New Delhi, July 1 -- A Swedish market court on Wednesday ordered Google to pay some 14.3 billion kronor ($1.46 billion) in damages to price comparison site Pricerunner for promoting its own shopping comparisons in search results.

The Patent and Market Court in Stockholm said "Pricerunner is considered to have suffered harm as a result of Google having, for many years, unlawfully favoured its own price comparison service."

The court noted that Pricerunner, which filed a lawsuit in 2022 and has since been acquired by fintech giant Klarna, had requested "significantly higher damages but did not fully succeed with its case".

"In many ways, it is a complex and extensive case and the damages awarded are, despite Pricerunner not having succee...