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Website. sweden.se. Sweden, [f] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [g] [h] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge–tunnel across the Öresund .
- Demographics of Sweden
Swedes celebrating Midsummer (Swedish: Midsommar) Historical...
- Riksdag
Name The Old Parliament House on Riddarholmen was the seat...
- Carl Xvi Gustaf
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April...
- NATO
Sweden has been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty...
- Ulf Kristersson
Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson (born 29 December 1963) is a Swedish...
- Municipalities of Sweden
Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Català; Dansk; Deutsch;...
- Sweden (Disambiguation)
Sweden is a country in Northern Europe member of Nato and...
- Prime Minister of Sweden
The prime minister of Sweden (Swedish: statsminister...
- Coat of Arms
Arms adorning the stern of HSwMS Gustaf V. The coat of arms...
- Scandinavian Peninsula
The Scandinavian Peninsula is located in Northern Europe,...
- Demographics of Sweden
Sverige ( ), formellt Konungariket Sverige ([ˈkôːnɵŋaˌriːkɛt ˈsvæ̌rjɛ] ), är ett land som ligger på Skandinaviska halvön i Nordeuropa. Sverige har landgräns i väst med Norge , i nordost med Finland samt angränsande territorialvatten till Norge i västsydväst , Danmark i sydväst och Finland i öst.
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- Prehistoric Sweden Before Ad 800
- Viking Period and Middle Ages: 800–1500
- Early Modern Sweden: 1523–1611
- Rise as A Great Power
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
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Sweden has a large number of petroglyphs (hällristningar in Swedish), with the highest concentration in the province of Bohuslän and the northern part of the county of Kalmar, also called "Tjust". The earliest images can be found in the province of Jämtland, dating from 5000 BC. They depict wild animals such as elk, reindeer, bears and seals.[citat...
For centuries, the Swedes were merchant seamen well known for their far-reaching trade. During the 11th and 12th centuries, Sweden gradually became a unified Christian kingdom that later included Finland. Until 1060, the kings of Uppsala ruled most of modern Sweden except for the southern and western coastal regions, which remained under Danish rul...
In the 16th century, Gustav Vasa (1490–1560) fought for an independent Sweden, crushing an attempt to restore the Union of Kalmar and laying the foundation for modern Sweden. At the same time, he broke with the papacy and established the Lutheran Churchin Sweden. The Union's final disintegration in the early 16th century brought on a long-lived riv...
During the 16th and 17th centuries, the kings demanded ever increasing taxes and military conscription, emphasizing the need for defense. However the money and manpower were used for offensive warfare. Indeed, when there seemed to be a real threat of invasion in 1655–1660, King Charles X Gustavasked the people to give more and to manage their own d...
Loss of Finland: 1809
Finland was lost to Russia in a war that lasted from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the peace agreement, Finland became a Grand Duchy and thus was officially ruled by the Tsar of Russia though it was not strictly part of Russia. Humanitarian aid from England did not succeed in preventing Sweden from adopting more Napoleon-friendly policies after the Swedish coup d'état in 1809.
Union with Norway: 1814
In 1810, French Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleon's top generals, was elected as Charles XIV John of Sweden (1818–44) by the Riksdag. He had a Jacobin background and was well-grounded in revolutionary principles, but put Sweden in the coalition that opposed Napoleon. In 1813, his forces joined the allies against Napoleon and defeated the Danes at Bornhöved. In the Treaty of Kiel, Denmark ceded mainland Norway to the Swedish king. Norway, however, declared its independence, ado...
Modernization of Sweden: 1860–1910
Sweden, much like Japan at the same time, transformed from a stagnant rural society to a vibrant industrial society between the 1860s and 1910. The agricultural economy shifted gradually from a communal village to a more efficient private farm-based agriculture. There was less need for manual labor on the farm so many went to the cities and a million Swedes emigrated to the United Statesbetween 1850 and 1890. Many returned and brought word of the higher productivity of American industry, this...
With a broader voting franchise, the nation saw the emergence of three major party groups – Social Democrat, Liberal, and Conservative. The parties debated further expansion of the voting franchise. The Liberal Party, based on the middle class, put forth in 1907 a program for local voting rights later accepted in the Riksdag. The majority of Libera...
The foreign policy of Sweden encompasses a range of themes over the centuries. Some of the main issues include:[clarification needed] 1. Sweden has historically pursued a policy of neutrality, aiming to avoid involvement in conflicts between major powers. This neutrality allowed Sweden to navigate the tumultuous European political landscape and mai...
According to Lönnroth (1998) in the 19th century and early 20th century, Swedish historians saw their writing in terms of literature and storytelling, rather than analysis and interpretation. Harald Hjärne (1848–1922) pioneered modern historical scholarship. In 1876, he attacked the traditional myths of the social and legal conditions of ancient Gr...
Surveys
1. Andersson, Ingvar. A History of Sweden (1956) online edition Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. 2. Derry, Thomas Kingston. A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.(1979). 447 pp. 3. Grimberg, Carl. A History of Sweden (1935) online. 4. Heckscher, Eli F. An economic history of Sweden (1963) online 5. Kent, Neil. A Concise History of Sweden (2008), 314 pp. excerpt and text search. 6. Lagerqvist, Christopher, Reformer och Revolutioner. En kort introdu...
Pre-1700
1. Forte, Angelo. Oram, Richard. Pedersen, Frederik. Viking Empires(2005). 2. Hudson, Benjamin. Viking Pirates and Christian Princes: Dynasty, Religion, and Empire in North America(2005). 3. Moberg, Vilhelm, and Paul Britten Austin. A History of the Swedish People: Volume 1: From Prehistory to the Renaissance (2005) online 4. Österberg, Eva. Mentalities and Other Realities: Essays in Medieval and Early Modern Scandinavian History.Lund U. Press, 1991. 207 pp. 5. Österberg, Eva and Lindström, D...
Since 1700
1. Barton, H. Arnold. Scandinavia in the Revolutionary Era, 1760–1815(1986). 2. Barton, Sunbar P. Bernadotte: Prince and King, 1810–1844(1925), standard scholarly history. 3. Chatterton, Mark. Saab: The Innovator.(1980). 160 pp. 4. Cronholm, Neander N. (1902). A History of Sweden from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. 5. Frängsmyr, Tore, ed. Science in Sweden: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1739–1989.(1989). 291 pp. 6. Fry, John A., ed. Limits of the Welfare State: Critical Views...
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Sweden (Swedish: Sverige) is a Nordic country in the part of Europe called Scandinavia. Its neighbors are Finland and Norway. Sweden is also connected to Denmark in the south by a bridge. It is a developed country. It is famous for its welfare state. People who live in Sweden are called Swedes. The population of Sweden is about 10 million people.
