East Sweden (Swedish: Östra Sverige) is a NUTS 1 region in Sweden. The region is defined and used by the European Union for statistical purposes, it is...
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East Middle Sweden (Swedish: Östra Mellansverige) is a national area (riksområde) of Sweden. The national areas are a part of the NUTS statistical regions...
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Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the fifth-largest...
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Finland Swedish or Fenno-Swedish (Swedish: finlandssvenska; Finnish: suomenruotsi) is a variety of the Swedish language and a closely related group of...
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The Swedish East India Company (Swedish: Svenska Ostindiska Companiet or SOIC) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1731 for the purpose of conducting...
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The East Link (Swedish: Ostlänken) is a planned high-speed raillway in Sweden, intended to run from Södertälje (just south of Stockholm) to Linköping...
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The East Coast Line (Swedish: Ostkustbanan) is a 402-kilometre (250 mi) long mainline railway in Sweden, linking the cities of Stockholm, Uppsala, Gävle...
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Set among hills, forests and ponds, Sweden includes the village of East Sweden. This was once territory of the Abenaki tribe, whose main village was...
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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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the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the south and east. At 450,295 km2 (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the fifth...
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Muslim immigration from the Middle East, Balkans and parts of Africa has impacted the demographics of religion in Sweden, and has been the main driver of...
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Body Gamasutra Dataspelsbranschen - Swedish Games Industry Swedish games industry trade organisation East Sweden Game (Community, workplace and business...
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North Germanic languages (redirect from List of Swedish languages)
Svealand dialects Norrland dialects Jämtland dialects East Swedish dialects Finland Swedish Estonian Swedish Dalecarlian language Elfdalian West Scandinavian...
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Karlskrona (redirect from Karlskrona, Sweden)
US: /kɑːrlzˈkruːnə/, Swedish: [kaɭsˈkrûːna] ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66...
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Old Norse (redirect from Runic Swedish)
western Sweden. In what is present-day Denmark and Sweden, most speakers spoke Old East Norse. Though Old Gutnish is sometimes included in the Old East Norse...
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Gothenburg (redirect from Gothenburg, Sweden)
western coast; this trading status was furthered by the founding of the Swedish East India Company. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv...
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Territorial Units for Statistics) codes of Sweden (SE), the three levels are: SE SWEDEN (SVERIGE) SE1 EAST SWEDEN (ÖSTRA SVERIGE) SE11 Stockholm (Stockholm)...
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The 25 provinces of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges landskap) are historical, geographical and cultural regions. They have no administrative function (except...
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Swedish overseas colonies (Swedish: Svenska utomeuropeiska kolonier) consisted of the overseas colonies controlled by Sweden. Sweden possessed overseas...
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The national flag of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges flagga) consists of a yellow or gold Nordic cross (i.e. a horizontal cross extending to the edges, with...
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as both East Danish and South Swedish dialects. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "East Danish"....
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Immigration to Sweden is the process by which people migrate to Sweden to reside in the country. Many, but not all, become Swedish citizens. The economic...
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The counties of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges län) are the administrative subdivisions of Sweden. They are not regarded as geographical areas by Swedes as...
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Ingrid of Sweden (Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margareta; 28 March 1910 – 7 November 2000) was Queen of Denmark from 20 April 1947 to 14 January 1972 as...
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Weichselian glaciation (category CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv))
during the times of maximum extent. This means that in areas like north-east Sweden and northern Finland pre-existing landforms and deposits escaped glacier...
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Sunne is a locality and the seat of Sunne Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 10,000 inhabitants in 2010. The town straddles the sound connecting...
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Swedish Pomerania (Swedish: Svenska Pommern; German: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic...
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Swedish is the official language of Sweden and is spoken by the vast majority of the 10.23 million inhabitants of the country. It is a North Germanic language...
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Swedes (redirect from People of Sweden)
Swedes (Swedish: svenskar), or Swedish people, are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They...
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Rape in Sweden has a legal definition described in Chapter 6 in the Swedish Penal Code. Historically, rape has been defined as forced sexual intercourse...
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