STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Social networking site Facebook is to build its first data center outside the United States in the northern Swedish town of Lulea, awarding an initial construction contract of $121 million, the companies said on Thursday.

AP – Over the past seven years, the developers at Starbreeze Studios have created video games based on a film franchise (“The Chronicles of Riddick”) and a comic series (“The Darkness”). For the latest entry in its first-person shooter catalog, the independent Swedish gamemaker is turning to an unexpected source of inspiration: another video game.

TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said on Friday it has bought Swedish video editing company JayCut and hinted the operation will work on features for its PlayBook tablet computer.

AP – Saab’s owner said Thursday it doesn’t have the money to pay employees’ wages, deepening the financial crisis that is pushing the struggling Swedish brand ever closer to ruin.

AP – Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday blamed higher procurement costs as well as campaigns and special offers for an 18 percent drop in second-quarter profits.

AP – The intense Swedish equestrian film “She Monkeys” and the poetic California documentary “Bombay Beach” took top honors Thursday at the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Swedish firm has become the first known foreign company to use Russian positioning technology GLONASS, in a sign that the system could become a credible challenge to established U.S. rival GPS.

MTV News visited the ‘Game of Shadows’ set on its final day of production.

LONDON (Reuters) – A former Swedish prosecutor called by the defense attacked his country’s handling of sex crimes allegations against WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange that could lead to his extradition to Sweden.

AP – Actress Lena Nyman, who starred in sexually explicit movies that defined Swedish cinema in the 1960s, has died.