Artificial Intelligence in Scandinavia - Statistics & Facts

Consumption

With cybercrime arising as a problem, the leading issue which Finns, Norwegians and Swedes stated to be willing to resolve with the help of artificial intelligence, was detecting frauds and security breaches. Regarding people’s every-day use of artificial intelligence, the Google search engine was considered the most popular among Swedes in 2018. Social networks, streaming services, as well as home assistants were also commonly used by the respondents.

Companies

Many AI startups have been established in the Nordic countries, and there were 80 AI startups in the Swedish capital Stockholm as of August 2019. However, Denmark seemed to be the most investing in digitalization within the Nordic countries. Roughly one third of the private businesses used private equity or venture capital for this purpose. Furthermore, executives of leading Nordic enterprises were asked how much their organization invested in digital technologies in 2019 and allthough the majority had not invested large amounts in the past 12 months, nearly one third were planning to invest more than 20 million euros in the following 24 months.

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