybörjaren i fokus drev Annica Tiger Sveriges största HTML-guide under 1990-talet. Genom den lärde sig många svenskar att bygga egna webbplatser och många gick också vidare till att göra det professionellt. Här kan du läsa en krönika Annika Tiger skrev för Internetmuseum 2015.

Danny Aerts – den rebelliske holländaren som tar Internetstiftelsen till nya nivåer

Han är den rebelliske holländaren som tog Internetstiftelsen från en liten, anonym organisation till att idag vara en viktig aktör för främjandet av både utvecklingen och användningen av internet i Sverige.