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Definition: Sweden from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a kingdom in NW Europe, occupying the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, on the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic: first united during the Viking period (8th–11th centuries); a member of the European Union. About 50 per cent of the total area is forest and 9 per cent lakes. Exports include timber, pulp, paper, iron ore, and steel. Official language: Swedish. Official religion: Church of Sweden (Lutheran). Currency: krona. Capital: Stockholm. Pop: 9 119 423 (2013 est). Area: 449 793 sq km (173 665 sq miles) Swedish name: Sverige

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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Country in northern Europe, bounded west by Norway, northeast by Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia, southeast by the Baltic Sea, and southwest by the Kattegat strait. Government Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, with a multiparty parliamentary executive. Its formal head of state is the hereditary monarch. The constitution is based on four fundamental laws – the Instrument of Government Act 1809, the Act of Succession 1810, the Freedom of the Press Act 1949, and the Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression 1991 – and the Riksdag Act 1974. The constitution provides for a single-chamber parliament, the Riksdag, comprising 349 members, elected by universal suffrage, through a system of proportional representation, for a fixed four-year term. The members are elected through a system of proportional representation, with 310 elected in 29 multimember constituencies and the remaining 39 from a national ‘top up’ pool which is designed to give absolute proportionality to parties that secure 4% …
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From The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis
Freud wrote On the History of the Psychoanalytical Movement in 1914. Nine years later, in 1923, he felt it necessary to append the following footnote: ‘At the present time the Scandinavian countries are still the least receptive.’ In Sweden, psychoanalysis was introduced in an ambiguous way. The two…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
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The Kingdom of Sweden is the largest of the countries of Scandinavia in both area and population. It shares the Scandinavian Peninsula with Norway. The W part of the country, along the border with Norway, is mountainous. The highest point is Kebnekaise, which reaches 2,117m [6,946ft], in the NW. …
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History The history of Swedish cinema winds around two names - Victor Sjöström and Ingmar Bergman. Sjöström, along with Mauritz Stiller, raised the artistic threshold of silent cinema before both moved to Hollywood in the early 1920s, on the eve of a decline in Swedish cinema that lasted until World…
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Lying between Norway and Finland, Sweden stretches from the Arctic north to the fertile south, where most of its small population lives. Sweden’s long industrial traditions and a highly skilled workforce have made it one of the world’s most advanced manufacturing countries. Like its neighbours, …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Swed. Sverige , officially Kingdom of Sweden, constitutional monarchy (2015 est. pop. 9,764,000), 173,648 sq mi (449,750 sq km), N Europe, occupying the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula. It borders on Norway in the west, on Finland in the northeast, on the Gulf of Bothnia in the east, on…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 9,119,423 LUTHERAN 67.5 percent OTHER CHRISTIAN (INCLUDING OTHER PROTESTANT, ROMAN CATHOLIC, EASTERN ORTHODOX, AND JEHOVAH’S WITNESS) 6 percent MUSLIM 3.5 percent OTHER (INCLUDING JEWISH, BUDDHIST, AND HINDU) 1 percent NOT AFFILIATED 22 percent Introduction While a majority of its…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017
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Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige Political Status: Constitutional monarchy established on June 6, 1809; under revised constitution effective January 1, 1975. Area: 173,731 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Population: 9,852,000 (2016E—UN); 9,880,604 (2016E—U.S. Census). Major Urban Centers…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
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Kingdom of Sweden Political Status: Constitutional monarchy established on June 6, 1809; under revised constitution effective January 1, 1975. Area: 173,731 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Population: 10,041,000 (2018E—World Bank); 10,040,995 (2018E—U.S. Census). Major Urban Centers (2018E—Government): …
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From Financial Times World Desk Reference
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Introduction Official name: Kingdom of Sweden Capital: Stockholm Population: 9.25 million Currency: Swedish krona Official language: Swedish Date of independence, or formation date: 1523 Date when current borders were established: 1921 National day: June 6 Vehicle country identifying code: S Time…
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From The Oxford Companion to Food
the largest of the Nordic countries, has an interesting culinary history, in which native traditions have been overlaid, at least to some extent, by German and French influences. Swedish culinary literature includes one mammoth work, the great Kok-konsten (Arts of Cookery) by Hagdahl (1896 ), which…
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