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Toyota wins case over Volvo 'safest car' claims

National: 12 Mar 10
Sweden's Market Court has ruled that Volvo Car's marketing of its XC60 vehicle as the "safest in the world" is misleading and lacks supporting evidence in a case brought by Japanese firm Toyota. READ »

Sony Ericsson unveils new smartphones

Business & Money: 15 Feb 10
Swedish-Japanese handset maker Sony Ericsson unveiled its new smartphones on Sunday as it seeks to close the gap on its main competitors. READ »

Sony Ericsson losses lower than expected

Business & Money: 22 Jan 10
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reported a quarterly loss on Friday that surpassed market expectations but, amid plunging sales for the company, it continues to face fierce competition in the smartphone market. READ »

Christmas shopping guide: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 09
Waited till the last minute to pick up a gift for the design aficionado in your life? Here's help. We've dusted off The Local’s quintessential guide to the best of Swedish design online with some old, some new and some just plain odd. READ »

December in Sweden: From candle-head girls to jellied veal

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 09
The Year in Sweden - December: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

November in Sweden: Shoes at the door for dinner party season

Lifestyle: 23 Nov 09
The Year in Sweden - November: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Sony Ericsson to close Kista development centre

Business & Money: 19 Nov 09
Sony Ericsson said on Wednesday it will lay off 130 employees as part of a plan to close its development centre in Kista near Stockholm. The announcement came as the company previewed a new touch screen mobile phone. READ »

Sony Ericsson reports profits plunge

Business & Money: 16 Oct 09
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday reported a €199 million ($297 million) net loss and a 42 percent drop in sales for the third quarter. READ »

ABB fined for breaching EU competition rules

Business & Money: 7 Oct 09
Swedish-Swiss engineering firm ABB, along with six other manufacturers of power transformers, have been fined a total €67.6 million ($99.4 million) for violating European Union competition rules. READ »

Pokemon cards taken in sandbox knife heist

Society: 11 Sep 09
A nine-year-old girl was robbed at knifepoint by a group of young boys in a sandbox in western Sweden. The booty: the girl’s collection of Pokemon cards. READ »

Stockholm Q & A: Where can I find a good spa?

Stockholm: 11 Sep 09
A reader wants to take his girlfriend to a spa in Stockholm for her birthday. But which one? Peter Vinthagen Simpson has the answer. READ »

Sony Ericsson profits take a dive

Business & Money: 16 Jul 09
Sony Ericsson’s CEO said on Thursday that his company faced “difficult” times, as falling handset sales dented the mobile phone maker’s second quarter earnings. READ »

From Britpop to India with Maia Hirasawa

Lifestyle: 8 Jul 09
When she graduated from high school, Maia Hirasawa never imagined that she would make a career out of music. Now a decade later, the 29-year-old Swedish-Japanese musician has carved out a space for herself on the Swedish music scene. READ »

Art off the beaten track in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 7 May 09
Art critic Katarina Wadstein MacLeod slips into the suburbs and side streets of Stockholm in search of hidden gems outside the mainstream. READ »

A tattoo too far

Lifestyle: 30 Apr 09
Ben Kersley admires some naked bodies (artistically) and gets a permanent souvenir of Sweden at the Swedish Tattoo Fair in Norrköping. READ »

Nintendo wins trademark battle with Swedish dental clinic

Society: 28 Apr 09
A modest dental clinic in Malmö may be forced to find a new logo following a complaint by Japanese gaming giant Nintendo. READ »

Japanese popstar dressed as pineapple robbed in Malmö

Society: 5 Apr 09
Japanese popstar Hideki Kaji was beaten and robbed in the middle of a recording session in Malmö on Saturday, while dressed as a pineapple. READ »

Swedish media enjoy April Fool jokes

Society: 1 Apr 09
The royal wedding, doggie doo DNA and a confession from Alfie Atkins' secret friend, as well as The Local's own Japanese girl band, were among the traditional April Fool's hoaxes in the Swedish media on Wednesday. READ »

Mystery Malmö loverboy tops Japanese charts

Society: 1 Apr 09
A catchy hit inspired by a lovestruck Tokyo girl’s new life in Malmö has soared to the top of the charts in Japan, as a wave of Swedish influences washes over the country's musical landscape. READ »

Sony Ericsson issues profit warning

Business & Money: 20 Mar 09
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned investors on Friday that its first quarter profits wouldn’t meet expectations. READ »

