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Richard Milne covers Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden for the FT. He was previously capital markets editor, European business correspondent, correspondent in both Frankfurt and Paris as well as a graduate trainee, all at the FT, where he started in 2003.
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  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Property sector
    Embattled Swedish landlord SBB explores options including sale

    Property company considers break-up as tighter financial conditions hit real estate sector

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Klarna AB
    Klarna’s losses halve as Swedish fintech predicts return to profit

    Buy now, pay later pioneer says it expects to be profitable again by end of year

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Oil & Gas industry
    Norway’s oil fund sides with climate activists against Exxon and Chevron

    World’s biggest sovereign wealth fund attempts to force policy change at US groups despite backing European oil majors

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Norway's Oil Fund
    Norway’s $1.4tn oil fund to step up ESG proposals to US companies

    World’s biggest sovereign investor to expand use of shareholder motions after successful trial

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Northvolt AB
    Northvolt to build German battery factory after Berlin pledges state aid

    Government support for ‘flagship project’ unlocks big investment by Swedish start-up

  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Enel SpA
    Norway’s oil fund rejects Rome’s candidate for Enel chair

    World’s largest sovereign fund will vote against appointment of Paolo Scaroni at shareholders’ meeting next week

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    Batteries
    Chinese group Putailai to build Europe’s largest anode factory in Sweden

    The $1.3bn plant is the latest Asian-owned facility that has set up shop in the Nordic country

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    AP Møller-Maersk AS
    Maersk warns of ‘radically changed’ world as profits tumble

    Shipping group signals industry’s pandemic-driven boom is over as demand and freight rates fall

  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
    Zelenskyy visits Finland for summit with Nordic leaders

    Helsinki gathering likely to discuss Ukraine’s Nato and EU membership bids

  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    Nord Stream AG
    Russian military ship spotted near Nord Stream pipelines days before blasts

    Tugboat capable of launching and rescuing mini-submarines was photographed close to where sabotage took place

  • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
    Covid-19 vaccines
    BioNTech/Pfizer’s mooted EU deal for 70mn Covid shots threatens rivals

    European health officials have advocated portfolio diversity to help fight different variants

  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    Norway's Oil Fund
    Norway’s $1.4tn wealth fund calls for state regulation of AI

    CEO Nicolai Tangen says fund will set guidelines for companies it invests in on ‘ethical’ use of artificial intelligence

  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    News in-depthFinland
    Finland’s new normal: former military generals elected to parliament

    Russia’s war in Ukraine has shifted Helsinki’s decades-long neutrality with the focus now on Nato and foreign policy

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Russia seizes subsidiaries of Finland’s Fortum and Germany’s Uniper

    Kremlin builds ‘compensation fund’ in response to west’s ‘illegal expropriation of Russian assets’

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Aerospace & Defence
    Saab chief calls for state to ‘share risk’ in boosting defence supply chain

    Swedish defence company’s order intake more than doubled in first quarter

  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    Norway's Oil Fund
    Climate change will keep inflation high, Norway’s oil fund chief warns

    Transition to greener economy will also hit consumer prices, says $1.3tn sovereign wealth fund boss Nicolai Tangen

  • Monday, 24 April, 2023
    Industrials
    Swedish ‘green steel’ start-up plans €1.5bn fundraising

    Financing would rank among the largest equity rounds in Europe this year

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Chinese diplomat draws ire from Baltic nations over statehood remarks

    Beijing’s ambassador to France questioned legitimacy of countries formerly in the Soviet Union

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    Ikea
    Ikea makes biggest investment in single country with €2bn US push

    World’s largest furniture retailer wants to win market share beyond Europe

  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
    Pernod Ricard SA
    Pernod Ricard to stop Absolut vodka exports to Russia after Swedish outcry

    French group faced storm of criticism from Swedish politicians and calls for its drinks to be boycotted

  • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
    Fund management
    Swedish pension fund chair faces dilemma after $2bn US bank losses

    Alecta’s Ingrid Bonde must choose whether to stick with big-stakes strategy after bet on niche lenders turns sour

  • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
    Telecoms
    Telenor says bruising Myanmar exit helped prompt rejig of Asia business

    Norwegian group conducts most of its business in the region and is now open to doing deals

  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    AB Volvo
    Volvo Group shares rally on record Q1 operating profits

    Swedish truckmaker surprises investors with record results earlier than expected

  • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
    Alecta
    Sweden’s top pension fund fires chief after US bank losses

    Alecta lost $2bn on failed bet on collapsed lenders SVB and Signature Bank

  • Monday, 10 April, 2023
    Institutional Shareholder Services Inc
    Sweden’s Jacob Wallenberg hits out at ISS over dual-class share attack

    Proxy adviser accused of misusing law to take on unequal voting rights

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