Originally published on Bloomberg.com on December 8, 2021 as ”Sweden Joins Europe’s Big League for Listings in Record Year.”

As competition heats up among Europe’s main listing venues post-Brexit, an unlikely contender has won second place behind top dog London: Sweden.

As many as 122 companies raised about $14 billion via initial public offerings in Stockholm this year, the most ever. That’s second only to the U.K.’s $22 billion haul, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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