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34 unusual facts about Sweden


Ale Hundred

Ale Hundred, or Ale härad, was a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden.

Alsen

Alsen, Sweden, a parish and former municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden

Arvid Andrén

Arvid Andrén (1902 – 1999) was a Swedish classical art historian who focused his work on decorative architectural terracotta sculpture from ancient Italy.

Communist Party of Sweden

Communist Party in Sweden, KPS, a pro-Albanian, dissenter group from the former, formed in 1982 but dissolved in 1993,

Conquest : Writhe

Conquest: Writhe is the second full length album from Swedish progressive metal band Burst.

Copyright law of Russia

Subsequently, more bilateral treaties were concluded, amongst them two with Western countries (Austria and Sweden).

County councils of Sweden

In each county there are also several smaller entities for the local government and administration that constitute municipal self-government, which are independent of the county councils.

Within the same borders, for the county there is also a county administrative board which is an administrative entity appointed by the government.

A county council, in Swedish landstingsfullmäktige, is an elected assembly of a regional municipality (landsting or region) having the same borders as the government run county in Sweden.

Constitutionally the county councils exercise a degree of municipal self-government provided for in the Constitution of Sweden.

Cyrillus Johansson

During the 1950s, he was mainly engaged in church building (e.g., the church in Björneborg) and restoration.

Häggviks stave church

Häggviks stave church is a replica of a stave church in Häggvik, Nordingrå court district, Norrland province of Sweden.

Hållandsgårdens stave church

Hållandsgårdens stave church is a replica of a stave church in Åre municipality, Jämtland county of Sweden.

Haninge Municipality

There are over 3,600 islands, islets and skerries belonging to the municipality, with the three largest islands being Utö, Ornö and Muskö.

Hede

Hede, Sweden, locality in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County

I en annan del av Köping

The series depicts the daily lives of four mentally handicapped persons in Köping, Sweden, and has been described as one of Sweden's most popular programs.

International copyright relations of Russia

More bilateral treaties followed, including two with Western countries (Austria in 1981 and Sweden in 1986), until the government announced its intention to join the Berne Convention in 1989.

Invasion of Hvaler

The invasion of Hvaler, was a Swedish military invasion of the Norwegian archipelago during the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814.

Masters athletics

The World Association of Veteran Athletes was founded August 9, 1977, at the second World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Morjärv railway station

Morjärv Station (Morjärv järnvägsstation in Swedish, Morajärven rautatieasema in Finnish) is a railway station located on the Boden to Haparanda railway line in the village of Morjärv in northern Sweden.

Noppriga tights och moonboots

Noppriga tights och moonboots is the first full length CD released by the Swedish trallpunk band Räserbajs in 1995.

Örebro County Council

The Örebro County Council (Örebro läns landsting) is the County Council of Örebro County in Sweden.

Renewable Energy Corporation

In 2002 REC ScanCell started production of multicrystalline solar cells in Narvik for the sister company REC ScanModule in Glava, Arvika.

Say Lou Lou

Say Lou Lou (born June 7, 1991) are a twin sister musical duo hailing from both Australia and Sweden.

Sd.Kfz. 10

The halftracks were would be used in sub-arctic climate and all twelve Demags were, in the autumn of 1940, delivered along with twelve guns to the 8th Artillery regiment (A8) in the northern city of Boden, close to the arctic -circle.

Sebastian Hohenthal

Sebastian Hohenthal (born 5 November 1984 in Mora) is a former racing driver from Sweden.

Stockholm County Council

The Stockholm County Council, or Stockholms läns landsting, is a County Council, a regional municipal body corresponding to the territory of Stockholm County in Sweden.

Systerskapets år

Systerskapets år (The Year of Sisterhood) is a nine-hour-long film by Åsa Elzén and Sonia Hedstrand documenting events in the feminist movement in Sweden for a period of one year: August, 2003, through the end of July, 2004.

Tålamod

Tålamod was released on October 24, 2007 and is a studio album from Swedish pop singer Shirley Clamp.

Tankafritt

Tankafritt or Tankafritt.nu, which translates literally as download freely (.now), was started in Sweden in June 2006.

Texas State Highway Loop 360

Charles Johnson, a native of Sweden, procurred the original 124 acre (0.5 km²) ranch on the south side of present-day Loop 360 in 1867.

Trelleborg parish

Trelleborg parish is a parish belonging to the Diocese of Lund in the Church of Sweden and encompasses Trelleborg Municipality in Sweden.

Uppland Runic Inscription 181

Uppland Runic Inscription 181 or U 181 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone located at Össeby-Garn, which is about one kilometer east of Karby, Uppsala County, Sweden.

Västmanland

At the time it featured one fire mountain, to represent the mine of Sala Municipality.


