On the OMXS30 list of the most traded stocks, measurement-technology group Hexagon topped the list, up 4.3 percent. Heat pump manufacturer Nibe rose 3 percent ahead of Tuesday's interim report.
Defense group Saab rose 2 percent after the company received an order for a radar system from a French defense authority.
At the other end, mining company Boliden fell 2 percent after a collapse in a mine outside Lycksele this weekend. Mining equipment company Epiroc, in turn, lost 1.8 percent.
At the close in Stockholm, the stock exchanges in Frankfurt, London and Paris were all clearly up. In New York, all three major indexes were down.
A barrel of North Sea oil traded at just over $110.70, after rising 1.3 percent during the day.
