The Riksbank said: "There is considerable uncertainty concerning economic developments.

Transparency International Corruption Perceptions ranking.

• Corruption ranking: country-by-country
• Corruption making euro debt crisis worse
• Swedes 6th richest in the world
• Sweden has (second) best reputation in the world

There is very little confidence in the capacity of political leaders to solve problems and confidence in the financial markets, SEB said.

Country-by-country: OECD forecasts for this and next year.

• Balancing at the edge of a recession

SEB, Sweden's third biggest bank, warned in its latest Nordic Outlook that the global economy will be close to recession next year.

• 'Serious stability risk' for Swedish banks

Swedes are among the world's most connected people and are swarming to the Internet at an ever earlier age.

• Sweden among top in Internet download speed

A third of humanity, mostly in Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change.

The investment will fuel a five-fold increase in annual output.

• Swedish firms to invest more in China
• Scania slashes production amid global slowdown

Sweden may have some of the strongest public finances in Europe but its banks are more vulnerable than most in the current euro debt crisis, Finance Minister Anders Borg said.

• European bailout needs Swedish model: FT 

• Sweden has (second) best reputation in the world
• Sweden announces 2012 crisis budget  • Sweden: ‘the rock star of the recovery’

Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims, both 68, won the Nobel Economics Prize.

• Prosecutor probes leak of Nobel winner's name

• Sweden scores highest in 'Rule of law index'

The world's fastest and slowest Internet speed countries.

In the 14th century, the three major banks in Florence went bankrupt when the king of England was unable to pay his debts.