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'We wanted to do good, have fun, make money'

Society: 5 Mar 13
In our series profiling foreigners who've moved to Sweden, The Local speaks with Ronia Virginia about the transition from being a full-time homemaker to helping Swedish firms trying to enter the Indian market. READ »

Indians help Sweden beat tourism slump

Business & Money: 6 Feb 13
Tourists from the US, China and, increasingly, India helped Swedish tourism grow incrementally despite a slump in visits from crisis-tainted European countries. READ »

Russians cruise to first place in tourist spending

Business & Money: 26 Nov 12
They might not be many, but Russian tourists are the ones to empty their pockets when visiting Sweden, a new report shows. READ »

'Today’s cheap might be costly tomorrow'

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Aug 12
As summer fades and the so-called "cucumber time" or silly season comes to an end, contributor Ruben Brunsveld reflects on state agency spending and why it has got the Swedish press baying for more. READ »

State research board spent millions on parties

Business & Money: 14 Aug 12
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has spent several million kronor on parties, funds that were reserved for research, with one million kronor ($149,000) going towards the foundation’s 15th birthday celebration. READ »

Politicians seek to close 'elephant graveyard'

Politics: 7 Aug 12
Politicians are calling for an end to the system in which sacked heads of government agencies are kept on with full pay in alleged "non-jobs". READ »

Lööf sacks agency head after lavish spending

National: 6 Aug 12
The head of a Swedish state agency, recently revealed to have been spending millions on expensive internal entertainment, will be relieved of her responsibilities, the government announced on Monday. READ »

Lööf summons agency heads after lavish parties

Business & Money: 1 Aug 12
Swedish enterprise minister Annie Lööf has called in the heads of state agencies under her control for talks following revelations that the Agency for Economic and Regional Growth spent millions on expensive internal entertainment. READ »

Swedish agency partied for millions: report

Business & Money: 30 Jul 12
Since January 2010 the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth has spent some 7.5 million kronor ($1.1 million) on internal entertainment such as luxury dinners and ski trips, equating to 25,000 kronor per employee. READ »

Sweden to spend millions on tourist destinations

Business & Money: 5 Jun 12
Five Swedish locations will share over 60 million kronor ($8.4 million) to be turned into well rounded tourist destinations in a government effort to boost the Swedish tourist industry. READ »

Nine of ten tourists 'happy' with Sweden

Business & Money: 23 May 12
Nearly 17 million foreign tourists visited Sweden in 2011, and almost all of them enjoyed their stay, according to a new report. READ »

Sweden to tourists: frolic in our forests

Business & Money: 21 Dec 11
Hot on the heels efforts to turn Sweden into the world's culinary capital, the government is set to announce a new initiative meant to make Sweden's vast forests one of the country's primary tourist attractions. READ »

Swedish tourism suffers summer decline

Business & Money: 5 Oct 11
Fewer tourists visited Sweden in the summer 2011, breaking a six year upward trend, according to new figures from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. READ »

Sweden tourism heads for new record year

Society: 9 Jun 11
The number of foreign tourists visiting Sweden climbed 3 percent during the first four months of 2011, new statistics from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth show, prompting hopes of a new record year. READ »

Go your own way – setting up a business in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Mar 11
Fed up with trying to find a job in Sweden? Why not try starting your own business? As The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers, it's not always easy, but there is plenty of help available, regardless of your Swedish language skills. READ »

Tourism creates jobs, boosts export earnings

Business & Money: 6 Jul 10
Tourism helped to create new jobs and higher export earnings in 2009, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) reported on Tuesday. READ »

Swedish state should focus on venture capital: report

National: 4 Apr 10
The Swedish state should focus on developing new investment funds for venture capital as well as seeking out international and national capital investment, according to a proposal published this week in Dagens Nyheter newspaper. READ »

Record number of tourists flock to Sweden

Society: 3 Feb 10
The number of foreign tourists visiting Sweden climbed 3.3 percent in 2009 setting a record high and bucking the recession and a declining European trend, new statistics show. READ »

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 »

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