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34 unusual facts about Sweden


Ale Hundred

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

Alsen, South Dakota

Alsen was named by Olof Erickson in honor of his birthplace, Alsen Parish, Jamtland District, 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.

Chile–Finland relations

Initially Chile was represented in Finland through its embassies in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway.

Communist Party of Sweden

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

Communist Workers' Party of Sweden, SKA, an anti-Deng Xiaoping, split-off from the former, formed in 1980 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

The Swedish name of these regional municipalities, Landsting, is the same as was used by the supreme tings of the historical provinces of Sweden.

Cyrillus Johansson

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

Fairytales and Reality

Fairytales and Reality is the third album from Swedish/German power metal band Dionysus released August 23, 2006 (advanced Japanese release).

Frey Svenson

Frey Svenson (1866–1927) was a Swedish doctor and professor of psychology, born in Vetlanda, Sweden.

Fucking Mess

It was released in 2008 on blue vinyl in an edition of 630 by the Swedish label Lystring.

Häggviks stave church

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

Halle Steensland House

The house was built for Norwegian immigrant Halle Steensland, who later served as a U.S. Vice Consul in Sweden and Norway.

Holmquistite

It was first described in 1913 from an occurrence in Utö, near Stockholm, Sweden.

Igor Ponomarev

He was also a Governor of the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden, and he served as Chairman of the Council of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) from 2001 to 2002.

Johan Engholm

Anders Johan Engholm (1 September 1820 – 25 October 1918) was a weaponsmith from the county of Småland, Sweden.

Karen Andersdatter

However, he arranged to have Karen endowed with the island of Hven (then a part of Denmark, but now, with the name of Ven, a part of Sweden, in the Øresund) and an annual pension.

Letters of Gediminas

The second letter was written on January 25, 1323 to Lübeck, Sund, Bremen, Magdeburg, Cologne and other cities.

Margareta Elisabeth Roos

Her daughter with Irving, Margareta Charlotta Irving, married the vicar of Bro, Nils Larsson Sundell, and Roos spent much of her old age with her daughter and son-in-law.

Masters athletics

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

Noppriga tights och moonboots

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

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.

Storå

Storå, Sweden, a village in Lindesberg municipality, Västmanland county, Sweden

Tålamod

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

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.

Utö

Utö, Sweden, an island in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden

Västra Götaland Regional Council

The Västra Götaland Regional Council, or Västra Götalandsregionen, is the devolved County Council of Västra Götaland County in Sweden.

Volvo Penta

The company has a number of manufacturing bases for diesel engines at Vara, Sweden, Wuxi, China; and Lexington, Tennessee, United States, for all gasoline engines and sterndrives.


1645 in Norway

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

1963 World Ice Hockey Championships

A heavy defeat by Sweden prompted President John F. Kennedy to complain about their performance in a telephone call to David Hackett.

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

Björn Lodin

In 1992 Lodin relocated from Sweden to the Åland Islands, Finland, where he met Bulgarian guitarist Nikolo Kotzev, who subsequently joined Baltimoore for two albums.

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.

Christian Quadflieg

Christian Urs Quadflieg (born April 11, 1945 in Växjö, Sweden) is a German television actor and director.

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.

Dea Norberg

Andrea Heléne "Dea" Norberg (born 3 March 1974, Bräkne-Hoby, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and choirgirl who sang in most of Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest entries during the 2000s.

Distant Land

Principal photography took place on Fårö and in a studio in Fårösund, Sweden.

Emilie Demant Hatt

Demant had a close relationship and friendship with the Swedish geologist and chemist Hjalmar Lundbohm whom she met in Jukkasjärvi in 1907.

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.

Fredrik Lindström

In the 2000s, Lindström has become a household name in Sweden through his documentary series Värsta språket about the Swedish language on Sveriges Television.

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

Husqvarna TR650

The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a subsidiary of the Husqvarna armament firm.

