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Sweden
Jonathan Ward
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Capital: Stockholm
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Official Name: Kingdom of Sweden
Population: 9,480,205 Official Religion: Lutheran Life expectancy: 78.59 years for
men, 83.26 years for women
Demographic Information
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Power proceeds from the people Parliament called the Riksdag Riksdag has 349 members Elections held every four years Must be 18 to vote Unicameral Currently 8 parties in the Riksdag:
(Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberal Party, the Center Party , the Green Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Sweden Democrats and the Left Party.
Form of Government and Leaders
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1632 leader Gustavus Adolphus killed Left sweden in a troubled state that led to
almost a century of war Result of this is Sweden being neutral in
European conflicts Also neutral in both World Wars
Historical Moment
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Turned down entry into euro system in 2003 Timber, hydropower, and iron ore base of
economy on foreign trade Recession in 2008-2009, strong rebound in
2010 and onward
Economic Information
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Räkor (shrimp): variety of shrimp, pandalus borealis, cooked on their shells on the boats.
Varmrökt lax (smoked salmon): slow smoked over alder wood until skin is golden color with moist, pink meat under.
Swedish Food
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Capital of Sweden More than one-fifth of Sweden’s population 850,000 residents Home to half the country’s population
growth
Major City - Stockholm
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Boasts one of the most famous film industries
Ingrid Bergman, who starred in the 1942 film “Casablanca”, is from Sweden. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vThuwa5RZU
She won Academy Awards for best actress in “Gaslight” and “Anatasia”
Alfred Nobel, a Swedish man, invented dynamite and founded the “Nobel Prize”
Contributions to the Arts
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“Less is more” Practical approaches to clothing Denim popular in Sweden Secondhand Market for fashion is on the
increase
Swedish Fashion
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2880.htm http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Society/Government-politics/Facts/Swedish-System-
of-Government/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html http://international.stockholm.se/Press-and-media/Stockholm-facts/General-facts-and
-numbers/Population/ http://www.europe-cities.com/en/658/sweden/history/famous-people/
http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Fashion-design/ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Gustavus_Adolphus_at_t
he_Battle_at_Breitenfeld.jpg/225px-Gustavus_Adolphus_at_the_Battle_at_Breitenfeld.jpg
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