The German director of Lund’s Max IV reactor, Sweden’s biggest ever science investment, has resigned after an investigation found that the 6bn SEK project was at least two years behind schedule.
Swedes have a reputation for being innovative, and that ability to think outside the box has paid off and helped many of them earn a pretty penny over the years.
Sweden's father-and-sons burger empire Max raked home 126 million kronor ($19.2 million) after tax last year, as the chain of fast-food joints continues to increase its revenue by around 10 percent annually.
Two masked and knife-wielding young girls robbed a fast-food restaurant on Sunday night, escaping with around 2,000 kronor ($300).
Swedish hamburger chain Max has been reported to police on suspicions of trying to bribe members of parliament by sending them a gift card along with an invitation to come eat at the popular fast food restaurant.
Despite a significant decrease in value added tax, VAT, (moms) for restaurants in Sweden coming into effect at the beginning of the new year, few businesses have lowered their prices accordingly.
Curt Bergfors, the founder of Swedish fast food chain Max, has lined up the purchase of the most expensive apartment ever built in Sweden, a piece of property set to leave him with a 52 million kronor ($7.6 million) hole in his pocket.
Swedish hamburger chain Max has said it will stop selling Dole fruit salad in retaliation for the US food giant’s bid to muzzle a Swedish documentary film about the company.
A burger war is brewing in northern Sweden, pitting the country’s own Max hamburger restaurants against American fast food giants McDonald’s and Burger King.
The burger dispute related to next year’s European under-21 football championships in Sweden may end up putting a dent in Borås’s public finances.
The European football association, UEFA, is demanding that a Swedish fast food restaurant close down during the under-21 European football tournament.
Sweden's family-owned hamburger chain Max has announced plans to expand its concept to the Middle East.
Swedes seem to be turning patriotic when it comes to fast food: McDonald's net profit has slumped while homegrown chain Max is biting supersize chunks out of Sweden's burger market.