Lauri Pappinen

Handelsbanken has launched a test period for selected customers to try its wireless e-banking services based on the WAP technology. Handelsbanken is the

Two U.S.-based venture capital companies have invested SEK 125 million (US$15 million) to finance Swedish online recruiter Jobline's further expansion in

Swedish bank ForeningsSparbanken opened a new portal to provide personal finance information and advice for home Internet users. The portal, named

A new online storefront has launched in Sweden: toga.com, which boasts more than 110 brands representing 2000 products, aims to become the biggest

Leading newspaper Aftonbladet, which launched as one of the first Swedish content sites in 1994, now plans to spin off the service as a separate company.

Swedish company Spray Ventures recently consolidated its news outlets into one Web site, set to compete against the popular Dagens Industri news site. The

Swedish broadband company Bredbandsbolaget and HSB, the leading association for tenant-owned apartments, made an agreement targeting a potential market of

Sweden's Concurrent Data Dynamics (CDD) has opened a WAP portal, which the company claims is the world's first. Portal services include IT and business

Swedish investment company Investor AB has invested as much as SEK 500 million (US$60 million) in Swedish based portal company Spray AB. Investor AB,

Bedbandsbolaget needs more than SEK 15 billion (US$ 1.7 billion) to build its planned broadband network in Sweden, and help is on the way from Intel.

Internet research firm Jupiter Communications moved into Scandinavia with the acquisition of Swedish owned consulting company Intelligence AB.

Sweden's InfoCreator has rolled out a new free Internet service for customers who want to publish information via WAP phones, well before WAP phones even