Swedish State Railways

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Swedish State Railways

Native name	Statens Järnvägar
Company type	Government Agency
Founded	1887
Defunct	1 January 2001
Fate	Breakup in two phases
Successor	SJ AB (passenger trains) Green Cargo (freight trains) Swedish Transport Administration (infrastructure) Jernhusen AB (stations)
Headquarters	Stockholm , Sweden
Area served	Scandinavia
Products	Rail Transport
Owner	The State

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was the former government agency responsible for operating the state-owned railways in Sweden.^[1]