1984-1988
All agreements to Telefinans
1984
Telefinans acquires a stock of about 23,000 agreements from Televerket. The deal creates some disorder due to insufficient administrative capacity.
1986
The company starts to build its own sales organisation to actively process Telia's sales force. The Merkantil Leasing collaboration is phased out.
1987–1988
Telefinans opens local offices in Malmö and Gothenburg. Subsidiaries Sergel Inkasso and Teletrading are established.
1989-1993
Packaging forms the foundation
1989
Telefinans is authorized as a financial entity. It becomes possible to finance Televerket's network solutions. The company launches packaged leasing solutions including hardware, network solutions and service. A concept that quickly achieves considerable success.
1990
The company starts Finance School, where Televerket’s staff are trained to sell more by offering Telefinans solutions.
1992
Telefinans establishes the subsidiary Telia Card, offering credit card services to business travelers.
1993
Televerket changes its name to Telia.
1994-1999
Expanding in the Nordics
1994
Telia establishes Telia Handel, a network of independent companies selling Telia's products and services. Telefinans establishes a team to support Telia Handel and is thereby able to, for the first time, finance solutions not delivered by Telia.
1995
Telefinans establishes branches in Denmark and Norway.
1996
Telefinans changes its name to Telia Finans and is organized directly beneath Telia in its new Financial Services business area. Sergel Inkasso changes its name to Sergel Kredittjänster and becomes a sister company to Telia Finans.
1997
Telia Finans opens a branch in Finland.
1998
The company begins to develop Entré, a web-based sales tool for suppliers with the purpose of creating agreements.
2000-2024
A clearer profile
2000
Two business areas are created: Telia Partner and IT Partner.
2001
The IT Funding team is created to support partners with their own financial sales force.
2003
The company is split into two: Telia Credit and Telia Finans.
2004
The international finance company De Lage Landen acquires Telia Finans.
2005
Telia Credit secures permission to conduct financial operations. The legal name is changed to TeliaSonera Finans AB.
2009
The company establishes a new brand platform, with a strategy aligned with TeliaSonera Group’s guidelines. Three new logotypes are launched: TeliaSonera Finans, Telia Finans and Sonera Rahoitus.
2013
Telia Finance enables consumers to pay for fiber or hardware in parts with them.
2016
TeliaSonera Finans AB changes its name to Telia Finance AB.
