Household consumption fell 3.7 percent in December

However, compared with December 2024, there was an increase of 0.5 percent.

"Preliminary figures show household consumption in the fourth quarter of 2025 increased by 0.5 percent compared with the previous quarter and by 2.7 percent compared with the same period in 2024," says Thorsten Holzer, statistician at Statistics Sweden, in a press release.