• legally in Sweden as well. In 2020, there were 9,288 Latvian-born people living in Sweden. Parts of Latvia, Swedish Livonia, was a Swedish dominion in the...
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    Scandinavian, and Russian traditions. Latvians have an ancient culture that has been archaeologically dated back to 3000 BC. Latvians maintained a considerable connection...
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    000 Latvian citizens died during World War II and the Nazi occupation, thousands of Latvians fled the country. The largest communities of Latvians were...
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    city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at...
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    relations of Latvia Foreign relations of Sweden Latvians in Sweden "History of Diplomatic Relations 1776-2005". Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the Kingdom...
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    of Latvians, under Swedish influences, adopted Lutheranism, while the minority (the remaining third) of Latvians under Poland-Lithuania, Latgale in particular...
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    Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and...
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    Latvians due to strong historical links with the Nordic countries and Northern Germany (see Hanseatic League), while Catholicism is most prevalent in...
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  • songwriting camp was also held in Riga in late August 2024 where artists cooperated with musicians from Latvia and Sweden in order to create their songs...
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    ethnic Latvians. By 1989, the ethnic Latvians comprised about 52% of the population (1,387,757), compared to a pre-war proportion of 77% (1,467,035). In 2005...
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    primarily of ethnic Latvians. The legion consisted of two divisions of the Waffen-SS: the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian), and the 19th...
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    DigitalCommons@NYLS. "These Names Accuse—Nominal List of Latvians Deported to Soviet Russia". latvians.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012....
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    independent Latvia's military units, as well as those Latvians who were in Russia as a result of previous wars or who lived there. Many Latvian soldiers...
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    used in badges of the Latvian Riflemen) with 17 rays, symbolizing the counties inhabited by Latvians. The bottom of the disk was covered by a ribbon in the...
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    Coregonus albula (category Fish described in 1758)
    whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in lakes in northern Europe, especially Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia and Estonia, and in some...
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  • The Sweden men's national football team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i fotboll) represents Sweden in men's international football and it is controlled...
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    demographics of religion in Sweden, and has been the main driver of the spread of Islam in the country. The Muslim community in Sweden hails from numerous...
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  • This list of prominent Latvians includes: people who were born in the historical territory of what is now Latvia, regardless of ethnicity, citizenship...
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    abolished, a Latvian nationalist movement, the First Latvian National Awakening, begun. Led by "Young Latvians", it encouraged Latvians to become artists...
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    lies Sweden. The capital of Latvia is Riga. The local time is GMT+2 (GMT+3 DST). Riga International Airport is the only major airport in Latvia, carrying...
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    language family and it is spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official...
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    extradited were Latvians (149 out of 167) who had escaped from the Courland Pocket. When they reached Sweden, those in uniform were detained in detention camps...
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    M3 Amphibious Rig (category CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv))
    Singapore Army  Republic of Korea - South Korean Army  Latvia - Latvian Army  Sweden - Swedish Army  Slovakia - Slovak Armed Forces  Ukraine - Armed Forces...
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    The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Sweden's population was 10,555,448 (1 Nov 2023), making it...
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  • Many Latvians resisted the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany. Independent Latvia had been occupied by the Soviet Union in June 1940, then by Nazi Germany...
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    Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain Sweden and Greece. The jackpot starts at €10...
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  • Latvia national football team (Latvian: Latvijas futbola izlase) represents Latvia in men's international football, and is controlled by the Latvian Football...
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    battlefield management system used by the United States, Germany, Latvia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Ireland, Slovenia...
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    Crossing of the Düna (category Battles involving Sweden)
    on July 19, 1701 near the city of Riga, present-day Latvia. The Swedish king Charles XII was in hot pursuit of king Augustus II the Strong of the Polish–Lithuanian...
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    original report - Latvia 2015". www.unroca.org. Kristovskis, Gatis (12 June 2018). "Latvia to buy parts of used all-terrain carriers from Sweden for EUR 5.7...
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