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	Sweden - MSN Encarta
		The young nobleman was crowned king of Sweden as Gustav I Vasa.
		However, he was killed in 1718 in a futile invasion of Norway, and Sweden had to conclude a series of treaties that stripped the country of most of its possessions.
		Sweden’s so-called “era of liberty” ushered in a half century of rivalry, political strife, and foreign and domestic blundering.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563138_10/Sweden.html (1295 words)

	Sweden
		Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, its official title: the Kingdom of Sweden.
		Sweden's foreign minister, Anna Lindh, was attacked on September 10, 2003 and died on September 11, 2003, further shaking the sense of security and freedom that Swedes have felt.
		Sweden's third largest city, Malmo (on the Baltic Sea 30 kilometers east of Copenhagen, Denmark) is 40 percent foreign born.
	www.fsmitha.com /world/sweden.html (1248 words)

	Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Conclusive archaeological evidence exists that the area comprising Sweden was settled during the Stone Age as the inland ice of the ice age receded.
		Sweden subsequently broke away in 1521 when Gustav Eriksson Vasa known as Gustav I of Sweden from 1523 re-established separation of the Swedish Crown from the union.
		Sweden has been a monarchy for almost a millennium with supply controlled by the parliament (the taxed constituting one of four chambers).
	www.freeglossary.com /Sweden (2210 words)

	Dominions of Sweden - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Dominions of Sweden or Svenska besittningar were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but never became fully integrated with Sweden.
		By the Treaty of Oliva between Poland and Sweden in 1660 following the Northern Wars the Polish king renounced all claims to the Swedish throne and Livonia was formally ceded to Sweden.
		Sweden received the German town of Wismar with the surrounding countryside in the Peace of Westphalia (1648).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Dominions_of_Sweden (778 words)

	Kalmar Union
		Eric was deposed in 1438-1439 as the union king and succeeded by the childless Christopher of Bavaria.
		After the successful re-taking of Sweden by Christian II and the subsequent Stockholm bloodbath in 1520, the Swedes started yet another rebellion which ousted the Danish forces once again in 1521.
		In 1814 Denmark was forced to cede Norway to Sweden and this would in the middle of the 19th century give rise to the Scandinavian movement which sought to reunite the countries of the Kalmar Union, except Finland, under one monarch.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ka/Kalmar_Union.html (541 words)

	sociology - Sweden
		Sweden as a name was originally a plural form of Swede and is a so-called "back-formation", from Old English Sweoðeod, the land of the Suiones.
		In the south of Sweden leaf-bearing trees are prolific, in the north pines and hardy birches dominate the landscape.
		In underground circles, Sweden is known for a large number of death metal and fl metal acts, often viewed as pioneering or at the forefront of the scene.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Sweden (2571 words)

	The Emasculation of a King by Jørn K. Baltzersen
		King Carl XIV Johan was born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, a French general and son of the French Revolution, the cradle of modern democracy.
		I might add that if Hans-Hermann Hoppe were ever to receive The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel [sic, it's not actually a Nobel Prize], he would receive it from the hands of the King or Queen of Sweden.
		Sweden sent no royalty, and the politician that was sent was the deputy treasury secretary.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig4/baltzersen6.html (1798 words)

	Politics of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Sweden is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		The state of Sweden is a limited constitutional monarchy.
		Sweden was 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Sweden (1287 words)

	The magnificent migrating monarch
		Monarchs can be taken hundreds of kilometres off course and still find their way to their destination.
		The monarch’s life cycle is an amazing story in itself: the adult lays an egg, and from the egg, a caterpillar hatches.
		It is not likely that monarchs would have had programmed into them, from the beginning of creation, the exact route of their journey, but rather the capacity to establish such migration patterns and carry them out.
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v20/i1/monarch.asp (1551 words)

	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.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Scandanavia/sweden.htm (3226 words)

	Sweden, Russia and the Great Northern War
		Denmark's monarch, Christian V (who also ruled Norway) wanted to win back from the Swedish monarchy the territory of Skåne (just east of Copenhagen), which his family had lost in 1658.
		In November 1709, Frederick IV of Denmark invaded Sweden with 16,000 troops, overrunning the towns of Malmö and Lund, and in February they were driven back to Denmark, Sweden's successful defense impressing the rest of Europe.
		Sweden's industrial sector remained small, but in 1731 new factories were founded with support from the state, especially in textiles, which, in urban areas such as Norrköping and Stockholm, began employing between 13,000 and 14,000 people.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h30-sw.htm (6228 words)

	The Norwegian Monarchy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In a democratic monarchy the emphasis is on the Constitution, not on the monarch.
		Thus, the mission of the monarch is to fulfil the everyday assignments.
		It is at this level that the monarch can play the role of father, of the king in fairy tales, who fulfils our common need for fantasies and also for identification.
	www.reisenett.no /facts/government/monarchy.html (2853 words)

	Sweden - The Monarchy now and then
		The oldest, historically reliable information about the monarchy in Sweden is the narrative about the Svear kingdom which stems from the 9th century and is to be found in the Ansgar Legend.
		His great contribution to Sweden´s history was that during his reign he succeeded in transforming the monarchy step by step along the lines of the Swedish society of today.
		In 1973 the 27-year-old Carl Gustaf, the youngest of the Bernadotte monarchs, ascended the throne.
	www.society.at /318/htm/sweden2.html (1206 words)