Sony Ericsson divorce imminent: report

Business & Money: 18 Mar 09
Swedish mobile equipment maker Ericsson may soon be pulling out of its mobile handset partnership with Japanese electronics giant Sony, according to media reports. READ »

What's on in Sweden: March 13 - 19

Lifestyle: 12 Mar 09
What's on in Sweden: St.Patrick's Day parade and Tabaimo in Stockholm; James Hill in Gothenburg; Flamenco Fusion and lonely hearts club in Malmö. READ »

Cargo ship needed to store unsold cars off Swedish coast

Business & Money: 4 Mar 09
Car sales in Sweden have fallen off so sharply that Japanese automaker Toyota was forced to lease a cargo ship in Malmö to store 2,500 unsold cars, according to a port official. READ »

Krona's slide sparks exchange rate debate

Business & Money: 17 Feb 09
The Swedish krona has continued its slide against major world currencies as a Riksbank official raised the prospect on Tuesday of zero interest rates and "exchange rate targets" to stimulate the economy. READ »

Profits slump at Sony Ericsson

Business & Money: 16 Jan 09
Swedish-Japanese phone maker Sony Ericsson announced on Friday fourth quarter net losses of €187 million ($247 million), as sales dropped 22 percent. READ »

The great Swedish taxi rip-off

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 09
With taxi rip-offs on the rise, Doug Lansky takes a look at how this un-Swedish practice started, why it’s allowed to continue, and what you can do to protect yourself from the scam. READ »

Christmas shopping: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 12 Dec 08
Some of it is sleek, and some of it is just plain weird. Some of it’s pretty, and some of it is just plain ugly…by design. Here’s The Local’s guide to the best of Swedish design online. READ »

Nobel laureates receive prizes in Stockholm

Society: 10 Dec 08
Princess Madeleine and economics laureate Paul Krugman were among the guests at the Nobel banquet in Stockholm's City Hall on Wednesday evening. READ »

US Nobel laureate to miss 2008 ceremony

Science & Technology: 5 Dec 08
American Yoichiro Nambu, 87, who won this year's Nobel Physics Prize with two Japanese physicists, will not travel to Stockholm next week for the award ceremony, the Nobel Foundation said on Friday. READ »

Sony Ericsson reports smaller than expected losses

Business & Money: 17 Oct 08
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a third quarter net loss of €25 million ($33.7 million) down from a net gain of €267 million a year earlier. READ »

Söderling aces his way to Stockholm Open final

Sport: 12 Oct 08
Swedish fourth seed Robin Söderling used home advantage and a total of 13 aces to force his way into the final of the Stockholm Open on Sunday. He faces Argentina's David Nalbandian. READ »

Söderling advances to Stockholm Open semis

Sport: 11 Oct 08
Swedish fourth seed Robin Söderling continued his impressive advance in the Stockholm Open tennis tournament by defeating Rainer Schuettler to claim a place in the semi-finals. READ »

Three chemists awarded Nobel Prize

Science & Technology: 8 Oct 08
The 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded jointly to two US scientists and a Japanese colleague "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP". READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 3 - October 9

Lifestyle: 2 Oct 08
What’s on: NHL hockey, Open tennis and Aussie comedy in Stockholm; Ane Brun in Gothenburg; Steve Wynn and naked Jesus shock in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 19 - 25

Lifestyle: 18 Sep 08
What’s on: Stevie Wonder, Beer & Whisky festival and American Football in Stockholm; Japanese tattoo art and Masters golf in Gothenburg; Prince and Tibet tributes in Malmö; Puppet theatre in Lund. READ »

H&M opens first Japanese outlet

Business & Money: 13 Sep 08
Swedish high-street clothing giant Hennes and Mauritz (H&M) opened its first store in Japan on Saturday. H&M's Tokyo store signals the firm's entry into one of world's most competitive casual fashion markets. READ »

Swedish fashion taking the world by storm

Lifestyle: 21 Jul 08
Richie Rankin reveals why hot labels and cutting-edge design have helped Stockholm become the new Milan in global fashion. READ »

Sony Ericsson slashes 2,000 jobs after loss

Business & Money: 19 Jul 08
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced Friday it was cutting 2,000 jobs worldwide after reporting an operating loss in the second quarter due to difficult market conditions and the global economic slowdown. READ »

Sony Ericsson profits collapse

Business & Money: 18 Jul 08
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reported a dramatically reduced second quarter net profit of €8 million ($12.64mn) on Friday. READ »

