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2 days ago · Monarchy of Sweden. The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden, [3] by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. [4] There have been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium. Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th ...
- Coat of arms of Sweden - Wikipedia
Arms adorning the stern of HSwMS Gustaf V. The coat of arms...
- Opinion polling for the 2026 Swedish general election - Wikipedia
On or before 13 September 2026. In the run-up to the next...
- Coat of arms of Sweden - Wikipedia
5 days ago · ABBA, Swedish Europop band that was among the most commercially successful groups in the history of popular music. In the 1970s it dominated the European charts with its catchy pop songs. Members included songwriter and keyboard player Benny Andersson (b. December 16, 1946, Stockholm, Sweden), songwriter and guitarist Björn Ulvaeus (b.
- What is ABBA?ABBA was a Swedish Europop group whose songs dominated European charts in the 1970s. It enjoyed historic commercial success in the landscape of pop...
- What songs are ABBA most known for?While ABBA produced an impressive number of hit singles, some of their most notable chart-topping songs are “Dancing Queen” (1976), “Super Trouper”...
- How did the group get their name “ABBA”?ABBA first debuted as a quartet cabaret act under the name Festfolk. Once they began to gain more recognition from participation in the Eurovision...
- Why did ABBA disband?Growing interpersonal tensions between ABBA members led to the group’s dissolution. Both sets of married couples in the band divorced in their latt...
- What is the legacy of ABBA in popular culture?Perhaps the most enduring testament to the popularity of ABBA is the hit musical Mamma Mia!, which Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson produced from...
4 days ago · In the Swedish capital, Frederik and Mary were first greeted by Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel, who boarded the Danish royal yacht Dannebrog. They then took the gilded Swedish Royal Barge to shore and were welcomed there by King Carl XVI Gustaf, Sweden’s longest-reigning monarch, and German-Brazilian-born Queen Silvia.
2 days ago · Charles XIV John ( Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty.
- Henri Bernadotte
- 5 February 1818 – 8 March 1844
- Jeanne de Saint-Jean
- Oscar I
5 days ago · Denmark’s King Frederik X has arrived in Stockholm with his Australian-born wife Queen Mary, as they begin their first official visit abroad as new Danish monarchs. By The Associated Press.
4 days ago · Standard time: UTC +1. Central European Time (CET) Daylight saving time: UTC +2. Central European Summertime (CEST) Sweden has an east-west extension of 13.0 degrees of longitude. Given the country's location in Northern Europe, this corresponds to about 740 kilometers. With this still relatively small extension, the course of the sun is only ...
