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Helmfrid, Staffan. "Sweden, Europe and the World." GeoJournal 31, no. 4 (December 1993): 466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00812801.
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Edström, Bert. "Japan in Europe and Sweden." European Review 8, no. 4 (October 2000): 511–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s106279870000507x.
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Until Japan opened its shores in the 1850s, images of Japan in Europe were meagre and long outdated. In Sweden, attitudes to Japan have been heavily influenced by the writings of Carl Peter Thunberg from 1793 and by the lack of imperial traditions as well as the strong national respect for equality
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JASCHHOF, MATHIAS, and CATRIN JASCHHOF. "New Dicerurini from Europe, mostly Sweden (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Porricondylinae)." Zootaxa 4559, no. 2 (February 20, 2019): 245. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.2.
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The taxonomy of several genera of the tribe Dicerurini (subfamily Porricondylinae) is revisited, induced by the discovery of 11 new species in Malaise catches of various provenances. The bulk of the specimens interpreted here is of Swedish origin. Species described as new to science are Desertepidosis grytsjoenensis sp. nov. (from Sweden), D. robusta sp. nov. (Sweden), Linnaeomyia pratensis sp. nov. (Czech Republic), Neurepidosis ekdalensis sp. nov. (Sweden), N. emarginata sp. nov. (Sweden, Czech Republic), N. hybrida sp. nov. (Sweden), Tetraneuromyia brevipalpis sp. nov. (Sweden, Slovak Republic), T. discrepans sp. nov. (Sweden), T. errata sp. nov. (Sweden), and T. lapponica sp. nov. (Sweden). A new genus, Gardenforsia gen. nov., is introduced for G. oelandica sp. nov. (Sweden), a new species with regressive male morphology. The generic definitions of Desertepidosis Mamaev & Soyunov, 1989 (including Ubinomyia Mamaev, 1990 syn. nov. as new junior synonym) and Linnaeomyia Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2015 are revised. A key to males of Desertepidosis is presented. New information on the morphology and geographic distribution is provided for Linnaeomyia hortensis Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2015; Tetraneuromyia bulbifera Mamaev, 1964; and T. lamellata Spungis, 1987.
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Makko, Aryo. "Sweden, Europe, and the Cold War: A Reappraisal." Journal of Cold War Studies 14, no. 2 (April 2012): 68–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jcws_a_00221.
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Traditionally, Sweden has been portrayed as an active bridge-builder in international politics in the 1960s and 1970s. The country advocated a “third way” toward democratic socialism and greater “justice” in international affairs, but these foreign policy prescriptions were never applied to European affairs. This article examines Sweden's relations with Europe by contrasting European integration with the Cold War. Negotiations on Swedish membership in the European Communities and Swedish policy at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe were influenced by a general Berührungsangst toward Europe, which persisted during the years of détente. Because Swedish decision-makers believed that heavy involvement in European affairs would constrict Sweden's freedom of action, Swedish leaders' moral proclamations were applied exclusively to distant Third World countries rather than the egregious abuses of human rights in the Soviet bloc.
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Silfverhielm, Helena, and Claes Göran Stefansson. "Sweden." International Psychiatry 3, no. 1 (January 2006): 9–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s1749367600001430.
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With an area of 450 000 km2, Sweden is one of the largest countries in Western Europe. It is 1500 km from north to south. It has nearly 9 million inhabitants (20 per km2). It is a constitutional, hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary government. Sweden is highly dependent on international trade to maintain its high productivity and good living standards. Many public services are provided by Sweden's 289 municipalities and 21 county councils. Municipal responsibilities include schools, child care and care of the elderly, as well as social support for people with a chronic mental illness. The county councils are mainly responsible for healthcare, including psychiatric care, and public transport at the regional level. Sweden is characterised by an even distribution of incomes and wealth. This is partly a result of the comparatively large role of the public sector.
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OLDBERG, INGMAR. "Peace Propaganda and Submarines: Soviet Policy toward Sweden and Northern Europe." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 481, no. 1 (September 1985): 51–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716285481001005.
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Since the late 1970s, as part of an intensified peace propaganda campaign, the Soviet Union has sought to create a nuclear-free zone in Sweden and northern Europe. Simultaneously, it has increased its criticism of Sweden's defense, partly to offset the effects of Soviet submarine violations of Swedish waters. These violations have increased since the stranding of the U-137 in 1981 and have seriously impaired Soviet-Swedish relations. The Soviet leaders perceive new opportunities with the advent of the Social Democrats in Sweden, whose active foreign policy favors détente and disarmament rather than the arms race. Important factors in the background include growing East-West tension, with Soviet superiority in northern Europe, and the political and economic stagnation, militarization, and “KGB-ization” of Soviet society.
