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Activity in Sweden's manufacturing sector rose in February with the purchasing managers index increasing to 49.0 points from 47.1 points the previous month, data compilers Silf and Swedbank said on Friday.
"It is increasingly clear that the downturn in Swedish industry has ended and recovery has started," Swedbank economist Jorgen Kennemar said. (Reporting by Simon Johnson, editing by Stine Jacobsen)