Japanese banks offer 'Ninja loan' to Volvo Group

Business & Money: 11 Jul 08
Japan's Mizuho Corporate Bank said on Friday it had arranged a $1.04 billion dollar syndicated loan for Sweden's Volvo Group. READ »

Sony Ericsson issues warning on second quarter results

Business & Money: 27 Jun 08
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned on Friday that its second-quarter results would be dented by a difficult commercial environment. READ »

Sony Ericsson unveils Wii-like phone

Business & Money: 17 Jun 08
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a Wii-like handset which allows users to play games using the phone as a motion sensor. READ »

Swedish rally legend dies in crash

Sport: 12 Jun 08
Former Swedish rally driver and Toyota Formula 1 team principal, Ove Andersson, 70, died on Wednesday in a car crash in South Africa. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: May 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 8 May 08
Weekend art exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Japan tells Ikea to give better instructions

Society: 28 Apr 08
Swedish DIY furniture giant Ikea has been ordered to give better instructions in Japan after a customer suffered minor injuries assembling a chest. READ »

Sony Ericsson sees profits halved

Business & Money: 23 Apr 08
Sony Ericsson has seen profits plunge in the first quarter following a drop in its average selling price. READ »

Stockholm clubs and concerts: Thursday - Saturday

Lifestyle: 17 Apr 08
Weekend club and concert tips from Kalendarium READ »

Sweden and Japan agree on climate cooperation

National: 16 Apr 08
Japan and Sweden on Wednesday pledged to step up cooperation on tackling climate change during a visit by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. READ »

Japanese icon to design H&M’s autumn collection

Business & Money: 3 Apr 08
Swedish clothing chain H&M said the Japanese founder of the Comme des Garcons fashion house, Rei Kawakubo, would guest design its autumn collection. READ »

Saab may handle Mitsubishi jet repair

Business & Money: 27 Mar 08
Mitsubishi has said that it may outsource maintenance of its regional passenger jet to Swedish aviation group Saab if it goes ahead with the project. READ »

Sony Ericsson warning hits Ericsson shares

Business & Money: 19 Mar 08
A profit warning from Sony Ericsson caused a sharp drop in Ericsson's share price on Wednesday morning. READ »

What’s on in Sweden: March 7th – 13th

Lifestyle: 6 Mar 08
Värtinnä in Stockholm, Mando Diao in Gothenburg, A Mountain of one in Malmö, and much more besides in our weekly guide. READ »

Swedish firms seek patents in record numbers

Business & Money: 4 Mar 08
Swedish companies set a record for the number of international patent applications. READ »

Something for the Weekend: NaxXxos, Fröken, Montys Loco

Lifestyle: 28 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Five Stockholm club tips, Strindberg-inspired dance in Gothenburg, pop duo Montys Loco in Malmö. READ »

Something for the weekend: Footloose, electro and a Pulitzer nominated play

Lifestyle: 22 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Footloose runs in Stockholm, British electro band Client play Malmö and the Pulitzer-nominated play Blue Surge opens in Gothenburg. READ »

Swedish pop, photo art and Marilyn Monroe: What's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Marilyn exhibition in Gothenburg, Lykke Li in Stockholm, Erwin Wurm in Malmö. READ »

Euro music, African cinema, Swedish mentality: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 7 Feb 08
Something for the weekend:Feast of film at Stockholm CinemAfrica festival, Eurovision qualification in Gothenburg, and Fredrik Lindström dissects the Swedish mentality in Malmö READ »

Popcorn, Schlager and Reggae: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Discover the art of movie comedy at Stockholm's Popcorn festival, watch Lena Philipsson perform with Orup in Gothenburg, or dance to ska and reggae in Malmö. READ »

Santa's elves get busy at Sweden's post office

Lifestyle: 19 Dec 07
Every year Sweden's post office receives more than 100,000 letters from children all over the world addressed to Santa. Every letter-writer gets a response, writes Majsan Boström. READ »

Pomp and ceremony for Nobel winners

National: 11 Dec 07
Stockholm put on its glad rags and millions watched on TV as the Nobel Banquet celebrated the world's best brains. READ »

Something for the Weekend: The Local's Guide to What's On

Lifestyle: 30 Nov 07
Fancy taking in a traditional Swedish Christmas market? Or what about an evening of jazz in Stockholm? All this and more in our weekly guide to what's on in Sweden's main cities this weekend. READ »

