Sweden

For the first time in his adult life, Axel Oxenstierna, Chancellor of Sweden, suffered through a sleepless night. On November 6, 1632, Gustav II Adolf (also known as Gustavus Adolphus, the Latinized version of his name), the king of Sweden, fell during the Battle of Lutzen, part of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) being fought by Sweden, France, and their allies against the Holy Roman Empire, and its allies. While Gustav had an heir in his daughter Christina, she was only 6 years old at the time…

The Seventh Sleep In 1957, ancient times, an era with limited technology, “historical” days, a movie was created, “The Seventh Seal” by Ingram Bergman, is a example of how different our present mindset has changed from the dreadful era of the 50’s. I’ve always wanted to experience a classic film experience in a theatre instead of searching for them online, upon searching for one I came across the showing of “The Seventh Seal”, which frankly, I wish I hadn’t. I’m pretty sure we’ve all heard of…

Sweden’s pro-immigrant consensus has led Sweden to become one of the main countries in Europe accepting refugees into their country. However, during the last decade the large number of incoming asylum seekers from Syria and other countries has caused controversy. The unemployment rates in Sweden, as well as the far-right, anti-immigrant party election polls rates, have increased significantly during the past few years. Sweden has become divided between those who want the welcoming consensus to…

Many Pakistani families who travel between Denmark and Sweden are in a constant struggle, because Pakistani couples that one of them is a non-citizen are not allowed to live in Denmark right away. Many of these Pakistani couples have an arranged marriage often to someone they are already related to in some form, “Zagib…had married Sara, his paternal cousin, in Pakistan in 2004.” (PG.91) But if the spouse is not a Denmark citizen it makes the marriage difficult because the other non-citizen…

Home / Society / Sweden – from Ice Age to IT Age SWEDEN – FROM ICE AGE TO IT AGE Some 100,000 years ago Sweden was covered in ice. Eons later the Vikings put Sweden on the map. And in the last 100 years, Sweden has transformed from a poor nation of farmers to an innovative high-tech nation. START READING Viking-like warriors in the computer game Scrolls, by Swedish Mojang. Photo: Mojang From stone weapons to runic script Welcome to the Ice Age. The year is 110,000 B.C. and Sweden is covered…

wavering, gripsack in hand”. One winter morning he collars three passengers, a “shaky and quick-eyed Sweden”, a cowboy and a “little silent man from the East”. Upon arrival, the guest meet Scully’s son Johnnie and a farmer playing a card game called high-five. The guests are then offered water and a towel and have their luggage taken upstairs. The Sweden immediately begins to act frightened. The Sweden joins Johnnie, Bill and Mr. Blanc in a card game and gets suspicious because of the cowboy…

atmosphere and the inevitable depletion of these nonrenewable energy sources have motivated a handful of countries to start the transition. Notably, Sweden has goals to “increase renewable energy to 50 percent of national supply by 2020,” reducing its need for environmentally harmful, nonrenewable sources, like oil ("Energy Use in Sweden"). While Sweden has made great strides in switching to renewable energy resources, the US’ nature make it unfeasible for the country to switch to renewable…

Keerthana Akula Hillsborough High school General Assembly Sweden UNHCR Sweden has opened their doors to many people who fled the war, and there are now over 80,000 refugees. (Global Appeal, 2015) Sweden has also accepted more people than any other European country. They were known for protecting human rights and tried their best to take as many people as they can. During the war many innocent people were lost and children were left homeless. These refugees need a lot of money because they need…

"'You're not dressed like a Swede!', 'Wait, why isn't there snow?'" (Lund) along with many similar snap judgements and misconceptions are made unintentionally, but quickly offend Swedish citizens. Sweden is a northern European country that takes pride in equal rights and environmental issues. Since established in the twelfth century, they have maintained their peaceful status. In more recent years, social changes have been brought due to an increase in diversity of immigrants. Now, while society…

perception index will be used to estimate the scale of corruption. According to the Transparency International (2016), Sweden scores 89 in corruption perception index, which is the third highest within the 168 countries surveyed while Guatemala only scores 28, ranking 123 in 168 countries. These statistics indicate that Guatemala have a much larger scale of corruption, comparing to Sweden. The reasons for the huge difference in corruption performance might be varied. From economic perspective,…