Country

Sweden

Also Known As Kingdom of Sweden

Northern Europe

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, bordering Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east. Historians typically trace the line of Swedish monarchs from the tenth century, when Svealand and Götaland came to be ruled under the same king, with no single clean founding date recorded, unlike a colonial independence. Its capital is Stockholm.

Facts

Capital

Stockholm 2

Population

10,610,485 2

October 2025 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2025 2

Area (sq km)

450,295 2

Independence or Founding Year

1523 3

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Sweden

FAQs

Was Sweden once part of a union with its neighbours?

Sweden joined the Kalmar Union with Norway and Denmark in 1397 and left it in 1523.

Yes. In 1397 Sweden joined Norway and Denmark to form the Scandinavian Kalmar Union, which Sweden left in 1523.

Connections

Associated With

Lake Vanern

Lake Vattern

Malmö

Source Malmo (Wikipedia)

Nordic Countries

Sweden is one of the three Nordic monarchies also called Scandinavia in the narrow sense.

Source Nordic Countries (Wikipedia)

Northern Europe

Scandinavia

Scandinavian Peninsula

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

Source Stockholm (Wikipedia)

Stockholm County

Stockholm County is associated with Sweden.

Source Stockholm County (Wikipedia)

Uppsala

Source Uppsala (Wikipedia)

Uppsala County

Uppsala County is a county of Sweden.

Source Uppsala County (Wikipedia)

Bordered By Water

Baltic Sea

Sweden encloses the Baltic Sea.

Source Baltic Sea (Wikipedia)

Gulf of Bothnia

Kattegat

Oresund

Skagerrak

Has Capital

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

Source Stockholm (Wikipedia)

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Same As

Sweden

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Nationals Include

Arvid Gustavsson, Lord of Vik

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Source Arvid Gustavsson, Lord of Vik (Wikipedia)tier 2

Axel Hägerström

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Source Axel Hagerstrom (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Axel Anders Theodor Hägerström (6 September 1868 – 7 July 1939) was a Swedish philosopher.

Carl Johan Schlyter

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Carl Johan Schlyter (Wikipedia)tier 2

Erik Trolle

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Erik Trolle (Wikipedia)tier 2

Erik Wennerström

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Erik O. Wennerström (Wikipedia)tier 2

Eskil Magnusson

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Eskil Magnusson

Folkvid the Lawspeaker

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Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna

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Georg Bissmark

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Source Georg Bissmark (Wikipedia)tier 2

Ingrid Detter de Frankopan

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Source Ingrid Detter de Frankopan - Wikipedia

Ingvar Lindell

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Source Ingvar Lindell (Wikipedia)tier 2

Johan Thyrén

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Karl Olivecrona

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Source Karl Olivecrona (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Karl Olivecrona (25 October 1897, in Norrbärke – 1980) was a Swedish lawyer and legal philosopher.

Karl Schlyter

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Karl Ulfsson, Lord of Tofta

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Samuel von Pufendorf

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Sture Petrén

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Svantepolk Knutsson

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Source Svantepolk of Viby (Wikipedia)tier 2

Thorwald Bergquist

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Torgny the Lawspeaker

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Vilhelm Lundstedt

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August Strindberg

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Elias Lönnrot

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Maj Sjöwall

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Per Wahlöö

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Selma Lagerlöf

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Stieg Larsson

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Tomas Transtromer

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Source Wikipedia: Tomas Transtromer

Carl Wilhelm Oseen

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Source Carl Wilhelm Oseen, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)Summary

Quote, Summary

Wilhelm Oseen was a Swedish mathematician who worked in fluid dynamics.

Erland Samuel Bring

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Gösta Mittag-Leffler

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Harald Cramér

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Source Harald Cramér (Wikipedia)

Helge von Koch

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Ivar Fredholm

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Source Erik Ivar Fredholm (Wikipedia)

Lennart Carleson

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Per Lindström

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Ake Senning

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Arvid Wretlind

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Source Wikidata: Arvid Wretlind

Carl-Olof Nylen

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Source Wikidata: Carl-Olof Nylen

Clarence Crafoord

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Source Clarence Crafoord (source article)Lead [nationality]

Quote, Lead [nationality]

was a Swedish cardiovascular surgeon

Hans Christian Jacobaeus

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Rune Elmqvist

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Source Wikidata: Rune Elmqvist

Torsten Wiesel

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Source Nobel Prize: Torsten N. Wiesel BiographicalBiographical

Quote, Biographical

I was born in Uppsala Sweden in 1924, the youngest of five children.

Alfred Nobel

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Source Alfred Nobel (Wikidata)

Anders Gustaf Ekeberg

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Source Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (Wikidata)

Anne L'Huillier

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Source Anne L'Huillier (Wikidata)

Arne Tiselius

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Source Arne Tiselius (Wikidata)

Carl Linnaeus

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Source Carl Linnaeus (Wikidata)

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

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Source Carl Wilhelm Scheele (Wikidata)

Erik Stensio

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Source Erik Stensio (Wikidata)

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Origin Of

Landshövdingehus

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Nordic Classicism

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Source Nordic Classicism (Wikipedia)Article lead

Quote, Article lead

Nordic Classicism was a style of architecture that briefly blossomed in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) between 1910 and 1930.

