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# Sweden

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Swedish name: Sverige.

Country in Scandinavia. Inhabitants are called Swedes. Language spoken is Swedish. The aboriginal inhabitants are the Saami. The capital is Stockholm. Other important cities: Göteborg, Helsingborg, Malmö, Uppsala, Linköping, Norrköping, Lund?, Visby? (on Gotland), and Umeå?.

Sweden is a monarchy and has been for almost a millennium. Since 1975 the monarch does not have any political power. The Swedish Kings and Queens.

The Nobel Prize for Literature, Medicine, Chemistry and Physics are awarded each year according to the last will of Alfred Nobel. The will does not mention a price for Economics, but The Bank of Sweden instituted [The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]? in 1968.

Some examples of Swedish inventions are dynamite, [safety matches]?, the [adjustable spanner]?, [ball bearings]?, and the propeller.

Some large Swedish companies are Volvo, Saab, Ericsson, SKF?, and IKEA. Today, one of Sweden's largest exports is music (starting with ABBA in the mid-1970s).

Recent Swedish history has been peaceful. Sweden was neutral during World War II and World War I. War threatened to break out at the beginning of the twentieth century when Norwegian nationalists wanted the country to break out of the union with Sweden. It was averted by the dissolution of the union in 1905.

From the CIA World Factbook 2000.

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