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Thor, G. "Caloplaca Lucifuga: A New Lichen Species From Europe." Lichenologist 20, no. 2 (April 1988): 175–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0024282988000180.
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AbstractCaloplaca lucifuga Thor sp. nov. is described and reported from Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. It is only found sterile and is mainly characterized by its endophloedic, sorediate thallus, chemistry and habitat. In Sweden, the species is found in dense wooded pastures dominated by Quercus robur, growing on the bark of very old trunks of Quercus robur or, rarely, Tilia cordata. Outside Sweden, it is found also on Castanea sativa, Fagus sylvatica and Ulmus glabra.
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Jørgensen, P. M. "The Lichen Genus Pterygiopsis in Northern Europe." Lichenologist 22, no. 3 (July 1990): 213–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0024282990000238.
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AbstractThe genus Pterygiopsis Vainio (Lichinaceae), originally described from Brazil, is shown to have two species in Northern Europe: P. coracodiza (Nyl.) Henssen growing on irrigated rocks in N.W. Europe (France, Great Britain, W. Sweden and Norway), and P. lacustris P. M. Jørg. & R. Sant. sp. nov. occurring ± submerged in some lakes in S. Sweden.
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Shaaban, Rasha. "'Mind the gap': the role of intercultural dialogues in building other Europes." Soundings 73, no. 73 (December 1, 2019): 102–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3898/soun.73.08.2019.
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This interview is the first in our 'Other Europes' series. Rasha Shaaban, a campaigner, feminist, DJ and storyteller based in Sweden, discusses her experiences as someone who is local to both Gothenburg and Alexandria. The interview discusses the current political situation in Sweden, including the rise of the right and its effects on Swedish political culture and the LGBTQ communities; what Europe looks like from the perspective of newcomers, including what we have in common as well as what we experience differently; and the role of intercultural dialogue in making other Europes visible. She also discusses other geographical commonalities, as expressed for example in the cultures of the Mediterranean.
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Carlsnaes, Walter. "Sweden facing the new Europe: Whither neutrality?" European Security 2, no. 1 (March 1993): 71–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09662839308407111.
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Albin, Björn, Katarina Hjelm, Jan Ekberg, and Sölve Elmståhl. "County Differences in Mortality among Foreign-Born Compared to Native Swedes 1970–1999." Nursing Research and Practice 2012 (2012): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/136581.
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Background. Regional variations in mortality and morbidity have been shown in Europe and USA. Longitudinal studies have found increased mortality, dissimilarities in mortality pattern, and differences in utilization of healthcare between foreign- and native-born Swedes. No study has been found comparing mortality among foreign-born and native-born Swedes in relation to catchment areas/counties.Methods. The aim was to describe and compare mortality among foreign-born persons and native Swedes during 1970–1999 in 24 counties in Sweden. Data from the Statistics Sweden and the National Board of Health and Welfare was used, and the database consisted of 723,948 persons, 361,974 foreign-born living in Sweden in 1970 and aged 16 years and above and 361,974 matched Swedish controls.Results. Latest county of residence independently explained higher mortality among foreign-born persons in all but four counties; OR varied from 1.01 to 1.29. Counties with a more rural structure showed the highest differences between foreign-born persons and native controls. Foreign-born persons had a lower mean age (1.0–4.3 years) at time of death.Conclusion. County of residence influences mortality; higher mortality is indicated among migrants than native Swedes in counties with a more rural structure. Further studies are needed to explore possible explanations.
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Kılıçer, Aybars Arda. "Mechanisms of Electoral Support for Populist, Far-Right, and Anti-Immigration Parties: A Comparative Analysis of the Electoral Successes of AfD in Germany and SD in Sweden." Transatlantic Policy Quarterly 21, no. 1 (June 15, 2022): 163–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.58867/aoen1898.
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European politics are changing constantly. Moreover, the changing demography of Europe have had far-reaching effects on these. In reaction to the immigrant inflow, political parties across Europe changed their policies. Further, new political movements, generally with a far- right stance, formed at a dizzying rate, each offering increasingly radical policy solutions. These parties' impact is frequently larger than their small vote totals would imply, allowing them to influence more popular parties' policies. To understand what these far-right populist parties can do, one can take a closer look at the circumstances in Germany and Sweden. In Germany, AfD has had surprising and evocative effects. Sweden also has its own example through Sverigedemokraterna (The Sweden Democrats). This article attempts to understand the potential motivations behind the rising electoral support towards various anti-immigration and political parties throughout Europe by analyzing the changing dynamics in Germany and Sweden through their respective prominent far-right political movements.
