start-up

Deportation

Sweden is deporting this entrepreneur for lowering his own salary

An entrepreneur in the south of Sweden who took a pay cut in order to save his own company has been handed a deportation order by the country's Migration Agency, who say he was in breach of collective salary agreement rules.

Jobs

'Swedes in the startup scene are way more forward. If they want investment, they can't just sit back'

Just over a month after moving to Sweden from the other side of the world, Australian Sonia Kaurah is already trying to make working culture more social in her job as Community Manager for startup hub SUP46.

entrepreneur

'Tinder for jobs' app targets Swedish students

A smartphone app designed to match young job seekers with potential employers has gained more than ten thousand likes since it launched in Stockholm a week ago. The company is already planning to target other capitals, despite criticism that it promotes discrimination.

start-up

Hunger Games success suits Swedish company

A Swedish suit company says its sales have increased fivefold since it revealed it had made some of the costumes featured in the blockbuster Hunger Games movies starring Jennifer Lawrence.