Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to carry on post-Brexit trade talks after a call between leaders on Sunday.
The USA's continued threats of new tariffs on European cars are "unacceptable" and would hit the Swedish car market hard if implemented, according to Sweden's ambassador to the USA.
Sweden and India will sign several new agreements when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Swedish PM Stefan Löfven in Stockholm next week, according to reports in India.
The North Sea region's maritime economy employs more than 850,000 people, but in order for Brexit to cause as little damage to it as possible cooperation must be strengthened, the North Sea Commission writes.
Mikael Karlsson at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation tells The Local that he fears that a proposed EU-US trade deal could have a 'devastating chill' on EU environmental ambitions and can only harm the status quo.
With Swedish business leaders and trade unionists positive to the US-EU trade deal, Minister for Trade Ewa Björling underlined that Sweden had a significant role to play and dismissed critics who "painted nightmare scenarios".
Swedish exports decreased seven percent in the past year, yet trade was comparatively buoyant in the last quarter of 2013 compared to the months prior.
The Swedish government risks missing a slim window of opportunity to host its first permanent UN agency, as the global increase in investor-state disputes involving public money could allow Sweden to publicize its commitment to transparency, argues trade lawyer <b>Annette Magnusson</b>.
Major international companies like Subaru and Britax are turning their backs on Stockholm and instead setting up shop in Malmö with the southern city proving to be more attractive for many companies than the Swedish capital.
Almost 2,000 puppies are smuggled illegally to Sweden every year, new statistics reveal, putting Sweden at risk of rabies while endangering the life and health of the trendy dogs.
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv) has gone out guns blazing, criticizing politicians for not facing up to the challenges of "a lost year for Swedish exports" in 2012.
An opera singer diva, a celebrity florist, and a "folklore" crime novelist from Sweden are set to swarm Washington, DC starting Tuesday as part of 2013 Nordic Cool, a festival highlighting artistic accomplishments from Sweden and its regional neighbours.
Swedes hoping a new dog will make the perfect Christmas present have been warned they may end up feeding to a recent rise in dog smuggling, with pugs having replaced chihuahuas as the canine of choice in the illegal puppy trade.
The Swedish government is set to simplify the pension system for the country's 8,000-strong Indian workforce, as the social security minister jets off to New Delhi in the latest bid to strengthen ties with the key Asian market.
Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, rumoured to be verging on bankruptcy, assured on Tuesday that it expected to report a quarterly profit, triggering a surge for its shares.
Shares in Scandinavian airline SAS were suspended on Tuesday morning following media reports about the company’s strained finances, according to the Stockholm stock exchange.
A business and trade delegation from North Korea has been in Sweden learning about its economy and visiting companies, banks and state agencies, Swedish Radio reported on Friday.
Sweden has been warned by the European Commission that it is putting too many bureaucratic hurdles in the way of foreign companies that want to set up subsidiaries here.
Sweden posted a 10 billion kronor ($1.4 billion) trade surplus in November, up from a 2.1 billion kronor surplus in November 2009, data released Wednesday by Statistics Sweden showed.
Strömstad in western Sweden has been named as Sweden's primary tourist municipality for the third consecutive year, a new annual report by The Swedish Retail Institute (Handelns utredningsinstitut - HUI) shows.