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Ringvold, A. "Epidemiology of Glaucoma in Northern Europe." European Journal of Ophthalmology 6, no. 1 (January 1996): 26–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/112067219600600107.
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Purpose To survey glaucoma epidemiology in Northern Europe. Results of literature review Open-angle glaucoma is defined here as the simple and capsular types taken together. On this basis open-angle glaucoma makes up by far the largest group of glaucoma in Northern Europe. These are the target groups of this study, and pigmentary glaucoma is excluded because of the small numbers. Conclusion Open-angle glaucoma is less frequent in Southern Sweden and Denmark than in Finland, Middle Sweden, Norway, and Iceland. This may to some extent be explained by the suggested low prevalence of pseudoexfoliation in the southern areas, but other factors are presumed to be of importance as well.
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Meurling, S., S. Kärvemo, N. Chondrelli, M. Cortazar Chinarro, D. Åhlen, L. Brookes, P. Nyström, et al. "Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Sweden: higher infection prevalence in southern species." Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 140 (September 3, 2020): 209–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao03502.
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The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused worldwide declines in amphibian populations. While Bd is widespread in southern and central Europe, its occurrence and distribution in northernmost Europe is mostly unknown. We surveyed for Bd in breeding anurans in Sweden by sampling 1917 amphibians from 101 localities and 3 regions in Sweden (southern, northern and central). We found that Bd was widespread in southern and central Sweden, occurring in all 9 investigated species and in 45.5% of the 101 localities with an overall prevalence of 13.8%. No infected individuals were found in the 4 northern sites sampled. The records from central Sweden represent the northernmost records of Bd in Europe. While the proportion of sites positive for Bd was similar between the southern and central regions, prevalence was much higher in the southern region. This was because southern species with a distribution mainly restricted to southernmost Sweden had a higher prevalence than widespread generalist species. The nationally red-listed green toad Bufotes variabilis and the fire-bellied toad Bombina bombina had the highest prevalence (61.4 and 48.9%, respectively). Across species, Bd prevalence was strongly positively, correlated with water temperature at the start of egg laying. However, no individuals showing visual signs of chytridiomycosis were found in the field. These results indicate that Bd is widespread and common in southern and central Sweden with southern species, breeding in higher temperatures and with longer breeding periods, having higher prevalence. However, the impact of Bd on amphibian populations in northernmost Europe remains unknown.
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Olsson, Ingrid U. "Recent 14C Activity in the Atmosphere, “Clean Air” and the Chernobyl Effect." Radiocarbon 31, no. 03 (1989): 740–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200012339.
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Although the Chernobyl accident caused increased 14C levels in certain areas, it has been difficult to prove that it had any effect in two areas of Sweden and one on Svalbard (Spitsbergen), where the precipitation and wind conditions were such that the γ-active fall-out was negligible. Knowledge of the steady regional decrease and annual variations at high latitudes, where the pollution from fossil fuel is less than in central Europe, is essential for global studies of the CO2 cycle. The present 14C excess is a net effect of the 14C supply, mainly from tests of nuclear weapons, and dilution, by 14C-free, fossil-fuel consumption. In Sweden, at these northern latitudes, the 14C excess is steadily slightly higher than for “clean air” in central Europe. Annual variations are also smaller in Sweden and Svalbard than in central Europe. The normal 14C excess on Svalbard is slightly less than in Sweden. Detailed results, especially from autumn 1984 to autumn 1987, are given for atmospheric CO2 collected in northern Sweden (Abisko) and on Svalbard (Kapp Linné) and for some atmospheric samples and plant material collected ca 50km east of Uppsala, very close to heavily polluted areas.
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Długosz, Sabina. "Right-Wing Populism in Sweden – the Case of the Sweden Democrats." Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio K – Politologia 31, no. 2 (December 28, 2024): 37–51. https://doi.org/10.17951/k.2024.31.2.37-51.
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The rise of populist groups has made it essential to analyse the dominant parties in modern Europe. Right-wing movements deserve particular attention in this case. The article addresses the issue of Swedish right wing populism, using the example of the governance of the Sweden Democrats. The ways of defining the indicated terms are discussed, considering the context of the 2022 parliamentary elections. The text provides an understanding of the strategies used by populist groups in Sweden and their impact on shaping public discourse, particularly in the growing importance of migration issues in Europe. The considerations are based on how the issue of migration has been used to dominate the public sphere. The study was prepared using a case study approach and content analysis. The aim was to analyse the vital electoral platforms of the Sweden Democrats. Both Polish- and foreign-language sources were used for the research. The article examines how the populist right presents the migration issue and what measures it employs to increase public support. The analysis shows that the key to the Sweden Democrats’ electoral victory was a rebranding initiated by the party leadership in the 1990s and the presentation of clear and straightforward goals to limit migration to Sweden.
