The number of participants has been decreasing for the third consecutive year across all three types of adult education courses within folk high schools. The largest decrease was among short courses, which in 2025 were 5 percent fewer than the year before.
In Sweden 38 133 holiday homes were owned by foreign owners in 2025, foreign ownership thus amounts to 6 percent of the total holiday home stock. There are major regional differences in the share of foreign owned holiday homes: 36 percent in Kronoberg compared with 0.3 percent in Uppsala.
In February 2026, Swedish exports of goods amounted to SEK 163.8 billion, while imports of goods amounted to SEK 162.0 billion. As a result, the net trade balance was SEK 1.8 billion.
In January, exports of goods decreased by 10 percent in value and by 1 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods decreased by 8 percent in value while they increased by 1 percent in volume.
The annual growth rate of lending to non-financial corporations continues to increase and reached 3.8 percent in February 2026. At the same time, the average interest rate on new lending agreements to non-financial corporations increased to 3.43 percent, compared with 3.40 percent in January. The annual growth rate of housing loans showed a slight increase and amounted to 2.9 percent in February.