FBI delayed Saab sale deal
A Swedish government-requisitioned investigation into Dutch car manufacturer Spyker and its Russian investors temporarily halted the takeover of the f...
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Suggestive Swedish church forced into name change
Northern Swedish church leaders in the municipality of Storuman have come under fire from local parishioners after ordering a name change for the Kata...
Interest rate rises predicted for Sweden
The state-owned Swedish mortgage lender SBAB has advised that home owners will suffer reduced spending power under sharp autumn interest rate increase...
Swedish weight watchers break through the floor
Around 20 participants in a Swedish Weight Watchers clinic in the south central town of Vaxjo were given an unwanted demonstration of how poorly the b...
Swedes working more under new sick leave rules
New rules governing sick leave introduced in 2008 have resulted in more Swedes returning to work earlier and reduced long-term sickness related absent...
Swedish wolf hunt ends in criticism
The Swedish government remains under fire from ecologists following the end of the country’s first official wolf hunt in 45 years. The hunt ended last...
Nordic economic outlook: the litmus test
An economic analysis written by Nordea, the Baltic and Scandinavian financial services group: At the threshold of the new decade it is clear that the ...
Giant ice balls in Sweden
Beach strolling bird watchers on the south-eastern Swedish island of Oland were confounded recently when they stumbled upon giant ice balls the size o...