Anders Zorn

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Source Getty ULAN artist record 500002927, Zorn, AndersBirth and Death Places

Quote, Birth and Death Places

Born: Mora (Dalarna, Sweden) (inhabited place)

Hilma af Klint

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Source The Ten Largest (Wikipedia)tier 2

Marie Taglioni

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Source Marie Taglioni - Wikipedia

Birger Ljungström

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Emanuel Nobel

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Source Wikidata: Emanuel Nobel

Fredrik Ljungström

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John Ericsson

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Lise Meitner

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Ludvig Nobel

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Ludwig Nobel

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Robert Nobel

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Source Wikidata: Robert Nobel

Waldemar Jungner

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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

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Candy Crush Saga

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Dancer in the Dark

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Fanny and Alexander

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Flee

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Source Flee (film), WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

An international co-production with Denmark, France, Norway, and Sweden, it follows the story of a man under the alias Amin Nawabi, Rasmussen's high school friend, who shares his hidden past of fleeing his home country of Afghanistan to Denmark for the first time.

Haxan

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Source Haxan (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 3

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Häxan (Swedish: [ˈhɛ̂ksan], The Witch; Heksen Danish: [hɛksən], The Witch; English: The Witches; released in the US in 1968 as Witchcraft Through the Ages) is a 1922 Swedish-Danish silent horror essay film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen.

Kung Fury

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Source Kung Fury - WikipediaLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Kung Fury is a 2015 English-language Swedish martial arts comedy featurette film written and directed by David Sandberg.

Lights Out (2013 short film)

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Minecraft

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Miss Julie (1951 film)

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One Summer of Happiness

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Pelle the Conqueror

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Persona

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The Act of Killing

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The Best Intentions

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The Phantom Carriage

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Source Wikipedia: The Phantom CarriageLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

The Phantom Carriage (Swedish: Körkarlen, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! (Körkarlen) by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf.

The Seventh Seal

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The Square (2017 film)

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Triangle of Sadness

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Who Saw Him Die?

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Wild Strawberries

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Cinnamon Roll

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Fika

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Source Fika Like a Swede (Visit Sweden, official tourism board)tier 2

Flying Jacob

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Isterband

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Jansson's Temptation

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Source Jansson's Temptation (Wikipedia)tier 3

Kottbullar

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Oatmeal ball

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Ostkaka

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Pitepalt

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Pölsa

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Surströmming

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Swedish Cuisine

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Source Swedish Cuisine (Wikipedia)tier 3

Christina of Sweden

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Source Wikidata: Christina of Sweden

Tidö Agreement

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Treaty of Nystad

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Source Wikidata: Treaty of Nystad

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Site Of

Aschanska Villa

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Backåkra

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Source Backakra (Wikipedia)

Drottningholm Palace

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Gästgivars

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Grand Hotel Stockholm

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Granhammar Castle

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Icehotel

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IKEA Museum

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Jon-Lars

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Parliament House, Stockholm

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Source Parliament House, Stockholm - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

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The Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset [ˈrɪ̂ksdɑː(ɡ)sˌhʉːsɛt] ) is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag.

Riksdag Building

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Royal Palace of Stockholm

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Royal Stables (Sweden)

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Scharinska villan

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Stockholm City Hall

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Stockholm Public Library

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Turning Torso

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Uppsala Cathedral

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Death Playing Chess

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Source Death Playing Chess (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Death playing chess (in Swedish: Döden spelar schack) is a monumental painting in Täby Church located just outside Stockholm, Sweden.

Overhogdal Tapestries

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Source Overhogdal Tapestries (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2

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The Överhogdal tapestries (Swedish: Överhogdalstapeten) are a group of extraordinarily well-preserved textiles dating from the late Viking Age or the Early Middle Ages that were discovered in the village of Överhogdal in Härjedalen, Sweden.

Persona (1966 film)

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Skog Tapestry

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Source Skog Tapestry (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

The Skog tapestry (Swedish: Skogbonaden or Skogtapeten) is a medieval textile work of art which was discovered in Skog Church in Sweden in 1912.

AGA AB

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ASEA

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Astrid Lindgren's World

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BabyBjörn

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BAE Systems AB

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Bahnhof

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Bahnhof (German for "railway station") is a Swedish Internet service provider (ISP) founded in 1994 by Oscar Swartz in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the country's first independent ISP.

Bergslagernas Järnvägar

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Bofors

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Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori

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Direkt

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Epiroc

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Ericsson

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Europafilm

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FFV

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Filmstaden

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H&M

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Hägglund & Söner

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Hemköp

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Husqvarna Group

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ICA Gruppen

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Interdynamic AB

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Johansfors Glasbruk

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Koenigsegg

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Kopparbergs Brewery

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Kosta Boda

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Krönleins

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Lifco

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Source Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF): Lifco AB (publ) - Global LEI recordHeadquarters address

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"city": "Enköping", "region": "SE-C", "country": "SE"

Lindbäcks

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Found There

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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Source Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, WikipediaLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Swedish Agricultural University; Swedish: Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; SLU) is a public research university in Sweden.

Ådalen