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32 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.

Anna Phersönernas moder

Curatus Petrus is mentioned in his office in 1526, when he acted on the behalf of king Gustav Vasa during negotiations in Sala.

Birger Forell

Birger Forell (born September 27, 1893 in Söderhamn, Sweden; † July 4, 1958 in Borås, Schweden) was a priest.

Chile–Finland relations

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

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.

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

Duchess of Sweden

Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Sweden 1248–1254, it is unknown whether this was a primary title in its own right or adopted as consort of Birger Jarl

FC Helsingborg

FC Helsingborg (Floorball Club Helsingborg) is a Swedish floorball team.

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.

Hållandsgårdens stave church

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

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.

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.

Jamtamót

"Since then the autonomy has become strengthened and today the county of Jämtland has approximately the same rôle of autonomy within Sweden as Åland had within Finland already in the end of the 1900s. Jamtamót has developed into a strong regional parliament. A sign of the support behind the parliament is that nowadays, the people of Härjedalen never speak about leaving the county of Jämtland for Gävleborg."

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.

Noppriga tights och moonboots

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

Norrbottens pansarbataljon

It is still in active service, and is currently garrisoned in Boden, Norrbotten as part of Norrbottens regemente.

Örebro County Council

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

Östanbäck Monastery

Östanbäck Monastery is a Lutheran Benedictine monastery for men in the Church of Sweden, located outside Sala in Sweden.

Over-Governor of Stockholm

The Over-Governor, or Överståthållaren of Stockholm was the highest official for the City between 1634 and 1967.

Say Lou Lou

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

Sebastian Hohenthal

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

Storå

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

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.

Västra Götaland Regional Council

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

Vi ska bara leva klart

Vi ska bara leva klart is the debut album by Swedish pop group Raymond & Maria, released on August 18, 2004.

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.


1975 Davis Cup

A protest march was organized in Båstad by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League on September 18, ending at the town square, where former prime minister Tage Erlander and Sweden's former ambassador to Chile Harald Edelstam addressed a crowd of some 3,000.

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.

AB Thulinverken

AB Thulinverken was a company in Landskrona, Sweden, founded in 1914 as Enoch Thulins Aeroplanfabrik by the airman and aircraft technician Enoch Thulin.

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

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.

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.

Carl II

Charles VIII of Sweden or Carl II, King of Sweden (and of Norway as Carl I) (1409–1470)

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.

Duchies in Sweden

Such modern ducal titles are handled by the King of Sweden personally, are unregulated by law and not registered as names in the Swedish Tax Agency's population census.

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.

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.

Frida Wallberg

Frida Wallberg born April 28, 1983 in Åtvidaberg in Östergötland, Sweden, is a Swedish boxer.

Heilbronn League

The Heilbronn League was an alliance between Sweden, France, and the Protestant princes of Western Germany against the Catholic League during the Thirty Years' War.

Husqvarna TR650

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

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.

Jedrij Notz

Notz was the best man to Christopher O'Neill when O'Neill married the Swedish princess Madeleine.

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.

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).

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.

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”.

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.

Norway in 1814

He learned that Prussia and Austria were waning in their support of Sweden's claims to Norway, that Tsar Alexander I of Russia (a distant cousin of Christian Frederik's) favored a Swedish-Norwegian union but not with Bernadotte as the king, and that the United Kingdom was looking for a solution to the problem that would keep Norway out of Russia's influence.

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.

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).

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).

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.

Roy Nielsen

Operation Derby initially focused on black propaganda directed towards German soldiers, but they also issued the undercover magazine Fritt Land, and distributed the bi-weekly magazine Håndslag (produced in Sweden) and the monthly magazine Det frie Norge (from the Norwegian government in London).

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.

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.

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.

Stalinisme

Den tyska propagandan i Sverige under krigsåren 1939-1945. Stockholm: Socialdepartementet, 1946.

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.

Sven Lampa

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

Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

On 1 October SVT revealed their entry for Minsk: 13 year old Josefine Ridell was selected to represent Sweden with the song "Allt jag vill ha" (Everything I want), written by Josefine, four-time Eurovision songwriter Thomas G:son, 2009 Azeri contestant Arash, Robert Uhlmann and Johan Bejerholm.

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.

Thaddäus Haenke

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

The Symphonic Ellington

Recorded at Salle Wagram, Paris on January 31, 1963 (tracks 3 & 6), at Solna-Sundbyberg, Sweden on February 8, 1963 (tracks 1 & 2), at Hamburg, Germany on February 14, 1963 (track 4) and at at Studio Zanibelli, Milan, Italy on February 21, 1963 (track 5).

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.

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.

Where Were You Last Night

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