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Bennet, Louise, Ruzan Udumyan, Carl Johan Östgren, Olov Rolandsson, Stefan P. O. Jansson, and Per Wändell. "Mortality in first- and second-generation immigrants to Sweden diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: a 10 year nationwide cohort study." Diabetologia 64, no. 1 (September 26, 2020): 95–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00125-020-05279-1.
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Abstract Aims/hypothesis Non-Western immigrants to Europe are at high risk for type 2 diabetes. In this nationwide study including incident cases of type 2 diabetes, the aim was to compare all-cause mortality (ACM) and cause-specific mortality (CSM) rates in first- and second-generation immigrants with native Swedes. Methods People living in Sweden diagnosed with new-onset pharmacologically treated type 2 diabetes between 2006 and 2012 were identified through the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register. They were followed until 31 December 2016 for ACM and until 31 December 2012 for CSM. Analyses were adjusted for age at diagnosis, sex, socioeconomic status, education, treatment and region. Associations were assessed using Cox regression analysis. Results In total, 138,085 individuals were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes between 2006 and 2012 and fulfilled inclusion criteria. Of these, 102,163 (74.0%) were native Swedes, 28,819 (20.9%) were first-generation immigrants and 7103 (5.1%) were second-generation immigrants with either one or both parents born outside Sweden. First-generation immigrants had lower ACM rate (HR 0.80 [95% CI 0.76, 0.84]) compared with native Swedes. The mortality rates were particularly low in people born in non-Western regions (0.46 [0.42, 0.50]; the Middle East, 0.41 [0.36, 0.47]; Asia, 0.53 [0.43, 0.66]; Africa, 0.47 [0.38, 0.59]; and Latin America, 0.53 [0.42, 0.68]). ACM rates decreased with older age at migration and shorter stay in Sweden. Compared with native Swedes, first-generation immigrants with ≤ 24 years in Sweden (0.55 [0.51, 0.60]) displayed lower ACM rates than those spending >24 years in Sweden (0.92 [0.87, 0.97]). Second-generation immigrants did not have better survival rates than native Swedes but rather displayed higher ACM rates for people with both parents born abroad (1.28 [1.05, 1.56]). Conclusions/interpretation In people with type 2 diabetes, the lower mortality rate in first-generation non-Western immigrants compared with native Swedes was reduced over time and was equalised in second-generation immigrants. These findings suggest that acculturation to Western culture may impact ACM and CSM in immigrants with type 2 diabetes but further investigation is needed.
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Fiadi, Ilham Rilin. "Towards NATO Membership: Looking into the End of Sweden's Neutrality Amidst Strategic Shift in Europe." Hasanuddin Journal of Strategic and International Studies (HJSIS) 2, no. 2 (June 26, 2024): 65–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.20956/hjsis.v2i2.34700.
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The year 2022 marked the re-outbreak of a chaotic war, between Russia and Ukraine, in Eastern Europe. While military attacks between the two warring countries were not directed to countries around the region, and Sweden does not have a shared border with both countries, Sweden decided to apply for NATO membership a few months after the war began. This decision contradicted with Sweden’s long-standing tradition of neutrality in foreign affairs for almost two centuries. Using the framework of neoclassical realism along with the concept of alliance, the shifting stance is explained through systemic incentives and intervening variables, which comprised of (1) the inconsistency in the utilization of Russian military capabilities and (2) the European Union's defense challenges; (3) the Swedish military posture, (4) the Swedish Prime Minister's perception, and (5) the majority support within the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament). This research also indicates that Sweden’s neutrality would be maintained during international competition or the growth of alliances with significant power capabilities in the region. However, the neutrality did not extend to non-military aspects such as trade and transportation access.
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Lejeune, Aude. "Disability Rights and Cross-National Disparities in Europe." Current History 121, no. 833 (March 1, 2022): 90–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/curh.2022.121.833.90.
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Europeans with disabilities continue to face lack of opportunity in areas including education and employment. The extent of such disparities, and policies to address them, vary across the member states of the European Union. In 2000, an EU directive on employment equality set antidiscrimination rules, including requirements for employers to offer reasonable accommodations to disabled workers, that were subsequently adopted by member states. But a comparison of disability policy in France and Sweden shows that divergent approaches to labor rights remain in place, with France relying on quotas while Sweden offers job training programs.
