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  Sweden. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Sweden falls into two main geographical regions: the north (Norrland), comprising about two thirds of the country, which is mountainous (except for a narrow strip of lowland along the Gulf of Bothnia); and the south (Svealand and Götaland), which is mostly low-lying and where most of the population lives.
Sweden was a member of the European Free Trade Association from 1960 to 1994; in 1995 it joined the European Union.
Sweden entered the United Nations in 1946, and Dag Hammarskjöld, a Swedish diplomat, was secretary-general of the organization from 1953 until his death in 1961.
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 Patrick MOSTYN Ancestors
4296002444 Eric VI 'the Victorious' BJORNSSON King Of Sweden.
Eric VI 'the Victorious' died in 0995 in Uppsala, Sweden.
Eric VI 'the Victorious' married Sigrid 'the Haughty'.
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 Name One Famous Person Called Erik/Eric [Maze of Mirrors - Forum] - Phantom of the Opera .com
Eric VI of Denmark, son of Eric V
Eric VI of Sweden, king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century
Eric XI of Sweden, the son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark
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  Vol I File 13: The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James
, born 965, died in 1022, King of Sweden, reigned from 995 to 1022, married (1) Edla.
of Sweden, born in 994, died in 1056.
Anund Jacques of Sweden, born in 1000, died in 1051.
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  Sweden - Search View - MSN Encarta
The population of Sweden was estimated at 9,016,596 in 2006.
Eric was allegedly slain by a Danish claimant to his throne while he was attending mass; he later became the patron saint of Sweden.
Sweden weathered the world economic slump of 1974 and 1975 well, but it was troubled by growing inflation and foreign debt and by large annual budget deficits.
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 Sweden
Sweden concluded two treaties, one with Russia in 1809, ceding most of Finland and the Åland Islands, and another with France in 1810, by which a pro-Napoleonic policy was adopted.
Important domestic events in Sweden were the death in 1950 of Gustav V, the accession of his eldest son as Gustav VI Adolph, the creation of a Social Democratic-Agrarian coalition government in 1951, and the development of strong inflationary pressures in the Swedish economy from 1951 to 1952.
Sweden weathered the world economic slump of 1974 and 1975 well, but it was troubled by a high inflation rate, growing foreign debts, and large budget deficits.
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 Eric VI of Sweden
Eric the Victorious (VI), or Erik Segersäll, (985?- 995), was king of the Swedes during the last two decades of the 10th century.
Eric is claimed to have married Sigrid the Haughty, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland, in the 980s.
According to the Sagas, Eric the Victorious ruled together with his brother Olof (II) Björnsson.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/er/eric_vi_of_sweden.html   (260 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Eric VI of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eric the Victorious (VI), Old Norse: Eiríkr inn sigrsæli, Modern Swedish: Erik Segersäll, (970?- 995), was king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century.
Eric is said to have been baptised in Denmark, but later returned to the Norse gods.
Sweden was also known to be the first western nation to detect unusually high radiation levels in the atmosphere, which later was confirmed to have been the residual nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl accident.
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 Gates of Vienna: The New York Times and Sweden: The Dark Side of Paradise   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sweden is struggling to pay the bills for the tens of thousands of workers on long-term disability and an expanding group of young people leaving the workforce altogether on so-called “early retirement.” 500,000 people are on early retirement in Sweden today, 68,000 of whom are between the ages of 20 and 40.
Sweden also decided to withdraw from an international air force exercise to be held in Italy in May 2006, after learning that units from the Israeli air force would participate.
Sweden has become the entire world’s welfare office, because the political elites have decided that massive Muslim immigration is “good for the economy.” Pretty soon, Sweden could have an “army” of just 5000 men.
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 The Probert Encyclopaedia - People and Peoples (E)
Eric V was king of Denmark in 1259.
Eric VI was king of Denmark in 1286.
Eric VII (Eric XIII of Sweden) was king of Denmark and Sweden in 1397, reigning jointly with Margaret until 1412, and then on his own until 1438 when he was obliged to resign both crowns.
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 Sweden
Charles IX (of Sweden) (1550-1611), king of Sweden (1604-11), the youngest son of King Gustav I Vasa, born in Stockholm.
Zygmunt landed in Sweden in 1598 and was defeated by Charles at Stãngebro.
Gustav VI Adolph (1882-1973), king of Sweden (1950-73), son of King Gustav V, born in Stockholm, and educated at the universities of Uppsala and Oslo.
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 Sweden : In Depth : History | Frommers.com
Sweden's ties with the Hanseatic ports of Germany grew stronger, and trade with other Baltic ports flourished at the city of Visby on the island of Gotland.
Sweden's greatest medieval statesman was Birger Jarl, who ruled from 1248 to 1266; during his reign, he abolished serfdom and founded Stockholm.
Sweden evoked long-lived resentment from its neighbor, Norway, whose cities were leveled by the Nazi troops that had been granted free passage across Swedish territory.
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 World Homes Network - Sweden
Sweden in 1611 was lacking in population, internal communications, and material resources, and its geographical position was unfavourable for the expansion of its trade, since its way to the North Sea and the Atlantic was controlled by Denmark.
Sweden became an important power in Germany, and was recognized as the leader of Protestant Europe, and the greatest power of the north.
Sweden in World War II Sweden was neutral during World War II, although, when the USSR invaded Finland, Sweden showed its sympathy by opening its frontiers to Finnish refugees and enrolling volunteers to fight for the Finns.