Something for the Weekend: The Local's Guide to What's On

Lifestyle: 23 Nov 07
Looking for a way to while away the hours this weekend, or for something to do with visiting relatives? We've got some tips. READ »

Motorola buys into Sweden's UIQ

Business & Money: 15 Oct 07
American telecom equipment maker Motorola has announced plans to by 50 percent of Swedish tech company UIQ Technology. UIQ is currently wholly owned by Swedish-Japanese mobile phone company Sony Ericsson. READ »

Sony Ericsson sees profit margins fall

Business & Money: 11 Oct 07
Swedish-Japanese mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson, which has changed tack to target the mid-range market, announced Thursday a more than 10 percent fall in net profit in the third quarter. READ »

Abuse of Tamiflu can create resistant strains

Science & Technology: 3 Oct 07
Swedish scientists say that Tamiflu - the frontline weapon in any bird-flu pandemic - cannot be broken down by sewage systems and this could help the virus mutate dangerously into a drug-resistant strain. READ »

Burma regime tells Swedish media to leave

National: 1 Oct 07
Several Swedish news media outlets say they have been contacted by Burmese regime officials urging them to withdraw their reporters from the country for their own safety. READ »

Alien intrusions threaten Sweden's seas

Science & Technology: 28 Sep 07
A gluttonous American pseudo-jellyfish, giant Japanese oysters, and an unidentified virus killing seals: strange intrusions are threatening Sweden's seas and fishermen are concerned. READ »

Volvo Trucks suffers sales fall

Business & Money: 24 Sep 07
Volvo Trucks saw deliveries fall in the first eight months of the year, with a downturn in North American sales cancelling out improvements in almost every other market. READ »

Nissan buys Swedish truckmaker

Business & Money: 5 Sep 07
Japanese company Nissan Forklift has acquired the family-owned Swedish truckmaker Atlet, a firm based in Mölnlycke outside Gothenburg. READ »

Sony Ericsson chief quits

Business & Money: 4 Sep 07
The head of handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson, Miles Flint, is to step down. He will be replaced by a Japanese executive from Sony Electronics USA. READ »

Sports digest: Swedish hopes dashed in Osaka

Sport: 3 Sep 07
Athletics: Swedes disappointed with failure to reach the podium. Football: Zlatan back in the groove. Tennis: Johansson and Björkman bow out of US Open. READ »

Klüft jumps high in heptathlon

Sport: 25 Aug 07
Sweden's heptathlon golden girl Carolina Klüft took a solid early lead in her quest for a record third straight title at the World Athletics Championships in Japan on Saturday. READ »

Beans, sandals and Japanese tea ceremonies

Lifestyle: 31 Jul 07
Tipping Point: Kathleen Harman enjoys a Japanese tea ceremony, eschews beans and brown rice and savours the bijoux charms of Stockholm's Ethnographic Museum. READ »

Sweden defeated in American Football World Cup semi-final

Sport: 12 Jul 07
Sweden bowed out of the American Football World Cup at the semi-final stage following a heavy defeat against host nation Japan. The United States won Thursday's other semi-final. READ »

Sony Ericsson profit up sharply

Business & Money: 12 Jul 07
Sony Ericsson Thursday reported a 53.8 percent jump in net profit for the second quarter of 2007 as the Japanese-Swedish mobile telephone manufacturer enjoyed double-digit sales growth. READ »

A quickie with... Mark Shapiro

Lifestyle: 9 Jul 07
In 1968 Mark Shapiro - a deserter from the Vietnam War - was among a group of Americans who staged a sit-down protest at the US Embassy in Stockholm. He spoke to The Local about his experiences in the Swedish capital during a visit to the city to mark the anniversary of that protest. READ »

Japanese emperor fetes Linnaeus tricentenary in Sweden

Society: 23 May 07
The Japanese Emperor and Empress are in Uppsala on Wednesday to celebrate the 300th birthday of botanist Carolus Linnaeus. READ »

Japanese imperial couple delve into the natural sciences

Society: 22 May 07
The Emperor and Empress of Japan stopped off at botanical gardens, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and a natural history museum as part of their visit to Stockholm. READ »

Japanese emperor arrives in Sweden

Society: 21 May 07
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko flew in to Arlanda airport on Monday. The Emperor - a biology buff - will participate in events commemorating Carolus Linnaeus. READ »

Sweden kicks off Linnaeus festivities

Science & Technology: 20 May 07
This week will see the culmination of festivities celebrating the life of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who who born 300 years ago. Among those due to join the celebrations is Emperor Akihito of Japan. READ »

