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At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the
Avalanche Studios Group is a Swedish video game developer and publisher based in Stockholm. It is a parent company that includes Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds, and Systemic Reaction. Founded by Linus Blomberg and Christofer Sundberg in March 2003, Avalanche Studios focuses on developing open world projects and bases them on their proprietary Apex game engine (formerly known as Avalanche Engine). The company is best known for developing the Just Cause game series.
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Did you know -
- ... that Sweden was a major power in Europe during the 17th century?
- ... that from 1945 to 1972, the Swedish government ran a clandestine atomic weapons program (that never produced any operational weapons)?
- ... that the Swedish military unit Kustjägarna has worked in Kosovo and Bosnia under the UN flag?
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Autochrome Lumière 1934) (from History of Sweden)The Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm (
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The Swedish Crown PrinceCharles John (Bernadotte), who staunchly opposed Norwegian independence, only to offer generous terms of union. (from History of Sweden)
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Scandinavian Peninsula and Fennoscandia with their surrounding territories: northern Germany, northern Poland, the Baltic region, Livonia, Belarus, and parts of Northwest Russia. Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) was a German geographer and cartographer; map dated around 1730. (from History of Sweden)Homann's map of the
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Anders Zorn in 1915 (from Culture of Sweden)Self-portrait by
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Traditional Swedish folk costumes according toNordisk Familjebok (from Culture of Sweden)
- Map of Sweden-Norway (from
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Gustavus Adolphus, victor at the Battle of Breitenfeld, 1631 (from History of Sweden)
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)This family crypt and the chapel above it house, in highly ornate coffins, the remains of all four of the
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Scandinavian Monetary Union, which was based on a gold standard. The coin to the left is Swedish and the right one is Danish. (from History of Sweden)Two golden 20 kr coins from the
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Gustav Vasa (Gustav I) in 1542 (from History of Sweden)
- Swedish tribes in Northern Europe in 814 (from
- Coastal defence ship of the Swedish Navy HM Pansarskepp Gustaf V (Agfacolor photo until 1957) (from
Daniel Hans Sedin (born 26 September 1980) is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former winger who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. Born and raised in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, Sedin and his identical twin brother Henrik played together throughout their careers; the pair were renowned for their effectiveness as a tandem. During his career, Daniel was known as a goal-scorer (150+ more career NHL goals than Henrik), while Henrik was known as a playmaker (150+ more career NHL assists than Daniel). Sedin tallied 393 goals and 648 assists in 1,306 games played in the NHL, ranking him as the Canucks' second-highest points scorer all time, behind only his brother Henrik.
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Rådhuset metro station in Central StockholmA view of the
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Gothenburg, Sweden, published by N. P. Pehrsson in 1888Map of
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Örebro, Sweden that was built 1891.Allehandaborgen is a historic office building in
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Katarina Church and cemetery. Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lysekil Municipality, SwedenA small greenhouse with grapevines (Vitis vinifera) escaping from the roof hatch, In Gåseberg,
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Helagsfjället (left) and Sylan mountain range, seen from Torkilstöten, LjungdalenMount
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