Vattenfall sells German power grid - Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Swedish energy firm Vattenfall announced the sale on Friday of its German power grid to Belgium's Elia and Australian investment fund IFM for $1.1 billion.

Inflation rate doubles in February - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
The inflation rate doubled in February to 1.2 percent on January's figure as household mortgage interest payments no longer had a dampening effect, a new report from Statistics Sweden shows.

Two Swedes named on world rich list - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
Two Swedes have been named among the richest people in the world, according to the latest Forbes ranking which places Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim at the top of the pile.

Geely secures Volvo purchase finance - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Chinese car maker Zheijiang Geely Holding Group is a step closer to becoming the new owner of Swedish firm Volvo Cars after announcing that it had secured the 15 billion kronor ($2.1 billion) in financing.

Voddler signs deal with Warner Bros. - Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Swedish internet movie service Voddler has signed a contract with the US film giant Warner Bros. Entertainment. The deal covers film material from Warner Bros and New Line Cinema.

Borg: No cash for euro currency fund - Tue, 09 Mar 2010
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has lent his support to a German initiative to create a European currency fund to support euro countries with budget problems, but said that Sweden would not be contributing finance.

Reinfeldt: 'Iceland must honour its commitments' - Tue, 09 Mar 2010
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has reminded crisis-stricken Iceland that the Swedish portion of a large Nordic country loan is conditional on Reykjavik concluding a compensation deal for the Icesave bank collapse.

Svanberg claims millions in holiday pay out - Mon, 08 Mar 2010
Carl-Henric Svanberg, the former CEO of Swedish telecom firm Ericsson, has been paid 6.8 million kronor ($960,000) for accrued holiday that he was unable to take.

Bankruptcies continue to decline - Mon, 08 Mar 2010
The number of business failures in Sweden declined in February by 21 percent, continuing the positive trend of the last few months, a new report shows.

Stockholm institute honours Michael J Fox - Fri, 05 Mar 2010
Canadian-born actor Michael J Fox is to receive an honorary doctorate from Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet in recognition of his work with Parkinson's disease.