Inflation according to the CPIF measure rose to 4.5 per cent year-on-year in February.
It was higher than market expectations of 4.1 percent according to the news agency Bloomberg.
It is also an increase from January when the inflation rate was 3.9 percent.
“Food prices rose on a broad front in February.
Although we saw some tendencies for food prices to start rising as early as January, it was a completely different impact now in February ", says Sofie Öhman, price statistician at Statistics Sweden (SCB), in a press release.
According to Statistics Sweden, this is primarily about higher prices for vegetables and coffee.
In addition, the high fuel prices also contributed.
Another factor is increased prices for both clothes and furniture.
Electricity prices went in the other direction, which fell again in February, but on the other hand rose sharply in the last six months.