Note 12 Net financial income/expenses
| Group, MSEK | 2017 | 2016 |
| Interest income 1) | 75 | 96 |
| Gains from available-for-sale financial assets | 93 | – |
| Dividend received related to available-for-sale financial assets | 16 | 54 |
| Gains from sales of joint ventures | – | 16 |
| Change in value currency swaps (trading) | 7 | 11 |
| Other items | 0 | 18 |
| Financial income | 191 | 195 |
| Interest expenses 2) | -118 | -167 |
| Net exchange rate fluctuation | -22 | -7 |
| Change in value currency swaps (trading) | -8 | 0 |
| Write-downs 3) | -3 | -58 |
| Profit/loss from participation in joint ventures 4) | – | -1 |
| Other items | 0 | -10 |
| Financial expenses | -151 | -243 |
| Net financial income/expenses | 40 | -48 |
1) Refers to items valued at accrued acquisition value.
2) Refers to items valued at accrued acquisition value except current net interest from the interest coupon portion of interest swaps totaling SEK -55 million (-74).
3) Includes write-down with SEK -3 million (-29) regarding unlisted funds, which are classified as a financial asset available-for-sale.
4) Interest expenses on loans from joint venture companies have been offset against profit from participation in joint venture companies. There was, according to the contracts, a legal right for offsets between the debt to joint venture companies and holdings of preference shares in joint venture companies.
Profit from participation in Group companies
| Parent company, MSEK | 2017 | 2016 |
| Write-downs 1) | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 |
1) For more information about write-downs, see note 42.
Profit from other securities and receivables held as fixed assets
| Parent company, MSEK | 2017 | 2016 |
| Dividend received related to available-for-sale financial assets | 16 | 2 |
| Interest income, external | 1 | 2 |
| Gains from available-for-sale financial assets | 163 | – |
| Total | 180 | 4 |
Interest expenses and similar profit/loss items
| Parent company, MSEK | 2017 | 2016 |
| Interest expenses, Group 1) | -130 | -142 |
| Total | -130 | -142 |
1) Interest expenses refer to interest from items valued at accrued acquisition value.