https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The demand for housing in Sweden's big three cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, has pushed the market to the verge of overheating with prices set to rise by 15 percent in 2013 according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.se/20131018/50878 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:02:00 +0200 50878 Sweden's economy contracted in the last quarter of 2011, shrinking by 1.1 percent compared to the previous quarter and showing the export-dependent economy's vulnerability to the eurozone crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20120229/39404 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0100 39404 The Swedish Alliance coalition government has lost the right to sell off stakes in a slew of state-owned companies after a parliament decision on Wednesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20110316/32636 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:30:00 +0100 32636 Sweden’s Finance Minister Anders Borg wants to put the squeeze on Swedish banks, where profits have swelled, shareholder dividends ballooned, and interest margins on mortgages doubled. https://www.thelocal.se/20110302/32362 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:49:00 +0100 32362 The Riksdag's Committee on Industry and Trade (Näringsutskottet) wants to halt the sale of government shares in mortgage lender SBAB, Posten Norden and telecommunications company TeliaSonera. https://www.thelocal.se/20110301/32340 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:47:00 +0100 32340 Sweden's economy easily beat expectations to post record growth in the fourth quarter while 2010 as a whole turned out to be the strongest year since 1970, the national statistics agency said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110301/32330 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:49:00 +0100 32330 The Swedish government confirmed on Friday that it had raised 19 billion kronor ($2.94 billion) on the sale of 255 million of its shares in Nordic banking giant Nordea. https://www.thelocal.se/20110204/31844 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:19:00 +0100 31844 Sweden's new financial markets minister Peter Norman was on Monday unwilling to promise that share holdings in Nordea, SBAB and Telia, would be sold off during the current mandate period. https://www.thelocal.se/20101019/29692 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:45:00 +0200 29692 Many Swedes with short-term fixed-rate mortgages will face higher bills from now on, after state-owned mortgage lender SBAB and Nordic bank Nordea both raised rates. But mortgages fixed for three years or more will become cheaper, SBAB said. https://www.thelocal.se/20100811/28312 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:49:00 +0200 28312 State-owned mortgage lender SBAB is reportedly using a loophole in the law to encourage estate agencies to recommend their services to new house-owners. https://www.thelocal.se/20100116/24424 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:54:00 +0100 24424 Finance minister Anders Borg on Thursday admonished the boards of Sweden’s state-owned companies for "grave infractions" in awarding executive bonuses, and promised that the government would review current guidelines. https://www.thelocal.se/20090305/18004 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:47:00 +0100 18004 The Swedish government announced on Friday it was postponing the sale of state-owned mortgage lender SBAB because of the financial crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20090130/17266 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:16:00 +0100 17266 Upheaval in the financial markets will likely complicated plans by the Swedish government to sell off state-owned mortgage lender SBAB in the near future, analysts said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080919/14446 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:27:00 +0200 14446 Sweden's financial markets minister Mats Odell said the government is reviewing its privatization programme in light of the subprime crisis, reported the Financial Times. https://www.thelocal.se/20080312/10424 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:40:00 +0100 10424 Estate agents in Sweden believe that the dip in house prices will be brief. The market is expected to rebound already in the first quarter, a new survey shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20080205/9882 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:19:00 +0100 9882 Swedish state-owned mortgage lender SBAB saw operating profits fall sharply in the first nine months of 2007. The value of the company's bond portfolio fell sharply following the instability on the credit markets earlier in the autumn. https://www.thelocal.se/20071031/8960 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:00:00 +0100 8960 Nearly half of all Swedes don't want to privatize the country's state-owned companies. https://www.thelocal.se/20070620/7655 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:22:00 +0200 7655 Sweden's government on Friday presented a bill to parliament to sell state holdings in six companies, including the owner of the Absolut Vodka brand. https://www.thelocal.se/20070302/6579 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:07:00 +0100 6579 Several Swedish and foreign banks have expressed their interest in buying Sweden's state mortgage lender SBAB, which is due to be privatised in the coming months, Dagens Industri reported. https://www.thelocal.se/20070221/6478 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:57:00 +0100 6478 Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said the government will consider industrial logic and employment issues as well as price when mulling bids from foreign and domestic buyers interested in snapping up Sweden's soon to be privatised state interests. https://www.thelocal.se/20070212/6381 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:34:00 +0100 6381