Trollhattan, Sweden News

The Bank of China on Friday said it had offered a credit line of 20 billion yuan to Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp .

Sweden's enterprise minister Maud Olofsson laid responsibility for the sale of Saab firmly at the feet of owner GM on Friday, hitting back at criticism from Saab CEO Jan Ake Jonsson.

Rumours are circulating in Trollhattan , the western Swedish home of Saab Automobile, about renewed interest from buyers looking to purchase the Swedish automaker.

Saab, the troubled stepchild of General Motors that is being sold to Sweden's Koenigsegg Group, said on Tuesday that dealers will start receiving 2010 model-year cars shortly after the sale closes, which is expected to take place by the end of this month.

Saab Automobile plans to more than double production at its flagship Swedish factory at the start of the new year.

The good news for Saab keeps on rolling: last month, we mentioned that the company's sale to Koenigsegg was looking like a done deal , and now comes word that Saab is developing a new, small concept vehicle to presage the company's future lineup.

Regulatory News: Peab has been contracted to build a railway leg of the route Hede-Alvangen between Gothenburg and Trollhattan.

Police in western Sweden are soon to start digging for the body of a 65-year-old man who friends believed was in the Canary Islands but may in fact have been killed by his son.

Ailing Swedish car firm Saab, being sold by General Motors, may not get the full 4.3 billion Swedish crown loan it has asked for from the European Investment Bank , daily Dagens Industri wrote on Tuesday, quoting an unnamed source.

A new thesis from the University of Gothenburg reveals that out of loyalty to the people for whom they provide care, groups of home-help staff sometimes break the rules dictating how their work should be performed.

Less by the hour if there is any truth to the story in Reuters that China's SAIC is considering funding the iconic Swedish car brand's buy-out from GM.

After consumers around the world saw dozens of leaked images on the web over the past month, Saab finally decided to officially release photos of its redesigned 2010 9-5 sedan ahead of its Frankfurt debut.

All good things have to go. After 12 years and half million units sold, the final 9-5 finally rolled off the assembly line in Trollhattan, Sweden.

The poker community mourns the loss of one of its own today as it has been reported that Andreas Oscarsson has been found shot to death in his childhood home of Trollhattan, Sweden.

A story riddled with rumors surfaced today regarding the death of Andreas Oscarsson.

Traces of sperm on a dress have linked an 18-year-old male suspect to the attempted murder of an 8-year-old girl earlier this summer in Trollhattan in western Sweden.

The poker community mourns the loss of one of its own today as it has been reported that Andreas Oscarsson has been found shot to death in his childhood home of Trollhattan, Sweden.

A 36-year-old Swede resident in the United States was shot dead during a visit to his family's home in Trollhattan in western Sweden on Monday in a suspected murder believed to have been witnessed by the victim's two year-old son.

Construction group Skanska has won a contract worth 43.3M to develop a motorway and expand rail lines in western Sweden.

At the Paris Air Show, Snecma and Volvo Aero agreed on the basic principles of a five-year partnership between the two companies in the field of space propulsion.