Niclas Rolander

LOHE-RICKELSHOF, GERMANY – MARCH 25: Two employees in bright yellow jackets are walking at the ground-breaking for the new Northvolt Gigafactory electric car battery factory on March 25, 2024 in Lohe-Rickelshof, Germany. The factory, dubbed Northvolt Drei, will be powered by renewable energy and will eventually produce one million electric car batteries per year. (Photo by Gregor Fischer/Getty Images)

Northvolt unit files for bankruptcy as expansion plans halt

By Charles Daly, Rafaela Lindeberg, and others

People visit an exhibition containing private banknotes in Sweden.

Why going cashless has turned Sweden from one of the safest countries into a high-crime nation

By Niclas Rolander, Jonas Ekblom, and others

Singers Taylor Swift (L) and Beyonce.

Taylor Swift’s tour led Swedish inflation to rise for the first time in over a year—having an even greater impact than Beyonce’s tour last year

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

An aerial view of Gamla Stan district after snowfall in downtown of Stockholm, Sweden

Swedish companies are going bust at a ‘remarkable’ rate, with bankruptcies up 72% since last year

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

Pipework inside the Oresundsverket natural gas-fired power plant, operated by Uniper SE, in Malmö, Sweden

Sweden gears up for an uncertain future as it invests billions in infrastructure and energy grid defence

By Lars Paulsson, Niclas Rolander, and others

Elisabeth Svantesson, Sweden's finance minister.

Slowing inflation leaves room for spending as Swedish government injects $1.6 billion into health care, employment, and the justice system

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity.

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic boom saved Denmark’s GDP from a no-growth 2023—and will help double its expected growth this year, country’s largest bank says

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

The winner of the 2023 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel American economist Claudia Goldin is seen on a display as (L-R) the chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Jakob Svensson, the Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren and committee member Randi Hjalmarsson address a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 9, 2023. The Nobel Economics Prize was awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for helping understand women’s opportunities in the labour market. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Claudia Goldin becomes the third woman to receive the Nobel Prize in economics for her research into gender pay gaps

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

Beyoncé performs onstage during the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR”

Sweden’s economy may be experiencing the ‘Beyoncé blip’

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

Magdalena Andersson and Volodymyr Zelensky

Facing reelection amid energy crisis, Swedish PM vows ‘hundreds of billions’ to Nordic and Baltic utilities

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

MESEBERG, GERMANY – MAY 03: Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson speaks to the media at Meseberg Castle for a meeting of the German federal cabinet on May 03, 2022 in Meseberg, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)

Sweden’s ruling social Democrats support joining NATO

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

The winners of the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (L-R) David Card from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, Joshua D. Angrist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA and Guido W. Imbens from the Stanford University, USA, are seen on a screen during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 11, 2021. – Canadian David Card, Israeli-American Joshua Angrist and Dutch-American Guido Imbens won the Nobel Economics Prize for insights into the labour market and “natural experiments”, the jury said. – Sweden OUT (Photo by Claudio BRESCIANI / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by CLAUDIO BRESCIANI/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)

Nobel in economics goes to trio who separately tackled minimum wage and the mystery of causal relationships

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg

Passengers inside an underground train wear masks to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 07, 2021. – The Public Health Agency of Sweden advises public transport travellers to wear a mask during rush hours, starting from today. (Photo by Jessica Gow / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by JESSICA GOW/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

As deaths surge, Sweden reverses its light touch approach to contain rising infections

By Rafaela Lindeberg, Niclas Rolander, and others

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – SEPTEMBER 08: King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden attend a church service at Stockholm Cathedral in connection with the opening of the Swedish Parliament for the fall session on September 8, 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

Sweden’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a failure, says the King of Sweden

By Niclas Rolander, Charles Daly, and others

As a deadly second wave grips the country, exhausted front line workers are quitting in worrying numbers. Wire photography: Mikael Sjoberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sweden’s frontline health care workers are quitting in worrying numbers as COVID cases spike

By Niclas Rolander and Bloomberg