1、 BUSINESS CLIMATE SURVEY FOR SWEDISH COMPANIES IN GERMANY 2025 A REPORT FROM TEAM SWEDEN IN GERMANY TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD.3 ABOUT THE SURVEY.5 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.8 THE MARKET.15 TEAM SWEDEN IN GERMANY.21 HOW SWEDISH COMPANIES SUCCEED IN GERMANY.35 ACTING SUSTAINABLY.39 CONTACT US.45 KEY CONTRIBUT

2、ORS TO THIS REPORT Business Sweden in Germany Henni Nguyen,Ain Akbulut&Erica Jaeckel Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Germany Simone Nilsson&Johanna Villa Embassy of Sweden in Germany Thea Johansson,Kajsa-Lotta Bjrklund&Anton Dahlquist copyright 2025 Team Sweden FOREWORD FOREWORD The relationship betw

3、een Germany and Sweden remains strong,despite the global and geopolitical turbulences of the past years.Germany,renowned as Europes economic powerhouse and a key political actor within the EU and NATO,continues to be Swedens most important trading partner.Over the past five years,bilateral trade,inc

4、luding both exports and imports,has grown at an annualised rate of 2.23 per cent.The close economic and strategic ties between the two countries are further underscored by the bilateral Strategic Innovation Partnership established in 2017.In May 2024,Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and German Chancel

5、lor Olaf Scholz renewed and extended the partnership to include new key areas such as security,defence and space.This report presents the sixth edition of the Business Climate Survey of Swedish companies operating in Germany.Its objective is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the experience

6、s of Swedish businesses in the German market in 2024 and their prospects for 2025,offering a balanced assessment of both the opportunities and challenges they encounter.The results from this years survey,conducted in February and March 2025,show many positive developments,but also suggest a somewhat