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Sverige (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 62 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 62.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: European hunters arrived here 12,000 BCE; settled by Svear, Lapps, Herules, Danes, and Goths first millenium BCE; controlled eastern trade route to Byzantium and Baghdad during Viking Era, colonized Russia; united with Denmark and Norway 14th-16th centuries, with Norway 19th century; official language is Swedish, though Finnish is also spoken. |
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| Sverige (preferred,C,V,Swedish-P,U,N)
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| Konungariket Sverige (C,V,O,Swedish,U,N)
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| Sweden (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Kingdom of Sweden (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Suède (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Royaume de Suède (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Schweden (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Suecia (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Reino de Suecia (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Suécia (C,O)
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| Svezia (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Швеция (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Королевство Швеция (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 瑞典 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 瑞典王国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| اسًو دً (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| مم ىَة اسًو دً (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| SWE (C,O,ISO3L)
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| SE (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO752 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| SW00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Swedish (C,O,English,U,A)
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| שוודיה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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Svears and Goths united in one kingdom in 7th cen.; traditional founder was Gustavus I (reigned 1523-1560); modern nation born when union with Norway was dissolved in 1905 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| kingdom (C) |
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stable monarchy first established 13th cen.; present royal dynasty established 1818 |
| constitutional monarchy (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Stockholm .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Sverige, Stockholm county) [7009861] |
| member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1995 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1946 |
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