in of all engineers in sweden were women tillvaxtverket in of all newlystarted immigrant businesses in sweden were run by immigrant women whereas the corresponding rate for nativeborn women was nutek in abbasian and bildt according to a recent study of abbasian and bildt there are three groups of immigrant women entrepreneurs in sweden today i women who are passively assisting in typically familyrun businesses controlled by men ii women who despite a certain level of independence are still dominated by men in their business decisions and actions and iii independent women who start and run businesses on their own without major assistance from relatives whether men or women