Profits double for Sony Ericsson

Business & Money: 20 Apr 07
Profits at Sony Ericsson doubled in the first quarter, with pre-tax profits standing at €362 million for January to March, compared to €151 million in the same period last year. READ »

Swedes in US also face driving licence hassle

Lifestyle: 30 Mar 07
It's not only foreigners in Sweden who have trouble converting their driving licences. Swede Åsa Andersson Harding is having to retake her test in Massachusetts. READ »

Royals enjoy Japanese countryside

National: 28 Mar 07
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden have been taking in the Japanese countryside on the third day of their state visit. The royal couple have now been joined in Tokyo by Carl Bildt. READ »

Swedish royals unshaken by Japanese earthquake

National: 25 Mar 07
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have begun their almost week-long state visit to Japan - on the same day that an earthquake struck off the Honshu coast. READ »

Volvo completes Nissan Diesel purchase

Business & Money: 24 Mar 07
Swedish truck maker Volvo has completed its acquisition of Japan's Nissan Diesel in a friendly takeover. READ »

Volvo in billion-dollar Nissan buyout

Business & Money: 20 Feb 07
Swedish truckmaker Volvo has bought Japanese competitor Nissan Diesel for a billion dollars. The move will help both companies to better face competition, Volvo says. READ »

Sony Ericsson to make phones in India

Business & Money: 31 Jan 07
The Swedish-Japanese mobile maker Sony Ericsson has announced plans to start manufacturing in India. READ »

King kicks off Sweden's Linnaeus festivities

Science & Technology: 29 Jan 07
A year of celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Swedish botanist Linnaeus was kicked off on Sunday in the town of Växjö, where he attended school. READ »

Stockholm needs to improve its image

National: 25 Jan 07
Stockholm is viewed as safe but lacking pulse, according to a new survey showing international perceptions of world cities. The Swedish capital was beaten by Copenhagen. READ »

Sony Ericsson hails record quarter

Business & Money: 17 Jan 07
Swedish-Japanese mobile maker Sony Ericsson has seen profits more than double in the last quarter of 2006, the company announced on Wednesday. READ »

Sex Pistols legend provokes by design

Lifestyle: 15 Nov 06
Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren has been called a con man and a charlatan, but in essence he's an artist who likes to provoke. And he wasn't the only agent provocateur wowing a unique design event in Stockholm this week, reports Charlotte West. READ »

America ten percent cheaper since January

Business & Money: 13 Nov 06
People earning Swedish salaries will be able to make their money go much further now than they could back in January. The dollar is ten percent cheaper now than it was back in January. READ »

Record figures for Sony Ericsson

Business & Money: 11 Oct 06
The Swedish-Japanese phonemaker makes an incredible comeback, with income for the third quarter 187 percent higher than in the same period last year. READ »

Simple home cooking 'extends life expectancy'

Science & Technology: 9 Sep 06
A new study shows that north European home cooking leads to a higher life expectancy than Mediterranean food. And since Swedes live longer than almost everyone else, is Swedish cooking the healthiest? READ »

Sandvik snaps up mine tool firm

Business & Money: 11 May 06
Sandvik AB ha announced that it is buying the Swedish-Japanese mine tooling company Hagby-Asahi AB, including its subsidiaries in Finland, US and Canada, from Japan's Asahi Diamond Industrial Co Ltd for an undisclosed sum. READ »

Japanese PM: we can learn from Sweden

National: 5 May 06
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said that Japan has much to learn from Sweden's policy on welfare and challenges like ageing populations. READ »

Japanese flock to Ikea

Business & Money: 24 Apr 06
Ikea boss Anders Dahlvig says he is optimistic the company can crack Japan, as the first store opens near Tokyo. READ »

Size matters as Ikea returns to Japan

Business & Money: 16 Apr 06
Tommy Kullberg is heading Ikea's return to Japan. His team have visited more than 100 local residences to take notes and try to avoid a repeat of the group's disastrous first foray into the world's number two retail market. READ »

Sony Ericsson profit soars

Business & Money: 13 Apr 06
Mobile phone producer Sony Ericsson records a profit before tax of 151 million euros for the year's first quarter - more than doubling the 70 million euros profit for the same period last year. READ »

Ikea opens in Japan

Business & Money: 7 Apr 06
Soon the Japanese will be able to enjoy the delights of cheap Scandinavian flat-packed furniture, as Swedish giant Ikea sets the date for the opening of its first store in the country. READ »

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