Third-quarter comparable operating profit rose to 658 million euros ($643.3 million) from 633 million last year, lagging the 690.6 million euro mean forecast of 10 analysts polled by Refinitiv.

($1 = 1.0229 euros)

(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm and Stine Jacobsen in Copenhagen, editing by Terje Solsvik)