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 Eric VI of Sweden Encyclopedia Information @ Karr.net (Karr Network)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eric praying to Odin before the Battle of the Fýrisvellir, c 985, by Jenny Nyström (1895).
Eric the Victorious (VI), Old Norse: Eiríkr inn sigrsæli, Modern Swedish: Erik Segersäll, (970?- 994 or 995), was king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century.
Styrbjörn returned to Sweden with a major Danish army, which Eric defeated in the Battle of the Fýrisvellir at Old Uppsala.
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 Swedish royalty
Eric was killed in an attack by Denmark, initiating an extended series of wars between the two countries.
Sweden was in fact a small country and did not have the capacity to compete with a huge state like Russia.
Gustav VI was born in 1882 at Stockholm, Sweden.
histclo.com /royal/swe/royal-swe.htm   (1851 words)

  
 Ancestors and Family of Eric VI the Victorious Bjornsson
Eric the Victorious (VI), or Erik Segersäll, (985?- 995), was king of the Swedes during the last two decades of the 10th century.
Eric is claimed to have married Sigrid the Haughty, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland, in the 980s.
Eric married Gunhild Mieczyslavsdatter of Poland, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland and Dobrawka of Bohemia, circa 980-985.
nygaard.howards.net /files/2/5282.htm   (653 words)

  
 Scots in Sweden - Sixteenth Century
In 1568 Eric XIV was deposed and imprisoned, and the throne occupied by his brother John III.
The first Stuarts in Sweden were two sons to Johannes Stuart of Ochiltree, who accompanied Mary Queen of Scots to France in 1558, and who served as Colonel under Francis II of France until the latter’s death in 1560, when he returned to Scotland.
In 1585 he received letters from James VI granting him the right to bear "the arms of his blue field." In 1604 he was Gentleman of the Bedchamber at the court of Charles IX, and later Colonel of a regiment that he had enlisted in Scotland.
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 Scandinavia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An inland district in western Sweden, on the Norwegian frontier east of Trondheim.
According to the sagas, Ivar Vidfame and the early Kings of Sweden and Denmark were descended in the distaff line from Heidrek II (Ivar's father Harald was the son of Heidrek II's daughter Hildur).
Sweden was not unified as a state much before around 1075.
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 Scots in Sweden - Seventeenth Century - Part 1
Robert Douglas was born in 1611 at Standingstone, and came to Sweden with an enlisted troop in 1627 with three elder brothers, all of whom died young.
The former was Major-general and Governor of Northern Sweden.
The other branch, which started in Sweden with William Clerck, Captain in the Army, would include his son and grandson, both of whom were named Hans, and who were in the Swedish Navy 1632-1679 and 1663-1711 respectively.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 Royalty.nu - Swedish Royalty, Kings and Queen of Sweden
Some of the history of the early kings of Sweden can be found in the English poem Beowulf, which was probably written in the seventh or eighth century AD, and sagas such as the Heimskringla, by 13th century Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson.
Sweden and Norway were united under the same monarch, King Magnus, in 1319.
Sweden dropped out of the Kalmar union in 1523 and elected its own king, Gustav I. The current Swedish royal family, the House of Bernadotte, is descended from a French commoner, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who was a marshal of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 100
Edmund (?) was born circa 832 at of Birka, Sweden.
Emperor Leo VI Philosophus of Byzantium was born on 1 September 866 at Constantinople.
She married Emperor Leo VI Philosophus of Byzantium, son of Michael III of Byzantium "the Drunkard" and Eudocia Ingerina (?), on 9 January 906 at Constantinople, Turkey.
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1924 Mar 15, Sweden recognized the U.S.S.R. 1927 Jan 30, Olof Palme, PM of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86), was born in Stockholm.
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 Magnus IV of Sweden at AllExperts
Magnus Ericson, Magnus VII of Norway, the fourth Magnus to have been proclaimed king of Sweden (1316 – December 1, 1377), King of Sweden, Norway, and Terra Scania, son of Duke Eric Magnusson of Sweden and Ingeborg, daughter of Haakon V of Norway.
In 1343 their son Haakon was designated to succeed his father to the Norwegian throne as Haakon VI, even though Magnus remained regent during his minority.
In 1363 Magnus was deposed from the Swedish throne being replaced by the Duke of Mecklenburg's son Albert of Sweden.
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 Emergenza Festival Sweden
Vi hoppas att 2008 blir ännu bättre och att vi kan hjälpa ännu fler band vidare ut i världen så de får dela med sig av sin musik, hitta nya fans, vinna nya erfarenheter och kanske, kanske nå drömmen om att livnära sig på sin musik.
They went through various stages in their own county in Sweden to make it to the international finals in Rothenburg last August where they shared the bill with such rockers as Turbonegro and Bloodhound Gang.
Vi summerar antal biljetter med antal röster i inledande rundor, högst tal får välja först, näst högst sedan och tredje får ta den spot som blir över.
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 Kiss Army Sweden
Det återfinns dessutom skojiga och framförallt fåniga dialoger och bus, som sig bör när Eric Carr är inblandad.
Det ryktas om att Paul och Eric var grymma ovänner under inledningen av turnén, men det är inget som märks på filmen.
En del av backstageklippen med Eric Carr återfinns i den officiella "Tale Of The Fox"-DVD:n som är en dokumentär om hans liv.
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 Titles of European hereditary rulers
>>> --- 1362-1364 (Haakon [ as VI in Norway ])
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Sweden ceded Bremen and Verden to the Elector of Hanover.
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