 saab group (originally svenska aeroplan ab, later saab and saab ab) is a swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. from 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer saab automobile. between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer scania-vabis, known as saab-scania. the two were de-merged in 1995 by the new owners, investor ab. ==history== "svenska aeroplan ab (aktiebolag)" (swedish for "swedish aeroplane company limited") (saab) was founded in 1937 in trollhÃ¤ttan, with the merger of svenska aero ab (saab) and linkÃ¶ping based vasja the headquarters moved to linkÃ¶ping. the style "saab" replaced "saab" around 1950. originally manufacturing aircraft, the company sought ways in which to diversify its business. in the late 1940s the company began manufacturing cars at its saab automobile division was based in trollhÃ¤ttan. the first car was the saab 92
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