One year on, we know this: Sweden's trade unions are more than a match for Elon Musk
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Battery giant Northvolt to cut 25% of workforce in Sweden as part of a major cost-cutting drive – roughly 1,600 employees, including 1,000 positions at its factory in Skellefteå
13 votes -
Sweden paying grandparents to babysit
26 votes -
Sweden faces increasing numbers of banking scams
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Sweden has a global reputation for championing high taxes and social equality, but it has become a European hotspot for the super rich
19 votes -
Ericsson will lay off about 1,200 employees in Sweden as the telecommunications company faces slowed demand for its 5G equipment
9 votes -
Abolishing inheritance tax sent Stockholm's startup ecosystem soaring – tax cut could revive Britain's flagging economy
9 votes -
IKEA has warned of product delays following rebel attacks on ships using the key Red Sea trade route
14 votes -
Klarna reports first quarterly profit in four years – swing to profit of £9.6m by Swedish firm improves its fortunes in run-up to possible £12bn flotation
9 votes -
Swedish fintech giant Klarna has reached an agreement with workers that were set to strike next week
12 votes -
Europe's single currency, used daily by about 350 million people, has become a hot topic in an unlikely place – Sweden
12 votes -
European Commission blocks US travel giant Booking from acquiring its Swedish rival eTraveli – Booking commands 60% market share in Europe
13 votes -
Two former executives of a Swedish oil company have gone on trial in Stockholm, accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan
11 votes -
Buy now, pay later firm Klarna reports first month of profit in three years, as calls grow for sector to be regulated
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Swedish core inflation slowed less than expected in May as Beyoncé fans flooding Stockholm may have driven an increase in hotel prices
8 votes -
At the heart of the Sweden's economic and social crisis is a broken housing market
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IKEA is using more wood from Sweden and the Baltics to make up for not sourcing it from Russia and Belarus, which the company has shunned due to Moscow's war in Ukraine
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Spotify said Monday that it will cut 6% of its workforce to reduce costs – CEO Daniel Ek took full responsibility for the job cuts, which he called “difficult but necessary”
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Klarna has revealed that losses more than tripled in the first half of the year – firm has been hit by a slowdown in consumer spending
8 votes -
When it comes to flaunting its defense industry, Stockholm is shy – and it's hurting Swedish companies and handing lucrative contracts to competitors
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Klarna has seen its value slashed by 85% to less than $7bn in its latest round of fundraising
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Inflation in Sweden increased last month to its highest level since 1991, as countries worldwide grapple with surging prices exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine
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'Green steel' heating up in Sweden's frozen north – HYBRIT is a joint venture between SSAB, mining company LKAB and Swedish state-owned power firm Vattenfall
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Leaked files show how telecoms giant Ericsson allegedly helped bribe Islamic State to allow its products to be transported across parts of Iraq that were held by the terrorists
7 votes -
The economics of Spotify
12 votes -
Sweden has earmarked $661 million for a temporary scheme to help the most affected households cope with high electricity bills this winter
6 votes -
Streaming company Storytel has signed a deal to acquire Audiobooks.com from owner KKR for $135m, extending its reach into the English language audio market
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IKEA furniture and homeware prices are to rise as a result of lasting disruption to its supply chain – increased cost of raw materials knocked its full-year profits
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Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT has made the world's first customer delivery of steel, produced without using coal, to Volvo
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Alt-milk maker Oatly loses trademark case against family-run UK firm – Swedish company took legal action against Cambridgeshire-based Glebe Farm Foods over oat drink
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Shares in alt-milk maker Oatly surge on US stock market debut – Swedish firm valued at $13bn as investors bet on soaring demand
9 votes -
Oatly, the plant-based milk company started in Sweden, is planning a stock exchange listing in the United States
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Furniture giant IKEA is planning to sell spare parts for its furniture – its aim is to prolong the life of its products and dispel the idea that it makes disposable goods
19 votes -
Sweden has shut down one of four nuclear reactors at its largest power station after over forty years of operation, with operators citing a lack of profitability
8 votes -
Denmark has lashed out against the EU's plan to establish a minimum wage, arguing it would undermine a national labor-market model that's popular with unions and employers
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IKEA's shopping malls arm Ingka Centres plans US entry in major play
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Foreign nationals getting Corona payment from the US state
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Sweden's cashless society dream isn't all it's cracked up to be – as debates rage along lines of age, wealth and location, the country is looking to create a digital currency
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Sweden's financial watchdog hit lender Swedbank with a record fine for serious deficiencies in its management of money laundering risks in its Baltic operations
5 votes -
If the female employment rate across the OECD matched that of Sweden, OECD GDP could be boosted by over US$6 trillion, according to PwC's latest Women in Work Index
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Why Sweden's negative interest rate experiment is a failure
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Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has invested in Swedish financial technology start-up Klarna
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SSAB has teamed up with Vattenfall and LKAB to build a pilot plant for the world's first fossil fuel free steel-making process
5 votes -
Sweden starts testing new official digital currency – pilot project will be run in an isolated test environment together with digital tech consultants Accenture
5 votes -
Now that Sweden has called a halt to its five-year trial with negative interest rates the serious work has begun on looking at whether it worked
7 votes -
Why Swexit is unthinkable – trade ties make Sweden's European Union departure unthinkable
5 votes -
Megadrill to build power highway below Stockholm's landmarks – Sweden's growing capital needs more electricity for homes and new industries
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How IKEA became Sweden's national brand
5 votes -
The economy of Sweden
7 votes -
Sweden in global spotlight with interest rate move – Riksbank has ended a period of negative rates but will other central banks around the world now follow suit?
3 votes