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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. |
 | | The history of 19th-century Sweden, under Charles XIV (reigned 181844), Oscar I (184459), Charles XV (185972), and Oscar II (18721907), was one of progressive liberalization in government and of industrial development. |
 | | 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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