After a long-drawn legal dispute Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera and Russian Altimo now plans to list a new international telecom company on the New York Stock Exchange.

"Finnair has all that it takes to emerge from the hard times as a winner" the airlines new chief executive Mika Vehvilaeinen said.

A Swedish undertaker -- that has caused a small revolution in the funeral business with its ecological burials -- has nicked the top position at Google ahead of Ikea and Volvo.

The Chinese auto group Geely, which is trying to buy Volvo Cars from Ford, intends to boost Volvo sales to a million per year.

Swedish households may be forced to sell their homes for less than the purchase price, experts warn.

Plans for new cross-border European Union supervisory bodies to oversee banks and markets are at a "make-or-break" point, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg warned.

Norway's Government Pension Fund posted a record return in the third quarter, thanks to a pick-up in financial markets.

Painkillers and other prescription free drugs may soon appear in local supermarkets as Sweden has sold off a large part of its Apoteket retail pharmacy monopoly.

Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg revised upwards the country's economic growth forecast for this and next year.

Nokia has issued a global recall for 14 million chargers.

Decision by Sweden to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream pipeline to pass through its waters has unleashed strong reactions.

• Sweden gives go-ahead for criticized gas pipeline

A court in Norway has rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay.

• Three million Swedes download illegally
• The Pirate Bay reopened – from warfare bunker

STOCK MARKET – Although the Stockholm exchange is expected to keep increasing there are some companies that may be overheated.

Sweden's Prime Minister criticised US President Barack Obama's efforts to adopt new climate change legislation.

• Reinfeldt and Obama in climate deal talks

Sweden’s government has authorized Russia's Nord Stream gas pipeline to pass under its waters.

Mats Jansson, head of Scandinavian airline SAS, surprised by posting the company’s first quarterly profit in two years.

A Swedish diplomat is accused of handing official secret documents to Western Sahara-linked "separatists".

"The politicians in Brussels live in their own world and are not aware of the problems in the truck industry", said Leif Östling, CEO of Swedish truck manufacturer Scania, when meeting EU officials.

The Swedish krona is the talk of the town on financial markets as currency experts say it will gain a lot of ground against the euro.

Iceland and London are the world's best-value destinations thanks to the economic crisis, travel guide firm Lonely Planet said.