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PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
Blekinge Lan Lan
Borga Mountain Mountain
Dalarnas Lan Lan
Gavleborgs Lan, SE Lan
Gotland Island, SE Island
Hallands Lan Lan
High Coast, Kvarken Archipelago
Jamtlands Lan, SE Lan
Kalmar Lan, SE Lan
Koster Islands Archipelago
Laponian Area
Mount Akka
Njupeskar Waterfall
Norrbottens Lan, SE Lan
Ostergotlands Lan, SE Lan
Rock Carvings in Tanum
Skane Lan, SE Lan
Stockholm Lan, SE Lan
Tannforsen Waterfall
Uppsala Lan, SE Lan
Vastmanlands Lan Lan
Vastra Gotalands Lan, SE Lan

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1870/06/30 Adolph Olson Eberhart Born Louise Olson, wife of Andrew Eberhart, gives birth to a son, Adolph Olson Eberhart, in Kil, Varmland, Sweden.

Places

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Sapmi

Geography »

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Borga Mountain Mountain
Gotland Island, SE Island
Lake Malar Lake
Mount Akka
Mount Sonfjallet Mountain
Svecofennian Province Physiographic Province
The Lapp Gate

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Location

Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway - The World Factbook

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Demonym: Swedish
Corruption Perceptions Index - 2014, Transparency International: 4


History »

A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war for almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both world wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substantial welfare elements was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment and in 2000-02 and 2009 by the global economic downturns, but fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, but the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum. - The World Factbook

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Count Magnus (short story) Short Story M R James Raback manor-house in Gotene kommun, Vestergothland, is one of the best buildings of its kind in Sweden, and the picture of it in Dahlenberg's Suecia antiqua et moderna, engraved in 1694, shows it much as the tourist may see it today.
Gosta Berlings Saga Book Selma Lagerlof Gosta Berlings Saga is set in Varmland, Sweden
Pippi Longstocking (book) Book Astrid Lindgren
Shame (Bergman film) Film Ingmar Bergman
Simon and the Oak Trees Book Marianne Frederiksson
The Christmas Oratorio (book) Novel Goran Tunstrom
The Dead Valley (Short Story) Short Story Ralph Adams Cram
The People of Hemso Book August Strindberg
The Red Room Book August Strindberg
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Book Selma Lagerlof Nils Holgersson flies across the Swedish countryside on the back of a goose
With Every Heartbeat Song Robyn With Every Heartbeat is a song by Swedish singer Robyn

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