The best performers on the OMXS30 index were mining group Boliden and Swedbank. The shares rose 3.3 and 2.6 percent, respectively.
Ericsson and SKF also performed strongly, up 2.3 and 2.0 percent respectively. At the other end was engineering company Sandvik, which fell 0.5 percent.
The leading stock markets in Europe rose during the day.
The market appears to have shaken off the hawkish tone of the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) interest rate announcement on Wednesday. The announcement appears to strengthen confidence in the Fed's inflation target and is pushing down market interest rates.
At the same time, the market is rejoicing at a lower world oil price after Saudi announcements that the country's major oil pipeline could begin operating again in a few days.