1645 in Norway

The Treaty of Brömsebro resulted in the ceding of the Norwegian provinces of Jemtland and Herjedalen to Sweden.

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Out of the 18 teams participating in the tournament, the qualifiers were the four semi-finalists - Denmark, Germany, Italy and Norway - and the best quarter-final loser - Sweden, who lost their two leg quarter-final clash against Italy on a single away goal.

2011 Bergen International Film Festival

This year the five videoes from the respective three countries was nominated by NRK P3 in Norway, SVT in Sweden and the magazine Soundvenue in Denmark.

Ancestry of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

House of Mecklenburg, in which a princess of Sweden Euphemia, have ancestors there and (in several ways) in all ruling royal houses of Europe through her son Magnus I of Mecklenburg and grandson Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg

Andries Stockenström

# Anders Stockenström *6 January 1757 Filipstad in Värmland, Sweden x 1 June 1786 Maria Geertruyda Broeders (baptised 11 March 1764), daughter of Peter Caspar Brodersen (or Broders), from Rantrum, a North Frisian town in Schleswig, and Elsabe Cornelia Colijn.

Annika Hallin

Annika Susanne Hallin (born February 16, 1968 in Hägersten, Stockholm) is a Swedish actress.

Apostolic Lutheran Church of America

However, there were a number belonging to a party founded by Provost Lars Levi Laestadius, of Pajala, Sweden.

Barrio Suecia

Barrio Suecia (Spanish for "Swedish neighborhood") is a section of Santiago, Chile, centered on Calle Suecia ("Swedish Street"), in the upscale Providencia municipality, which includes many pubs, discos and restaurants.

Berlinite

It was first described in 1868 for an occurrence in the Västanå iron mine, Scania, Sweden and named for Nils Johan Berlin (1812–1891) of Lund University.

Catalina affair

The first aircraft to be shot down was an unarmed Swedish Air Force Tp 79, a derivative of the Douglas DC-3, carrying out radio and radar signals intelligence-gathering for the National Defence Radio Establishment.

Chilberg

The amazing story of a Swedish-American family that came all the way from Knäred, Halland, Sweden, to America in 1846 with the boat Superb, starting their uncertain journey to the new future in Gothenburg to arrive in Philadelphia.

Dalbo Township, Isanti County, Minnesota

Thought to be named in honor of the immigrants from Dalarna, Sweden it is more likely that Dalbo comes from the place of the same name in Dalsland.

Eupithecia gelidata

The larvae feed on Rhododendron tomentosum but possibly also other plants, because the species has been found in areas of Norway and Sweden where R. tomentosum is not present.

Flag of the Nordic Council

The Swan has enough wing feathers standing for the eight members and territories of the Council: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Gabriella Håkansson

She now lives in the countryside in the south of Sweden, with fellow author Thomas Engstrom.

Gerry McGovern

In 1978 McGovern began working for Chrysler in Highland Park, near Detroit, before returning to the UK as a Senior Designer for Chrysler/Peugeot; here he worked alongside Peter Horbury (later Head of Design for Volvo in Sweden) and Moray Callum (formerly Head of Design for Mazda, then Director of Ford’s Car design division).

Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir

Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir or Gunnhildr Haraldsdóttir, Guda or Gyda (traditionally died in Gudhem, Västergötland, Sweden, c. 1060) was a queen consort of king Anund Jacob of Sweden and of king Sveinn II of Denmark.

Hansdotter

Karin Hansdotter (1539-1596), royal mistress of King John III of Sweden

Inflatable space habitat

Bigelow recently announced that it has agreements with six sovereign states to utilize on-orbit facilities of the commercial space station: United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, Japan and Sweden.

Jahn Teigen

Prima Vera had a number of hits, including such classics as Så lykkelig i Sverige ('So happy in Sweden', a version of The Turtles' So happy together) Det er Norge som er bra and De gærne har det godt.

Jane Gylling

Jane Hilda Charlotta Gylling (born April 6, 1902 in Visby, Gotland – died March 10, 1961 in Örgryte, Västra Götaland) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer.

Justus Falckner

On February 23, 1704, King Carl XII of Sweden, issued an order formally confirming Andreas Rudman as Superintendent of the Swedish Lutheran Church in America.

Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd

Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd is a song written by Karin Hemmingsson and Tommy Andersson, and recorded by Swedish dansband Vikingarna on the album "Kramgoa låtar 1998" from the within the album title mentioned year.

Kwamena Turkson

Papa Kwamena Andze Turkson (born 17 January 1976 in Bäckaby, Vetlanda, Jönköping) is a retired male boxer from Sweden.

Kwara United F.C.

The coaching staff for the 2006-07 season included Swedes Roger Palmgren and Johan Eriksson (son of former England and Mexico manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson).

