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Swedish fashion chain Hennes & Mauritz AB on Thursday reported a 21 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit, as new store openings helped it defy the weak market.
Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB on Monday said it will cut another 1,500 jobs this year after reporting a 92 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit as mobile operators slashed spending.
Ten subway stops from downtown Stockholm is "little Mogadishu," a drab suburb of the Swedish capital where radical Islamists are said to be recruiting the sons of Somali immigrants for jihad in the Horn of Africa.
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday said its loss in the fourth quarter narrowed 9 percent from a year ago to euro167 million ($235 million), as improved margins and lower costs offset a slump in sales.
Sweden hockey coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson will quit at the end of the season, but remain for the Vancouver Olympics.
Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences has awarded American scientist Walter Munk the 2010 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences for his research on ocean circulation.
An Iran Air-owned Airbus bound for Tehran slid off a Stockholm runway on Saturday, but no one was hurt, a Swedish airport official said.
As a Weight Watchers group gathered for a routine weigh-in, the dieters got an idea of how far they still had to go: The floor underneath them collapsed, a Swedish newspaper reports.
Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo on Friday said its chairman Finn Johnsson is leaving his post with immediate effect and will be replaced by Louis Schweitzer, the current chairman of drug maker AstraZeneca.
A group of Swedish citizens accused by Iran of terrorism and other crimes demanded Wednesday that their names be removed from Interpol's most-wanted list, and criticized the international police agency for honoring politically motivated requests.
Former NHL MVP Peter Forsberg is on defending champion Sweden's Olympic squad for the Vancouver Games.
A giant straw goat was burned down yet again early Wednesday in a Swedish city where torching it has become a Christmas tradition, to the dismay of local leaders.
In a final attempt to rescue Saab Automobile AB, Dutch auto maker Spyker Cars on Sunday submitted a new offer to buy the Swedish brand from General Motors Co.
A Swedish court has sentenced two North Korean diplomats to eight months in prison for trying to smuggle cigarettes into the Nordic country.
General Motors Co. is in talks to sell parts of Saab Automobile's old technology to a Chinese company and the entire brand to another buyer, a person familiar with the negotiations said Sunday.
Tiger Woods' wife bought a six-bedroom house on a small island near Stockholm that is reachable only by boat.
Sunniva Geertinger was devastated when her boyfriend took his life early this year.
A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes on Thursday, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and two American researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading.
Scandinavian officials said Thursday that the Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma confiscated by Iran from laureate Shirin Ebadi have been returned, but that her situation remains a "serious concern."
The 2009 Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller said Monday she started writing when it was no longer possible to use spoken words to describe the despicable events in her native Romania under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.
Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
The two female winners of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Sunday urged scientific institutions to change their career structures to help more women reach top positions.
A Stockholm department store on Saturday removed a new line of North Korean-made designer jeans from its shelves, saying it wants to avoid courting controversy through ties with the isolated communist nation.
North Korea is making an unlikely foray into designer denim as the "Noko Jeans" label is launched in Sweden.
Officials from Saab Automobile AB and the Swedish government traveled to Detroit Monday in a final attempt to help General Motors Co. find a solution for the troubled Swedish auto maker.
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Saab snapped up by Dutch firm Spyker for $400 mlnTiny Dutch sportscar maker Spyker clinched a last-minute deal on Tuesday to buy Sweden's Saab, in an audacious attempt to turn around a money-losing brand that only days ago was headed for oblivion.
Cartwheels in underwear leave schoolgirl with frostbite A schoolgirl in northern Sweden is recovering from frostbite injuries to her fingers and toes after turning cartwheels in the snow in her underwear as part of a day of events organized by her high school's student union.
Murder suspect crashes victims' memorial serviceA 35-year-old man suspected of a double murder unexpectedly showed up at a memorial service arranged by the family of the victims, both of whom were recovered from a burned out vehicle in western Sweden.
