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 | | Indeed, some observers of the neo-Nazi movement in Sweden believe that the recent increase in individual acts of extreme violence is itself a sign of the movement's growing desperation and descent into pure criminality as a result of more effective countering measures and greater awareness. |
 | | Although the Sami population now enjoy some political autonomy, Sweden was the last of the Nordic countries to allow the formation, in 1994, of a Sameting, an elected Sami parliament that represents Sami affairs to the government, and the Swedish body is still less independent than its Finnish and Norwegian counterparts. |
 | | In 2000, Sweden received 16,370 asylum applications, corresponding to 3.6 per cent of the total number of applications lodged in Europe. |
| www.axt.org.uk /antisem/countries/sweden/sweden.htm (11478 words) |
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