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Immigrants fuel upswing in company start ups

Business & Money: 9 Oct 09
Foreign-born residents of Sweden are helping to boost the booming figures of new business start ups across the country in recent years, a new report indicates. READ »

'Tap the potential of immigrant entrepreneurs'

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Feb 09
Sweden could learn a lot from Canada and the UK when it comes to leveraging the power of entrepreneurship to help integrate immigrants, writes Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank. READ »

Government wants schools to emphasize entrepreneurship

National: 17 Sep 08
The government announced plans on Wednesday to make entrepreneurship a unifying theme in the Swedish education system. READ »

Record windfall from foreign tourists

Travel: 26 Jun 08
Sweden's tourist industry is growing at a record pace with revenue from foreign tourists last year outstripping income from the country's main export industries. READ »

Swedish tourism remains strong

Business & Money: 2 Jun 08
Tourism in Sweden appears to be immune to deteriorating global economic conditions. READ »

Boom time for Swedish tourism

Travel: 9 May 08
International visitors are crowding into Swedish towns and ski resorts like never before, official figures have shown. READ »

Healthcare workers flock to private sector

Society: 24 Dec 07
The number of people employed in the private healthcare sector in Sweden has grown steadily in recent years. READ »

Fast facts: Swedes' travel habits

National: 12 Nov 07
Swedes made a total of 12.5 million overseas visits in 2006 which included at least one night away. 79 percent of overseas trips by business travellers were by plane. READ »

Foreign tourists flock to Sweden

National: 21 Mar 07
More people than ever before are choosing Sweden as a holiday destination. According to government agency Nutek, the rest of the world is lagging behind. READ »

Foreign tourists flood to Sweden

National: 2 Feb 07
Sweden is being discovered by increasing numbers of foreign tourists, with the country's hotels, hostels and campsites reporting nine percent more guest nights in 2006 than in 2005. READ »

Record summer for Swedish tourism

Travel: 5 Oct 06
The best Swedish summer in years - and there was a record number of tourists here to enjoy it, according to new figures. Sweden is proving particularly popular among northern Europeans and Americans. READ »

Sweden attracts more tourists

Business & Money: 16 Aug 06
During the first six months of 2006 the number of overnight stays at Swedish hotels, cottages and youth hostels increased by six percent. READ »

Tourists flock to Sweden

Travel: 20 Jun 06
Sweden's tourist industry is on the up. Income from tourism rose by ten percent in 2005, with Swedish domestic tourists still accounting for the lion's share of money spent. READ »

Industry demands electricity price rules

Business & Money: 22 Mar 06
One of Swedish industry's brightest sparks, Sverker Martin-Löf, has joined many of the country's manufacturing industries in calling for price regulation in the electricity market. READ »

Swedish venture capital breaks records

Business & Money: 21 Mar 06
Venture capital investments in Sweden are at their highest level for at least four years. An upward trend in 2005 is predicted by a new report to continue in 2006. READ »

Staff charges to be cut for single person firms

Politics: 17 Aug 05
One-person companies wanting to take on their first staff members will get a reduction in payroll tax, announces Sweden's finance minister. But the cut will only apply for two years, and will not apply to larger companies. READ »

Regional growth gap widens

Smörgåsbord: 3 Mar 05
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Sweden strips foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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