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Sweden: Encyclopedia II - Sweden - Geography Sweden enjoys a mostly temperate climate despite its northern latitude, mainly due to the Gulf Stream. In the south of Sweden leaf-bearing trees are prolific, in the north pines, spruces and hardy birches dominate the landscape. In the mountains of northern Sweden a sub-Arctic climate predominates. North of the Arctic Circle, the sun never sets for part of each summer, and in the winter, night is unending for a corresponding period. The country is similar in size to the U.S ...

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Church of Sweden - History

Church of Sweden - Dioceses with seats cathedrals and bishops

Sweden: Encyclopedia - Culture of Sweden

Dark forests, red cottages, ABBA, Volvo and Ikea? The Culture of Sweden is arguably what has made Sweden known in the world. In the outskirts of Europe the country developed its style isolated from the main cultures in the world. When Sweden's culture began spreading in the world, it was through the traditions of the century old flavours, which had been fostered and nourished and now sprung into a crescendo. The distinguished and honoured 20th century artists in Sweden have all been marked by th ...

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Sweden: Encyclopedia - Astrid of Sweden

Astrid of Sweden, Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra (November 17, 1905 - August 29, 1935) was the Queen consort of Léopold III of the Belgians . She was the third daughter of Prince Carl, Duke of Westrogothia, and his wife Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. She married Léopold on November 4, 1926, and became Queen of the Belgians when her father-in-law King Albert I died in 1934. They had three children: Princess Joséphine-Charlotte, later Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1927-2005) King Baudouin of the Belgians (1930-1993) ...

Sweden: Encyclopedia - Christina of Sweden

Christina (Kristina) (December 8, 1626 – April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Count Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. She was the only legitimate child of King Gustav II Adolf. As the heiress presumptive she succeeded her father to the throne of Sweden upon his death at the Battle of Lützen (November 6, 1632) during Sweden's intervention in Germany in the Thirty Years' War. Christina of Sweden - Early life. Christina was born in ...

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Christina of Sweden - Political contributions

Sweden: Encyclopedia - Charles XII of Sweden

Carl XII, Karl XII or Carolus Rex, (June 17, 1682 – November 30, 1718), the Alexander of the North, nicknamed in Turkish as Demirbaş Şarl (Charles the Habitué), was a King of Sweden from 1697 until his death in 1718. He was the fourth king of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Sweden. As a child, many people thought he was going to be sickly. This was proved to be wrong, though: he hardened his body for war by riding on horseback and hunting the wolves of Sweden's fir forests. When his father died, he was read ...

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Sweden: Encyclopedia - City status in Sweden

Historically, the city status in Sweden, or stad, was granted through a Royal Charter. In 1971, the term was legally abolished in favour of the municipalities, or kommuner. Before the latest municipal reform in 1971, the term city was reserved for towns that had received a Royal charter. Apart from being of a certain size, there were several requirements that a town needed to fulfil to be granted city charter, although the criteria tended to vary throughout the centuries, and were often at the discretion of the Ri ...

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Sweden: Encyclopedia - Young Left Sweden

Young Left (Ung Vänster) is the youth organisation of the Swedish Left Party. Young Left Sweden - Ideology. It is an organisation that organizes the youth of today that fights for a socialistic social change. Young Left is a revolutionary youth organisation developed out of the labour movement, with influences from environmentalism, the peace movement and the feminist movement. Young Left work for a communist (i.e. a classless) society, free from oppression, on the basis of marxist and feminist theo ...

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Sweden: Encyclopedia - Charles XV of Sweden

Carl XV (Carl Ludvig Eugén) (May 3, 1826 – August 19, 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Charles IV (Carl IV)) from 1859 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. On June 19, 1851 he married Louise of the Netherlands, granddaughter of William I of the Netherlands. Charles XV of Sweden - Biography. Created Duke of Scania at birth, the Crown Prince was Viceroy of Norway briefly in 1856 and 1857. He became regent on Se ...

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Sweden: Encyclopedia - Charles XIII of Sweden

Charles XIII (Swe: Karl XIII) (October 7, 1748 – 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway (where he was known as Charles II) from 1814 until his death. He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. Charles XIII of Sweden - Life and politics. In 1772 he co-operated in the revolutionary plans of his brother Gustav III of Sweden. On the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788 he served with distincti ...

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Sweden: Encyclopedia - Charles IX of Sweden

Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud. By his father's will he got, by way of appanage, the Duchy of Södermanland, which included the provinces of Närke and Värmland; but he did not come into actual possession of them till after the fall of Eric XIV of Sweden in 1569. Charles IX of Sweden - Duke Charles. In 1568 he was the real leader of the rebellion against Eric, ...

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Sweden: Encyclopedia - Charles XI of Sweden

Charles XI (Karl XI) (November 24, 1655 – April 5, 1697) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death. He was the only son of Charles X of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. Charles XI of Sweden - Under guardian rule. Charles was born in the palace at Stockholm. His father, who died when the child was in his fourth year, left the care of his education to the regents whom he had appointed. So shamefully did they neglect their duty that when, at the age of seventeen, Charles XI attained ...

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Sweden: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Sweden - Historical lands of Sweden

Sweden was historically divided into four Lands or Landsdelar: Götaland (Sweden) Svealand (Sweden) Österland (Finland} Norrland (Sweden) Götaland and Svealand were once, in prehistoric times known only in folklore, in fragmentary pieces of foreign sources, in legends which only later chronicles have written about, rival kingdoms before being united under one Crown by Svealand. Legends attest an independent history to Österland, it having e.g its own prehist ...

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