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Sweden: NKorea diplomats arrested for smugglingTHIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING STOCKHOLM-Sweden says two North Korean diplomats have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling cigarettes into the Nordic country. Swedish Customs spokeswoman Monica Magnusson says the... In this article: Sweden, Stockholm, All rights reserved, Finland, Russia, and Associated Press |
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ESPN | 2 days ago
Italy 1-0 Sweden: Chiellini heads Italy winner
Giorgio Chiellini's first-half header earned Italy a narrow victory over Sweden in the Azzurri's last friendly match of the year in Cesena tonight. The Juventus defender headed the ball from a corner past a helpless Andreas Isaksson after...
In this article: Giorgio Chiellini, Italy, Andreas Isaksson, Marcello Lippi, Antonio Di Natale, 2006 World Cup, and World Cup
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 2 days ago
Sweden returns Maori remains to NZ
...and Ireland. Earlier this week, 12 sets of Maori remains were collected from the Welsh national museum in Cardiff. Herewin said Sweden was returning one skull, one skeleton, two arm fragments and one hand that had been mummified. The...
In this article: Museum of World Culture, New Zealand, Gothenburg, Museum of New Zealand, Cardiff, and National History Museum
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Sweden returns Maori remains to New Zealand
...from indigenous burial grounds in violation of local customs. A museum in Wales returned Maori remains in a ceremony Monday. On Sunday, Sweden also returned 22 skulls taken from a native Hawaiian community during a ceremony in Stockholm.
In this article: New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum, Europe, Stockholm, Goteborg, and Wales
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Canucks GM: Forsberg staying in Sweden
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - An NHL general manager says Peter Forsberg is going to stay in Sweden this season. Mike Gillis of the Vancouver Canucks was considering signing the former Colorado star, but said he learned Monday that...
In this article: Peter Forsberg, Mike Gillis, NHL, Vancouver Canucks, Avalanche, British Columbia, Vancouver, and Colorado
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Sweden returns 22 human skulls to Hawaii
STOCKHOLM (AP) - With a solemn ceremony in Stockholm's antiquities museum, Sweden marked the return of 22 skulls looted from a native Hawaiian community more than a century ago. The symbolic ceremony on Saturday - attended by guests from...
In this article: Hawaii, Stockholm, Museum of New Zealand, Karolinska Institutet, Pacific, and Australia
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Sweden (pronounced /ˈswiːdən/), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the Öresund Bridge in the south.
At 450,000 km² (174,000 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union in terms of area, and it has a total population of over 9.2 million. Sweden has a low population density of 20 people per km² (52 per square mile), but with a considerably higher density in the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas, and it is expected that these numbers will gradually rise as a part of the ongoing urbanisation. Sweden's capital is Stockholm, which is also the largest city in the country (population of 1.3 million in the urban area and with 2 million in the metropolitan area). The second and third largest cities are Gothenburg and Malmö.
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and a highly developed economy. It ranks first in the world in The Economist's Democracy Index and 7th in the United Nation's Human Development Index. Sweden has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 1995 and a member of the OECD.
- Name:
- Sweden
- Conventional Long Name:
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Local Name:
- Konungariket Sverige
- Capital:
- Stockholm
- Language:
- None (Swedish de facto)
- Largest City:
- Stockholm
- Government type:
- Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy
- Area:
- 173,732
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $335.405 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 30th
- GDP (nominal):
- $454.839 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 8th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 18th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $55,623 (IMF)
- Time Zone:
- CET
- Currency:
- Swedish krona
- Demonym:
- Swedish or Swedes
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- SEK
- Country Calling Code:
- 46
- ccTLD:
- .se
- EU Accession:
- January 01, 1995
- Anthem:
- Kungssången
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