	Scenario Editing - the Monarch files
		This is the monarch definition of king Gustav II Adolf of Sweden.
		It should be noted that when a new monarch is available, either because the startdate is reached or the monarch is woken with an event during the defined lifespan, this new monarch will become ruler.
		As such, deathdate is not used by the game: If there are no new monarch to take over after the death date of the last monarch, he will continue the reign until the end of the game.
	home.broadpark.no /~havmoe/EU/scenario_monarch.htm (488 words)

	Wikinfo \| Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The 17th century saw Sweden emerge as one of the great powers in Europe, due to successful participation, initiated by King Gustavus Adolphus, in the Thirty Years' War.
		Sweden has been a monarchy for almost a millennium with supply controlled by the parliament (the taxed peasantry constituting one of four chambers until 1866), and legislative power shared between the King and the Parliament (until 1975).
		Executive power was shared between the King and a noble Privy Council until 1680, followed by the King's autocratic rule initiated by the common estates of the Parliament.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Sweden (1434 words)

	King of Sweden
		Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system.
		According to the Constitution of Sweden that office is inherited within the House of Bernadotte.
		Sweden has been a kingdom for more than a 1000 years, hereditary since 1541.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/k/ki/king_of_sweden.shtml (282 words)

	About Sweden.
		Sweden is a country in the north, not the country with the watches and the cheese (that’s Switzerland, which most people know except some less intelligent Americans).
		Sweden is the country that brought you ABBA, Greta Garbo and Absolute Vodka and should never be forgiven for letting the Volvo(-drivers), Ace of Base and surstromming out in the world.
		Sweden was among the world’s first welfare states and it still is, but the economy strategy has changed the last few years.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/mountains3/SWEguidemain.html (5117 words)

	Sweden country information
		Sweden is located in Northern Europe, bordering Norway, Finland, the Gulf of Bothnia, and the Baltic Sea.
		Sweden celebrates its independence on June 6, 1523, commemorating the election of Gustav Vasa as king.
		The king is the constitutional monarch and the prime minister is elected to office by the parliament.
	www.elca.org /countrypackets/sweden/desc.html (664 words)

	Royalty.nu - Swedish Royalty, Kings and Queen of Sweden
		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.
		Swedish monarch Oscar II was forced to abdicate as king of Norway, but continued to reign in Sweden until his death in 1907.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Scandinavia/Sweden.html (1473 words)

	Wikinfo \| Denmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Kingdom of Denmark is the smallest Nordic country, situated in Scandinavia, in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula and a number of islands north of Germany, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway.
		Sweden (with Finland) left the union in 1523.
		In the 19th century Norway was ceded (1814) to Sweden after the Napoleonic Wars, and the rich duchies of Schleswig-Holstein were lost (1864) to Prussia.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Denmark (725 words)

	Guide to Sweden - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sweden is an excellent place to enjoy the outdoor sports of hiking, skiing, and boating.
		Sweden's history includes the era of the Vikings, the brave explorers who set out in uncharted waters trading as far away as Byzantium and the Golden Caliphate of Baghdad.
		The people of Sweden still hold on to the traditions of their ancestors by preserving the historical churches, castles, and monuments, and you can be sure that their culture will be safety handed down for generations to come.
	www.openlist.com /vacations-p8096.htm (509 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for monarch's
		Charles XIII 1748-1818, king of Sweden (1809-18) and Norway (1814-18).
		Monarch's newest route from Birmingham takes to the skies; First flight departs for Murcia.
		Monarch's combination plan helps fill the SPWL void.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=monarch's (578 words)

	Journey North: Monarch Migration
		Since the sun is constantly changing its position in the sky, monarchs must and apparently can compensate for the changing position of the sun.
		"Monarchs may use the angle of the sun along the horizon in combination with an internal body clock to maintain a southwesterly flight path.
		When the monarch’s internal clock reads noon (12:00 pm), the monarch’s instincts tell it to fly straight toward the sun, while later in the day the monarch’s instincts tell it to fly to the east of the sun.
	www.learner.org /jnorth/tm/monarch/OrientScientists.html (561 words)

	Monarch of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As early as the 1st century, Tacitus wrote that the Suiones had a king, but the order of succession to the later historic kings of Sweden is not known, except for what is accounted for in the historically controversial Norse sagas (see Mythological kings of Sweden and Semi-legendary kings of Sweden).
		Following the break-through of Parliamentarism in 1917 the king's powers were considerably reduced, and he became a constitutional monarch with only limited political authority.
		In 1974 a new Instrument of Government became part of the Constitution which abolished the Privy Council as the government institution and stripped the Monarch of virtually all formal powers, while still retaining him as Head of State.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monarch_of_Sweden (592 words)

	Sweden - Spirituality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Church of Sweden is the state religion of Sweden, and the monarch must belong to this church.
		hristianity was introduced to Sweden in 829 by a French Benedictine monk called Ansgar, but it was not until the 12th century that the country was converted to Christianity.
		The Baptists, the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden and the Salvation Army are also active in Sweden.
	www.cp-pc.ca /english/sweden/spirit.html (326 words)

	WTTW - Swedes in Chicago
		Like dancers in Sweden, this Norwood Park group performs the gammil dance, a traditional Swedish wedding celebration, and is expert in the hambo, the national dance of Sweden.
		The present King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, born in 1946, was thirty when he married Silvia Sommerlath from Germany.
		Sweden's last king lived to be 91, and the king before him 92.
	www.wttw.com /main.taf?p=1,7,1,1,46 (1602 words)

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