Apoteket AB is a state-owned pharmaceuticals retailer in Sweden which formerly held a monopoly on the retail sale of medicines in the country.

Formerly known as Apoteksbolaget, the company is a government owned enterprise reporting to the Ministry of Finance.

[5] On 1 July 2009, the government monopoly was lifted, allowing the opening of private pharmacies in Sweden.

[6] The Swedish government cited the fact of Sweden being the only democracy, along with Cuba and North Korea, to retain its monopoly as an argument for its abolishment.

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