Rolls-Royce has been selected to build a nuclear power facility with three small modular reactors (SMRs), each with an output of 470MW for the Swedish grid. They’ll be set up…

Skanska has concluded five deals in Sweden, four construction contracts and the off-plan sale of a residential scheme it’s building, together worth a total of €593m. Starting with the construction…

A team from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology has created a printable bio-based material made from yeast which they claim can replace plaster, plastic or synthetic textiles for architectural and…

Skanska recently won three contracts, two in the US and one in Sweden, together worth US$313m. The hat trick includes a university research centre in Texas, a pedestrian bridge in…

David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled the design for the SEK$2.5bn (approximately US$280m) Nobel Centre in Sweden, dedicated to the life’s work of Alfred Nobel. Located on Stockholm’s waterfront between Södermalm…

The Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) has given Swedish low-CO2 cement start-up Cemvision a grant to conduct a feasibility study with Tata Steel on converting slag from steelmaking into feedstock for…

Danish architect Henning Larsen has won a design competition for a timber swimming and sports centre in Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg. Commissioned by the City of Gothenburg, the 51,850-sq-m Centralbadet…

The Swedish city of Kiruna, which is gradually shuffling itself 5km to the east to make way for an expanding iron ore mine, this week celebrated the successful journey made…

New York-based investor Brookfield Asset Management plans to invest $10bn in AI infrastructure in Sweden. The centrepiece will be an AI data centre in Strängnäs, about 20km west of Stockholm.…

Skanska has signed a $35m contract to build Sweden’s longest wooden bridge, a 400m-long structure spanning the Skellefte River in the country’s north east. Working on behalf of Skellefteå Municipality,…

Paris-headquartered Systra has won a systems project management contract for Stockholm’s new Yellow Line, set to be the sixth line of the Swedish capital’s metro system. In planning since 2020,…

The government of Sweden is planning to issue state loans to fund its planned fleet of four nuclear reactors instead of seeking private finance. Energy minister Ebba Busch said the…

Swedish equipment maker Atlas Copco has launched an energy storage system that is capable of delivering 1MW of power from a single unit, which the company says is the most…

Skanska has announced three contract wins: a $47m office in Sweden, a $37m school in Norway and a clinic in California worth $55m. In Sweden, the company will build a…

Skanska has won a €48.75m contract from the Västra Götaland region to renovate and expand the Eastern Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. The project includes remodelling on two levels in the…

Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction and Swedish energy company Kärnfull Next have signed a preliminary agreement to develop small modular reactor (SMR) projects in Sweden. The two signed a memorandum…

American engineer Aecom and Swedish consultant Rejlers have won a contract on the 270km North Bothnia rail line   The team will work on the development of railways and public…

Companies from Sweden and Czechia have teamed up with the Nigerian government to offer houses built partly from rice straw. Sweden’s Our Ecolution and Czech firm Ekopanely both make boards…