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4 days ago · Sweden, country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe. It occupies the greater part of the peninsula, which it shares with Norway. The land slopes gently from the high mountains along the Norwegian frontier eastward to the Baltic Sea. Sweden’s capital and largest city is Stockholm.
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Sweden adopted Christianity in the 11th century, and for...
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Sweden - Education, Schools, Universities: The education...
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Sweden - Arctic, Temperate, Maritime: About 15 percent of...
- Bernadotte
Sweden - Bernadotte Dynasty, Royal Family, Scandinavia: From...
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Sweden - Economy, Trade, Manufacturing: Sweden’s per capita...
- The Viking Age
Sweden - Viking, Scandinavia, Fjords: At the beginning of...
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Sweden - Politics, Conflict, Union: After Charles’s death,...
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Sweden - Culture, Traditions, Cuisine: Genuine rural folk...
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2 days ago · Stockholm is located on Sweden's east coast at the 59th parallel north, where the freshwater Lake Mälaren—Sweden's third-largest lake—flows out into the Baltic Sea. The central parts of the city consist of fourteen islands that are continuous with the Stockholm archipelago .
1 day ago · It is considered one of Sweden's foremost ancient monuments and displays numerous Viking-saga-themed runic inscriptions. Of equal historical significance, the Rademacher Forges is a cluster of 17th-century buildings that formed part of Sweden's first blacksmith factory site and today functions like a compelling open-air museum.
5 days ago · The large islands of Bornholm (Denmark) and Öland and Gotland (Sweden) lie in the western Baltic, while the Åland Islands (Finnish: Ahvenanmaa), farther north, rise from a narrows between Sweden and Finland and mark the entrance to the arm of the Baltic known as the Gulf of Bothnia.
2 days ago · Finland is bordered to the north by Norway, to the east by Russia, to the south by the Gulf of Finland, to the southwest by the Gulf of Bothnia, and to the northwest by Sweden. Its area includes the autonomous territory of Åland, an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia.
2 days ago · The most beautiful places in Sweden offer a unique blend of cultural richness, natural beauty, and historical significance. Whether you’re an outdoor adventurer, a history enthusiast, or a culture vulture, you’ll find that Sweden has a multitude of sights to satisfy your wanderlust.
3 days ago · COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least seven people have been arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria in 2012-2014, authorities in ...