La Belle Alliance

Blücher, the Prussian commander, suggested that the battle should be remembered as la Belle Alliance, to commemorate the European Seventh Coalition of Britain, Russia, Prussia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, and a number of German States which had all joined the coalition to defeat the French Emperor.

Lilla Karlsö

There are also several very rare plants for Sweden such as Lactuca quercina (called 'Karlsösallat' in Swedish), hart's-tongue fern and Petrorhagia prolifera.

Lilla Vilunda runestones

The Lilla Vilunda runestones are three Viking Age memorial runestones that were erected by members of the same family and which are located at Lilla Vilunda in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Uppland.

Mikael Blomkvist

Blomkvist is an investigative journalist and co-owner of the monthly magazine Millennium based out of Stockholm, Sweden.

National Association for Struggle against Communism

National Association for Struggle against Communism (in Swedish: Nationalföreningen för kommunismens bekämpande) was a short-lived anti-communist political organization in Sweden.

National School of Glass

It is located next to the world renowned Orrefors Glassworks in the village with the same name, at the center of what is known as the Kingdom of Crystal in Småland in Southern Sweden.

Nettbuss

Headquartered in Stenungsund, the company operates primarily in Southwestern Sweden in addition to Katrineholm and Norrköping.

Oil shale industry

During 1946–1952, a marine variety of Dictyonema shale was used for uranium production in Sillamäe, Estonia, and during 1950–1989 alum shale was used in Sweden for the same purpose.

Old Western Pomerania

The name Old Western Pomerania was first used when that area of Swedish Pomerania that had been remained with Sweden after the Treaty of Stockholm, later transferred to Prussia under the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and was named New Western Pomerania.

Operation Graffham

Sir Victor Mallet, the British Minister to Sweden, was recalled to London for a briefing on the operation.

Øyvin Thon

He is also five times Relay champion, as a member of the Norwegian winning teams in 1981 (Thun, Switzerland), 1983 (Zalaegerszeg, Hungary), 1985 (Bendigo, Australia), 1987 (Gérardmer, France) and 1989 (Skaraborg, Sweden).

Patrik Magnusson

Patrik Magnusson, born Öland, Sweden on 17 March 1970) is a Swedish songwriter.

Pelle Hvenegaard

Pelle Hvenegaard (born 29 August 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish actor and writer, best known for his role in the award-winning film Pelle the Conqueror, a Danish-Swedish co-production filmed on Zealand (Sjælland) and Bornholm, Denmark that was released in Sweden December 25, 1987.

Plague Recordings

Artists included Maarten van der Vleuten (Netherlands), Scanner (UK), The Caretaker (UK/Germany), vidnaObmana (Belgium), Moljebka Pvlse (Sweden), Ondo (Sweden), Machinist & Mendel Kaelen (Netherlands).

Royal Highness

In May 2013, the Marshal of the Realm Svante Lindqvist announced that O'Neill had not be granted royal status and will remain a private citizen.

Sigfrid of Sweden

Saint Sigfrid (Sigfried, Siegfrid, Siegfried, Sigfridus, Sigurd) (Glastonbury, England,  – Växjö, 1045) was a Benedictine monk and bishop in Sweden; he converted king Olof Skötkonung in 1008.

Stefan Gunnarsson

Stefan Gunnarsson, born October 24, 1968 in Boden, Sweden, is a Swedish musician, known as team captain in the Swedish TV program "Så ska det låta".

Sven Lampa

Sven Lampa ( 17 November 1839, Skaraborg – 2 December 1914, Lidingön) was a Swedish entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Swedish county road 260

Swedish county road 260 (Länsväg 260) is a primary county road in Sweden from the Lugnet junction on the border of Stockholm and Nacka to the Handen junction beneath national road 73 in Haninge.

Swedish Trotting Oaks

The Swedish Trotting Oaks (Swedish: Svenskt Trav-Oaks or only Oaks) is an annual national Group One harness event for trotters that is held at Solvalla in Stockholm, Sweden.

Thaddäus Haenke

The Mulovsky expedition was prevented from leaving the Baltic by the outbreak of war with Sweden in 1787.

Tomas Svensson

Tomas Runar Svensson (born February 15, 1968 in Eskilstuna, Södermanland) is a Swedish retired handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeper coach for Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

Tonight I Have to Leave It

"Tonight I Have to Leave It" is the first single from Our Ill Wills, the second album from the Swedish band Shout Out Louds.

Tov

Treaty of Versailles (1757), expansion of 1756 Versailles treaty to Saxony, Sweden and Russia; see Diplomatic Revolution

Uppland Runic Inscription 53

Uppland Runic Inscription 53 is a runestone built into a wall in the intersection between the thoroughfares Prästgatan and Kåkbrinken in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.