Swedish-founded executive search and leadership advisory firm, set up in 1967 by Håkan Ericsson and run from its Stockholm head office; since 2016 it has been owned by the Mercuri Urval foundation together with partners. In Portugal it operates through Mercuri Urval, S.A. (NIF 510147046, Avenida Eng. Arantes e Oliveira 5, R/C A, 1900-221 Lisboa; incorporated 20 March 2012; share capital €50,000; CAE 78100 personnel selection and placement), whose Lisbon office is listed on the group’s Portuguese website; an earlier branch of its Spanish company, Mercuri Urval, S.A. – Sucursal em Portugal (NIF 980125936), is registered in Porto Salvo, Oeiras.
Swedish-founded executive search and leadership advisory firm, set up in 1967 by Håkan Ericsson and run from its Stockholm head office; since 2016 it has been owned by the Mercuri Urval foundation together with partners. In Portugal it operates through Mercuri Urval, S.A. (NIF 510147046, Avenida Eng. Arantes e Oliveira 5, R/C A, 1900-221 Lisboa; incorporated 20 March 2012; share capital €50,000; CAE 78100 personnel selection and placement), whose Lisbon office is listed on the group’s Portuguese website; an earlier branch of its Spanish company, Mercuri Urval, S.A. – Sucursal em Portugal (NIF 980125936), is registered in Porto Salvo, Oeiras.
Mercuri Urval sits inside the Portugal ↔ Scandinavia business corridor that NorthSouth HQ tracks every day. Its operations are a data point in the broader story of how capital, goods, people and ideas flow between Portugal and the Nordics — a corridor that is accelerating in 2026.
Fractio helps Nordic companies enter the Portuguese market — from market sizing to first sales, hiring, and legal setup.
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