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Ackermann
College - center for continued studies in goal-oriented diagnostics and
manual treatment methods.
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Hoga kuston
bron,Sweden...view of the High Coast Bridge Project
Västerås...
view on Stora Gatan in Västerås(city west of Stockholm). From the VLT
Media Building
Göteborg Traffic
Cams... interactive clickable map of many traffic cams in and around Göteborg.
Castle Cam .....view
the castle in the city of Orebro, Tip from Michael Malm.
Tjorn Cam ...Live
Web Cam in Tjorn, Sweden. The image is updated every one hour (7 a.m. - 10 p.m.)
Thanks to Lennart Jansson.
Fridge
Cam...This cam is only activated when someone opens the fridge-door,
which will show the latest picture from the fridge at the "Essin
family" somewhere in Sweden. I love you guys.
Gellivare WebCam...Gellivare
is a small Swedish town north of the Arctic circle.
Orebro WebCam..Live
from Orebro, Sweden, showing the castle of Orebro, 700 years old. Updated every
time you reload your browser. Thanks to the newspaper Nerikes Allehanda.
LIBRIS
Union catalogue of Swedish research and special libraries
The National Agency for Higher Education
Universities
and University Colleges in Sweden
List of links
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Sweden
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The faq consists of the following parts:
Subject: 7.1
Fact Sheet
Name:
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Konungariket Sverige
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Telephone area code:
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46
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Area:
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449.964 km² / 173.629 sq mi.
[ thereof: 237.000 km² designated for reindeer herding ]
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Land boundaries:
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Norway, Finland
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Terrain:
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mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands;
blunt mountains in north and west;
large archipelagos on the eastern coast.
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Highest mountain:
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Kebnekaise, 2,111 m (6,926 ft)
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Natural resources:
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iron ore, zinc, lead, copper, silver,
timber, uranium, hydropower
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Population:
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8.835.000 (1996)
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Population density:
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19 persons / km².
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Distribution:
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83% urban, 17% rural. (1990)
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Life expectancy:
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males: 76, females: 81 (1995)
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Capital:
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Stockholm (pop. 693,000;
Stockholm's län pop. 1,686,000 [ the metropolitan area])
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Other major towns:
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Göteborg (Gothenburg 450,000),
Malmö (240,000),
Uppsala (180,000),
Linköping (130,000),
Norrköping (120,000)
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Flag:
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a yellow Nordic cross on blue background.
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Type:
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constitutional monarchy
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Head of state:
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King Carl XVI Gustaf
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National anthem:
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Royal anthem:
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Kungssången
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Languages:
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Swedish.
(Finnish, Romani and Sámi languages
are acknoledged minority languages.)
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Currency:
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Climate:
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temperate in south with cold winters; sub-arctic in north.
Temp. in Stockholm: -5°C - +1°C in Feb.,
+14°C - +22°C in July.
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Religion:
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Evangelic-Lutheran (91%) (official state-religion),
Lutheran free churches (3%),
Islam (2%),
Roman Catholic (1.5%),
Orthodox (0.7%)
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Exports:
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machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood,
iron and steel products, chemicals, electronics
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7.2.1 Economy
Sweden's most valuable assets are forests, mines (especially iron, but copper
has also been important), and in modern days hydroelectric power. The
metallurgic industry was started in the 16th and 17th centuries, and through the
ages Sweden has been known as one of the biggest iron exporters in the world. A
mechanical industry came with the industrial revolution in the 19th Century, and
Swedish products such as steel (Sandvik), paper (SCA and others), cars (Volvo
and Saab), ball bearings (SKF), electrical equipment (ASEA, now ABB), telephone
equipment (Ericsson), refrigerators (Electrolux) and cameras (Hasselblad) have
become well known. Beside cars Saab has also produced computers and aircrafts.
More recently also medical equipment (Gambro), medicine (Pharmacia, Astra),
chemical industry (Nobel, AGA) and food-processing equipment (Tetra-Pak,
Alfa-Laval) has been developed and marketed by Swedish companies. During the
1980s and 1990s there has been some debate in Sweden over the reasons why new
products (as for instance a flat screen for television and computers) has to
find foreign companies for investments and marketing.
After particularly good years from World-War II to the early 1970s,
Sweden has then seen branch after branch of the industry to lose competitive
capacity. Textile industry, skinn industry and shipyards have almost
disappeared. During the 1990s the mining industry has went through a period of
radical reorganization.
The wide forests are mainly used for production of paper, contributing with
about 20% of Sweden's export (some wood export included).
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