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Radiation fears prompt Volvo shut down in Japan

Business & Money: 15 Mar 11
Swedish truckmaker Volvo is shuttering operations of its Japanese subsidiary amid fears of radiation leaking from nuclear plants damaged in last week's devastating tsunami, the company said on Tuesday. READ »

Truckmaker Volvo drives back to profit in 2010

Business & Money: 4 Feb 11
Swedish heavy vehicles maker Volvo Group returned to profit in 2010, the company reported on Friday, despite a less-than-stellar fourth quarter. READ »

Scania and Volvo in EU competition probe

Business & Money: 18 Jan 11
Swedish truckmakers Scania and Volvo AB are among the companies included in a cartel investigation launched by the European Commission on Tuesday. READ »

Profits jump for Swedish truckmaker Scania

Business & Money: 25 Oct 10
Swedish truckmaker Scania reported a steep rise in third-quarter profits on Monday, although a slow economic recovery in Europe kept sales figures below expectations. READ »

China now Volvo's third-largest market: reports

Business & Money: 23 Oct 10
China has become the third-largest market for Volvo following its acquisition by Chinese automaker Geely, state media reported Saturday. READ »

Truckmaker Scania posts surprise Q2 results

Business & Money: 23 Jul 10
Swedish truckmaker Scania reported unexpectedly strong second-quarter results on Friday as the auto industry rebounded from a disastrous 2009, when the global economic downturn savaged demand. READ »

BAIC confirms purchase of Saab assets

Business & Money: 14 Dec 09
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. of China confirmed on Monday it has reached an agreement with Saab Automobile to buy the intellectual property rights for certain assets of the struggling Swedish carmaker. READ »

Beijing car maker keeps Saab options open

Business & Money: 25 Nov 09
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding is weighing up its options after the Koenigsegg Group, of which it was to become a minority owner, broke off negotiations for the acquisition of Saab. READ »

Chinese automaker signs on to Saab deal

Business & Money: 9 Sep 09
Sweden's Koenigsegg Group has brought on Chinese auto company Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co Ltd (BAIC) to secure the financing needed to buy Saab from General Motors, Koenigsegg said on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish autoparts maker goes bankrupt

Business & Money: 5 Mar 09
Swedish autoparts supplier Plastal, which provides parts to both Volvo and Saab, announced on Thursday it had filed for bankruptcy. READ »

Volvo approves massive investment in new trucks models

Business & Money: 26 Feb 09
Swedish truck maker Volvo Group plans to make a groundbreaking investment of at least least €1.8 billion ($2.3 billion) to develop of new truck models this year. READ »

Vattenfall to power electric car tests

Business & Money: 25 Nov 08
Swedish energy group Vatenfall is joining with German carmaker BMW to launch a pilot project in Berlin next year to test the feasibility of electric cars, the companies announced on Tuesday. READ »

Daimler resists Swedish investment fund

Business & Money: 7 Sep 08
Swedish investment fund Cevian is putting pressure on German car maker Daimler to countenance a move to hive off its truck and van division. Daimler rejected Cevian's move in a statement on Saturday. READ »

Swedish fund invests in Daimler

Business & Money: 5 Aug 08
The Swedish investment fund Cevian Capital is buying shares in the German car maker Daimler, a press report said on Tuesday. READ »

Daimler finalizes sale of Berlin complex to SEB

Business & Money: 1 Feb 08
SEB acquires Potsdamer Platz property covering roughly the size of 66 soccer pitches. READ »

Swedish SEB to snap up Daimler's Berlin properties

Business & Money: 14 Dec 07
German car maker Daimler will announce on Friday that it is selling its properties at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz to SEB Bank of Sweden, according to a report. READ »

North America drags down Volvo profits

Business & Money: 25 Jul 07
Swedish heavy lorry maker Volvo, the world's number two big truck manufacturer after Daimler-Chrysler, on Wednesday reported a second quarter fall in profits due to a weak market in North America. READ »

Six Swedish firms in Fortune 500

Business & Money: 12 Jul 07
Six Swedish companies have made it onto the annual list of the world's 500 most successful businesses published by Fortune magazine. The highest-ranked Swedish firm is Volvo, while Electrolux brings up the yellow-and-blue rear. READ »

'Top-secret' cars in Sweden fire

Science & Technology: 22 Jan 07
A transporter carrying top-secret cars from Germany caught fire on its way to a testing centre in northern Sweden. The owners of the cars "are not happy," say police. READ »

MAN presents hostile bid

Business & Money: 16 Nov 06
German industrial group MAN has formally presented its 9.6 billion euro hostile takeover for Swedish truckmaker Scania. READ »

MAN in hostile Scania bid

Business & Money: 18 Sep 06
The battle for domination of the European truck building industry got underway on Monday with a hostile bid from German MAN for Swedish truckmaker Scania. READ »

MAN "to bid 9.5 billion euros for Scania"

Business & Money: 14 Sep 06
German industrial conglomerate MAN is to offer nearly 9.5 billion euros (12 billion dollars), mainly in cash, for Swedish truck maker Scania, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. READ »

Child abuse is getting worse - Silvia

National: 16 Jun 05
See also: Queen Silvia praises Swedes' generosity
In an in-depth interview before a concert for her World Childhood Foundation, Sweden's Queen Silvia talks about her work helping abused children around the globe - and warns that there are many obstacles still to be overcome. READ »

IKEA continues to expand

Smörgåsbord: 10 Feb 05
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.



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