STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN / RankWire.AI / – Sweden’s industrial production fell 1.5% in June from a year earlier, official data showed. Output also declined 0.4% from May after seasonal adjustment, marking a weaker month for the country’s industry sector. Statistics Sweden reported the figures in its June Production Value Index release. The industrial index stood at 112.4, down from 112.9 in May, with 2021 set as the reference base of 100.
The annual decline followed a revised 7.6% increase in May. Manufacturing output fell 1.0% from June 2025, while mining and quarrying dropped 13.8%. On a monthly basis, manufacturing decreased 0.4%, while mining and quarrying fell 3.3%. Industry carried a 20.2% weight in the broader private-sector measure for 2025. Manufacturing accounted for 19.4 percentage points of that weight, making it the dominant industrial component.
The June decrease did not erase gains across the second quarter. Average industrial production from April through June stood 4.0% above the same period in 2025. Seasonally adjusted industrial production also increased 4.8% from the previous three-month period. Sweden’s broader private-sector production rose 0.4% from May and 1.8% from a year earlier. That wider measure includes industry, services, construction and selected utility activities.
Industrial weakness contrasts with broader production gains
Services output slipped 0.2% from May but rose 3.0% from June 2025. Construction production increased 2.0% on the month and 7.6% from a year earlier. The services index stood at 111.9 in June, compared with 112.1 in May. Construction rose to 94.9 from 93.0. Services held a 67.2% weight in the broader measure, while construction accounted for 8.4%.
Separate June data from Statistics Sweden showed total industrial orders climbed 32.3% from May after seasonal adjustment. Orders increased 29.9% from June 2025 on a calendar-adjusted basis. Export orders rose 56.5% on the month and 57.6% from a year earlier. Domestic orders increased 0.1% from May but fell 7.4% annually. From January through June, total orders were 4.0% higher than in the same 2025 period, while export orders rose 6.6%.
Export orders rise while domestic annual orders fall
Transport equipment recorded the largest increase among major order categories in June. Orders in that segment rose 101.0% from May and 118.2% from a year earlier. Manufacturing orders increased 33.2% on the month and 31.2% annually. Capital-goods orders rose 45.5% from May and 50.7% from June 2025. By contrast, mining and quarrying orders fell 1.8% monthly and 19.0% from a year earlier.
The production and orders releases track different measures of industrial activity. The Production Value Index measures monthly changes in private-sector production of goods and services in constant-price terms. The orders series tracks short-term changes in new industrial orders across domestic and export markets. New information may prompt revisions to the preliminary June figures. The next releases arrive Sept. 10 and will cover July 2026.