Sweden

There as many reasons as there are immigrants. They probably came for the weather, and stayed for the Texas drawl.

No. Both sides found it useful to have a few neutral countries. Sweden acted as a 'clearing house' for mail and parcels between Britain and the Continent. It took ages and the cost of postage was extremely high, but though the system creaked, it worked. Germany needed Sweden's iron ore, so Sweden agreed to sell iron ore to Germany. Both sides also found it sensible to have some means for governments to communicate with one another in a real emergency.
No. When WWII broke out, Sweden had many times stated herself as a strictly neutral country. It had not been involved in a war since 1814, which was exactly the way it should be in the minds of the Swedes. The war between England, France and Germany seemed so far away from Sweden, but when Russia attacked Finland and "The Finnish Winter War" started, Sweden suddenly became very close to the war. The Prime Minister R.A. Hansson, establish a coalition gov't with all the political parties included, except the Communists. They believed that they should stick together to avoid political disruption. The first purpose was to keep Sweden outside the war, no matter the cost. The second purpose was to stop the opposition from the inhabitants. P.A. Hansson continued to be Prime Minister and his strategy during the war was not to be strong and clear, and not to be neutral. Instead, he chose to be weak and vague, and not clearing out the arising problems until it was absolutely necessary, and even then he often solved them to the Nazi's advantage. Sweden, refused England and France in transporting their troops through Sweden to help Finland. On the 9th of April, the Nazis attacked and occupied Denmark and Norway. On the 8th of June, Sweden gave the Nazis permission to transport soldiers through Sweden. German soldiers were transported on large masses on the Swedish railways during 3 years to August in 1943, when it was clear that Germany would lose the war. The population managed, and food supplies functioned better than it had done in the previous war. Sweden was cut-off from the West, but convoys from Gothenburg brought the necessary food supplies. Large scale exports of iron ore to Germany continued. It was probable one reason for the German occupation of Norway, since the iron was shipped ouot from Narvik, and the British started mining that area to stop the export of iron. Sweden chose to ignore the fact Germany was making guns from the iron. When it comes to the iron ore trade, as Germany started losing the war Sweden gradually exported less iron ore to Germany.
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No. Sweden was neutral during the war. It allowed German troops to go through Sweden but it was never occupied.

Many countries declared neutrality in World War II; some of these neutral countries were occupied and/or annexed by Germany (e.g. Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway), and others were left alone (e.g. Sweden, Spain, Switzerland). The reasons why some countries were left alone are complex, but in general it's simply because the neutral countries were more useful to Germany as independent countries than as occupied countries. Occupying a country requires a lot of manpower and money, as well as resources, so it's cheaper not to occupy a country if you don't have to. Sweden was surrounded by German-occupied Norway on the west and German-allied Finland on the east (the Finns were forced to ally with Germany because the Soviet Union kept invading them in an attempt to annex Finland). South of Sweden was German-occupied Denmark, Germany proper, and German-occupied Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. So, Sweden was completely surrounded by Germany--there was no reason for Germany to occupy Sweden, too. Sweden also granted Germany certain rights in order to maintain its independence. For instance, Sweden allowed German war materiel to be transported from Germany to Norway and to Finland via Sweden; for this and other reasons, some argue that Sweden really collaborated with the Germans and was not neutral, properly speaking.

King Carl XVl The king of Sweden during both world wars was Gustaf V The prime ministers where: Hjalmar Hammarskjöld 17 February 1914 - 30 March 1917 Carl Swartz 30 March 1917 - 19 October 1917 Nils Edén 19 October 1917 - 10 March 1920

Basically the economic system in Sweden is really complicated. As you can see, Sweden is one of the few countries that has a percentage increase in GDP 4.1% (increase in Economic Growth). Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries have survived from this economic crisis for 2 reasons

1) Fiscal Policy, which involves increase in Government Spending and decrease in taxation. That's why the swedish government bought some of the banks, allowing the government to manipulate the interest rates. Even though Fiscal Policy is expensive, they took the risk rather than Monetary Policy which is much cheaper

2) They are out of the Euro currency.

Sweden uses ideas from Planned and Free Market that's why is so successful

All 5 Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) are already members of the Schengen Area.

About 700-850 were saved.

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Answer one: First learn to speak Swedish, basic stuff and some advanced parts of the language. Make sure you know how to speak fluently and properly pronounce the words, aswell as spell them. Then you can either take a flight to Sweden or try an online dating service. Good Luck! Answer two: You don't have to learn Swedish if you don't want to, I'm Swedish and I know that Swedish people love to speak English so that's not the issue. I would recommend you to actually go to Sweden and meet someone there.

Yes, the Sami, formerly known as the Lapps.

Sweden has a Parliamentary Democractic government overseen by a Constitutional Monarchy. The present coalition government is led by Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate party, with support from the Centre Party, the Christian Democrats, and the Liberal People's Party. In the opposition are the Social Democrats, the Left Party, the Green Party, and other minor parties. The reigning monarch is Carl XVI Gustaf, who was invested on 19 September 1973, four days after the death of his grandfather, King Gustav VI Adolph. The present king has three children, the eldest of which is Victoria (Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland), the heiress-apparent, recently engaged to Olof Daniel Westling - a match endorsed by both the King and Parliament (as required).

Protestant Lutheranism - a branch of Christianity.

What's the current situation of the Swedish.

The population of Sweden is 9,302,123 million people.

The postal codes vary depending on the city.

You can search for postal codes in Sweden and other countries here:

http://www.posten.se/soktjanst/postnummersok/gb/index_v.jspv

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We have no literal translation for Christmas, this comes from Christ's mass. We celebrate Christmas on the 24th as Julafton, Yule in English which comes from a pagan winter-festival. Jul is analogous to Christmas in terms of celebration though.

For some unknown reason as the song, etc. is Italian, Swedes celebrate- as do the other Nordic countries, Saint Lucy ( December l3 or l5th) with nightly parades and girls parading about with crown candles ( live fire!) The song Santa Lucia is of course an Italian folk song and includes the phrase Rose of Fair Italy. The Rose of Fair Italy, if you mean the Movie Star, rolled off the lines on the Fourth of July! The culture clash with the mixture of Swedish and Italian customs was once highlighted in a move about an Italian Businessman, Alberto Sordi. He was utterly baffled when an entourage of Swedish girls sallied into his hotel room singing the familiar ( to him) Italian folk song- but in Swedish! it:s a small world.

In the north: -20 celsius and 50 cm snow.

In the south 0 celsius.

If you mean a breadmaking machine, surely they are available from any of the large department stores in cities, just like any other type of household appliance?

unless you are a gorilla...you can!

Denmark, Norway and Sweden is Scandinavia.

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Åland Islands and Faroe Islands are the Nordic countries.

Yes, you can travel from virtually anywhere in Europe to virtually anywhere else.

You would need to change trains, and this would take over 1 day.

One possible route is:

- From wherever you are starting in Sweden to Copenhagen via the Øresund Bridge.

- Copenhagen to Basel. there is an overnight train on this route.

- Basel to Milan. There are direct day trains on this route.

it is located in the northern hemisphere of northern Europe