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2024 Top year for Systembolaget
2024 – despite the discussions in the government – became a top year for Systembolaget, something that Today’s Ps Be the first to report. Net sales for 2024 amounted to SEK 10,604 million for Systembolaget. The year before, the same figure was SEK 10,073 million.
These figures can be explained with increased alcohol sales and increased alcohol tax. At the same time, profit rose from an operating profit of SEK 85 million in 2023 to 135 million fourth quarter 2024.
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Not thanks to alcohol sales
The increase of SEK 50 million has Systembolaget to thank the real estate transactions they underwent in 2024.
“The result is positively affected by increased volumes and a capital gain of SEK 58 million attributable to the sale of a store room,” they write in a Press release.
The result for the full year amounted to SEK 338 million, including Systembolaget’s capital gain of SEK 58 million.
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