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| x TV4 Sweden |
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TV4 is a Swedish television network. It started broadcasting by satellite in 1990 and, since 1992, on the terrestrial network. In 1994, TV4 became the largest channel and remained so for a number of years. The two channels of Sveriges Television ...
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Sweden (pronounced /ˈswiːdən/ (help·info), Swedish: Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway...
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| x American Swedish Institute |
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The American Swedish Institute (ASI) is a non-profit educational and research organization and museum in the Phillips West neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The organization is dedicated to the preservation and study of the...
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| x Swedish emigration to North America |
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During the Swedish emigration to the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries, about 1.3 million Swedes left Sweden for the United States of America. While the land of the U.S. frontier was a magnet for poor all over Europe, some factors...
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| x Swedish krona |
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The krona (sign: kr; code: SEK) has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. It is locally abbreviated kr. The plural form is kronor and one krona is subdivided into 100 öre (singular and plural). The currency is sometimes informally referred to as...
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| x Swedish Language |
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Swedish ( svenska (help·info)) is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the Åland islands. It is to a considerable extent mutually...
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Stockholm (help·info) (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstɔkːɔlm]) is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the Riksdag (parliament), and the official residence of the Swedish monarch as well as the prime...
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| x Statistics Sweden |
Statistics Sweden, or Statistiska centralbyrån (SCB), is the government agency responsible for producing official statistics on Sweden. National statistics in Sweden date back to 1686 when the parishes of the Church of Sweden were ordered to start...
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| x Population statistics in Sweden |
Census in Sweden was first established in 1749, annually presenting data for important demographic events in the 2500 parishes of the country. Taxation records and church book registration were important antecedents, as were the temporal events of...
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| x United States Ambassador to Sweden |
The United States Ambassador to Sweden serves as the chief representative of the United States Foreign Service to the Kingdom of Sweden, and 1814 to 1905, also to Norway, which was politically aligned with Sweden. Since the 1930s, the ambassador is...
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| x TV6 Sweden |
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TV6 is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Sweden (but also technically possible - albeit not strictly legally - to receive in the surrounding countries of Finland, Norway, Denmark, parts of Germany, Poland, Russia and the Baltic...
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Sveriges Television AB (SVT, Pronunciation (help·info)), Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners. The Swedish public broadcasting system is in several...
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SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.
The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the...
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| x Confederation of Swedish Enterprise |
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Swedish: Svenskt Näringsliv, literally Swedish Commerce) is a major interest organisation for business and industry in Sweden. It has 48 member associations representing close to 55.000 member companies with...
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| x Economy of Sweden |
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The Swedish economy is a developed mixed economy, aided by timber, hydropower and iron ore. These constitute the resource base of an economy oriented toward foreign trade. The main industries include motor vehicles, telecommunications,...
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| x Industrialization of Sweden |
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The industrialization of Sweden began in earnest after 1870. By the late 19th century, the first multinational companies based on advanced technology had emerged.
During the early phase of World War I, in which Sweden remained neutral, the country...
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| x History of Scandinavia |
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The history of Scandinavia is the history of the Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Little evidence remains of the Scandinavia of the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, or the Iron Age except limited numbers of tools created...
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| x History of Sweden |
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Modern Sweden emerged out of the Kalmar Union formed in 1397 and by the unification of the country by King Gustav Vasa in the 16th century. In the 17th century Sweden expanded its territories to form the Swedish empire. Most of these conquered...
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| x August Strindberg |
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Johan August Strindberg ( pronounced (help·info) (22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Danish playwright and writer. He is arguably the most influential of all Swedish authors, and one of the most influential Scandinavian authors, along with Knut...
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| x Ingmar Bergman |
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Ernst Ingmar Bergman ([ˈɪŋmar ˈbærjman] ( listen); 14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. His influential body of work often dealt with themes such as bleakness and despair, as well...
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| x Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation |
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, (Swedish: Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse), was founded in 1917 by the chairman of the Stockholms Enskilda Bank, Knut A. Wallenberg, and his wife Alice.
The private foundation awards grants to...
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| x Wallenberg family |
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The Wallenberg family is one of the most influential and wealthy families in Scandinavia, renowned as bankers and industrialists. In 1990, it was estimated that the family indirectly controlled one-third of the Swedish Gross National Product. The...
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| x Investor AB |
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Investor AB is a Swedish investment company, founded in 1916 and still controlled by the Wallenberg family. The company owns a controlling stake in several large Swedish companies with smaller positions in a number of other firms. In 2006 it had a...
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| x Volvo |
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The Volvo Group is a Swedish supplier of commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and financial services. Although Volvo was incorporated in 1915...
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| x Saab |
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Saab AB is an aerospace and defense company based in Sweden.
"Svenska Aeroplan AB (aktiebolag)" (Swedish for "Swedish Aeroplane Limited") (SAAB) was founded in 1937 in Trollhättan, with the merger of SAAB and Linköping based ASJA. The headquarters...
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| x Alfred Nobel |
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Alfred Bernhard Nobel (help·info) (Stockholm, Sweden, 21 October 1833 – Sanremo, Italy, 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. He owned Bofors, a major armaments...
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New Sweden is a small unincorporated community in northeast Travis County, Texas, United States.
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| x A Prairie Home Companion |
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A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs two hours on Saturdays from 6 to 8 p.m Eastern Time, and 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time, and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in St....
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| x Sweden–United States relations |
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Swedish–American relations are the Transatlantic relations between Sweden and the United States, and between the Swedish and American people in particular.
Sweden and the United States have had strong ties since the 18th century.
Like many European...
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| x House of Sweden |
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House of Sweden is a building in Washington, D.C. which houses Sweden's embassy to the United States. The building is located at 2900 K Street N.W. in the neighborhood of Georgetown. Apart from the embassy, the building, which is owned by the...
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Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg, pronounced [jœteˈbɔrj] ( listen)) is the second-largest city in Sweden (after Stockholm) and the fifth-largest amongst the Nordic countries. Situated on the south-west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population...
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