Smuggling charges dropped after birthday boy revealed drinks listA 20-year-old Swedish man has been acquitted of smuggling charges after convincing a court that the 1600 litres of beer and 30 litres of spirits found in by customs officials were simply a few of the items on his birthday party beverage list.
Swedish women offer door-to-door prostitution at hotel A Gothenburg businessman is facing charges of procuring sexual favours after he was the unwitting victim of a plan by a trio of women to make fast money to fund their night out.
'More wolves should have been slain'"The number of wolves killed in the recent government-sanctioned cull was not enough to maintain the ceiling level of 210 animals in the country, according to a wildlife researcher."
Bunny dance fraudster gets three years in jail"A man claiming to be wheelchair bound has been jailed for three years after he was caught on camera dancing with a rabbit mascot at an amusement park in western Sweden."
Weight Watchers clinic floor collapses under dietersThe floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden collapsed beneath a group of 20 members of the weight loss programme who were gathered for a meeting.
Floor collapses at Swedish Weight Watchers clinicThe floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Växjö in south central Sweden collapsed on Wednesday night beneath a group of about 20 participants in the weight-loss programme.
Swedish girl 'grows back face' after reaction to Paracetamol A Swedish teenager has grown back her entire face after an allergic reaction to a single Paracetamol pill caused it to turn black and fall off.
Drunken Swedish artist forgets painting four womenAn artist from southern Sweden has been charged with assault for spray painting four women while in a drunken stupor.
Wolves liquidated after Swedish zoo escape"An entire pack of wolves has been liquidated at a Swedish wildlife park after escaping from their sanctuary."
Police rescue green-eyed lover caught up in tree house drama A jealous wife became stuck in her son's tree house hideaway after running off with her husband's mobile to secretly check his text messages, newspaper Kvällsposten reports. The phone came in handy when she was forced to call police to aid her escape.
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Man sentenced for 'executing' ex-girlfriend A 37-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend with a bolt pistol normally used for anaesthetizing livestock.
Rabbits Burned for Fuel in SwedenThousands of rabbits, some of them pets abandoned by their owners, are being shot, deep-frozen and burned in a heating plant in Sweden, a professional hunter who works for the city of Stockholm said on Tuesday.
Swedish police give gang of left shoe thieves the boot Police in Skåne in southern Sweden have busted an international ring of left shoe robbers.
Conviction for Sweden's 'youngest female pimp' A 17-year-old girl from Malmö in southern Sweden has been convicted for selling the sexual services of a 14-year-old mentally disabled girl. The 20-year-old man suspected of masterminding the pimping operation was acquitted.
Sweden culls its resurgent wolvesSweden is to launch its first wolf cull in 45 years, following a decision by parliament to control the species' numbers.
Taking naked pictures of sleeping teen not a crime: court A court in Halmstad on the southwest coast of Sweden has dismissed charges against a man who reportedly took a photo of a 17-year-old girl's genitals while she was sleeping. The court said that the incident was was not a punishable offense.
Poland Probes Swedish Link in Auschwitz Sign TheftPoland will formally seek Sweden's help in investigating the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz memorial, confirming that Polish authorities suspect a Swedish link in the crime.
Aftonbladet Silent on Jordan's Organ TraffickingGiven the apparently intense interest of Sweden's Aftonbladet in organ trafficking and Palestinians as indicated by its August 17 feature story alleging grotesque Israeli conduct in procuring organs from Palestinians, editor Jan Helin and culture editor Asa Linderborg have been s …
Ford Reaches Deal to Sell Volvo to Chinese AutomakerPARIS — Ford Motor and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said Wednesday that they had settled "all substantive commercial terms" on a sale of Volvo, clearing the way for the Chinese automaker to purchase the Swedish business early next year.
Swedish collector behind Auschwitz theftA Swedish citizen may have been behind the theft of the infamous metal sign that hung at the entrance of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, according to Polish media.
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