In the Affirmative

Though Lelouch had experienced failure with his debut feature Le Propre de l'homme, he managed to gain favourable exposure when the film was sent to be exhibited in Sweden and earned compliments from Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman.

International Atomic Energy Agency

Cole served only one term, after which the IAEA was headed by two Swedes for nearly four decades: the scientist Sigvard Eklund held the job from 1961 to 1981, followed by former Swedish Foreign Minister Hans Blix, who served from 1981 to 1997.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Jacopo Foroni

After studies with Alberto Mazzucato in Milan Foroni worked as a conductor in France, Belgium and Holland before arriving in Sweden in 1849 to work for Vincenzo Galli's opera company at the Mindre teatern where he gave the Swedish premieres of works by Bellini and Donizetti as well as the young Verdi.

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.

Jubileumspokalen

Jubileumspokalen (literally: The Jubilee Trophy) or Solvallas Jubileumspokal is an annual Group One harness event for trotters that is held at Solvalla in Stockholm, Sweden.

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.

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).

Magnus Lindgren Fyra

The project’s success was perhaps best captured by Sweden’s Orchestra Journal, who reviewed the concerts with the words, “Sweden’s answer to Quincy Jones”.

Mikael Blomkvist

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

Nicklas Lidström

Lidström began his career in Avesta, Sweden, playing with Skogsbo SK, before moving on to play with VIK Västerås HK of the Swedish Elitserien.

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.

Örebro University Hospital

Örebro University Hospital (Swedish: Universitetssjukhuset Örebro, USÖ) is a university hospital in Örebro, Sweden.

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).

Per Anger

Soon afterwards, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs offered him a trainee position at the Swedish legation in Berlin, which he began in January 1940.

Prince Bernadotte

Prince Bernadotte was an hereditary title in the Nobility of Belgium, conferred upon Carl Bernadotte (the former Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland) by Leopold III of Belgium on 6 July 1937.

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.

Ryssby Church

In 1862, Sven J. Johnson, an agent for the White Star Line, along with Bengt Johnson, Aaron Peterson, Sven Magni, Peter Johnson, Lars J. Johnson and Samuel Gummeson, set off from their homeland in Ryssby, Sweden, to come to America seeking free land under the Homestead Act.

Sante Poromaa

He was born in 1958 in Kiruna, Sweden, and commenced his Zen training in the early eighties, as a student of Roshi Philip Kapleau.

Södermanland Runic Inscription 352

Södermanland Runic Inscription 352 or Sö 352 is a Viking Age memorial runestone located at Linga, which is about two kilometers south of Järna, Stockholm County, Sweden, which was in the historic province of Södermanland.

Stena Match Cup Sweden

Stena Match Cup Sweden (previously Swedish Match Cup) is a sailing event on the World Match Racing Tour held in Marstrand, Sweden in the beginning of July every year.

Student overall

The use of overalls started in the Royal Institute of Technology in the late 1970s, and spread quickly around Sweden and Finland.

Sweden–Ukraine relations

Finally an agreement was signed between Sweden and three Ukrainian commanders (Ivan Bohun, the leader of the Ukrainian Protestants Yuri Nemyrych and Ivan Kovalivsky) on 6 October 1657 in Korsun where Sweden acknowledged the Ukrainian borders all the way to Wisła in the west and Prussia in the north.

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.

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.

Tov

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

Venersborg, Washington

:Venersborg redirects here; for the city in Sweden, see Vänersborg

Where Were You Last Night

Where Were You Last Night is a 1989 album released by Swedish pop artist Ankie Bagger.

William Findley

At one point, Constitutional Convention delegate James Wilson and Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas McKean disputed one of Findley's statements about jury trials in Sweden; Findley returned two days later with William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England and demonstrated that his reference had been correct.

William W. Thomas, Jr.

At only 23 years of age, and full of enthusiasm for his task, he was appointed consul to Gothenburg, Sweden on October 23, 1862.