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Schvéd, Brigitta Kinga. "A 17. századi svéd gyarmatosítás egy rövid epizódja." Belvedere Meridionale 31, no. 3 (2019): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.14232/belv.2019.3.2.
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The possibility of Swedish colonialism emerged for the first time during the reign of Gustav II Adolph of Sweden (1611–1632), when he issued a decree on the policy of Swedish colonization outside Europe in 1625. The Kingdom of Sweden was one of the most spectacularly expanding states in Europe in the 17th century, and the unmatched success of Swedish dynasticism was primarily due to their expansive foreign policy. The establishment of the Swedish colonization of the era – the founding of New Sweden in North America and the Swedish Gold Coast in West Africa – composed important foreground to the Swedish expansion. It is essential to explore the Dutch cultural transfer and intermediation in order to analyze the phenomenon of Swedish colonization, as the political and economic relations with The Hague (Staten-Generaal) and the activity of Dutch agents, diplomats, artists, architects, traders and entrepreneurs produced important background for the Kingdom of Sweden’s ambitions in the 17th century. The present study summarizes the Swedish colonization in North America and examines the activities of the Swedish Africa Company (Svenska Afrikakompaniet) from 1648–1649 to 1663, from the point of view of the Swedish–Dutch cultural transfers of the era, due to the Dutch affiliates involved in the operation of the company.
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ARUP, Ulf, Emma ARNENG, and Ulrik SØCHTING. "Caloplaca fuscorufa—a misunderstood species in northern Europe." Lichenologist 39, no. 5 (September 2007): 409–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0024282907007098.
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Abstract:Caloplaca fuscorufa H. Magn. is a poorly known species that for a long time was known only from a single locality in Jämtland, northern Sweden, where it was collected in 1910. It has been suggested to be synonymous with C. crenularia (With.) J. R. Laundon, but has also been confused with C. exsecuta (Nyl.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. We have compared the isotype of C. fuscorufa and material collected in Sweden, Norway and Svalbard, with presumably related species, using morphology, anatomy and chemistry as well as molecular data. The results show that C. fuscorufa is a distinct species, differing from C. crenularia mainly in its somewhat larger spores with wider septa, different colour of the apothecia and a more northern distribution. It differs from C. exsecuta mainly in its chemistry and smaller spores with smaller septa. Caloplaca crenularia is shown to have a more southern distribution in Sweden than previously understood. Chemical data and a molecular analysis based on ITS data show that C. fuscorufa is related to C. crenularia and C. ammiospila, but clearly separated from these species.
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Andersson, Martin. "Rural Migration in Premodern Europe: Sweden, 1613–1618." Journal of Migration History 8, no. 2 (June 15, 2022): 156–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/23519924-08020002.
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Abstract Although most people in the past lived in agrarian communities, premodern rural migration has long been a neglected subject within the field of migration history. The aim of this study is to enhance our knowledge of rural household migration in premodern Europe. It is based on the Älvsborg lösen taxation records, in which household migration data was registered for the Swedish population during a five-year period at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The study focuses on rural household migration rates, distances and destinations. It shows that 5 per cent of rural households in Sweden moved annually, with about two-thirds of these being ‘local’ migrants, which is consistent with what has previously been reported for other European regions. Migration was consequentially not only part of the life-course of most individuals, but also of great importance for the rural economy and societies in premodern Europe.
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Castellani, Victor. "A European Sweden, or an Almost-Swedish Europe?" European Legacy 12, no. 3 (May 2007): 351–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10848770701287057.
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Ashraf, Aysha. "Political Entrepreneurship: The Role of the European Commission and Sweden in Adopting Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) 2014-2020." Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature 6, no. 9 (September 25, 2023): 249–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.51879/pijssl/060927.
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Political entrepreneurship and Europeanization from top-down perspective demonstrates the endeavors of the European Commission as agenda setter however there seems some loopholes in adopting CAP as per Europe 2020 Strategy. Conversly, CAP in Sweden, from bottom-up political entrepreneurship and Europeanization standpoint, heading towards success, development and sustainability with Swedish existing capacity of policy adoptability hence anteceding the European Commission. Swedish sustainability culture and its regionalized policy approach are glaring apsects in this respect. Consequently Europe 2020 strategy is successful in Sweden despite minor obstacles comparatively.
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Canning, Victoria. "Degradation by design: women and asylum in northern Europe." Race & Class 61, no. 1 (May 23, 2019): 46–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306396819850986.
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The increasingly punitive measures taken by European governments to deter people seeking asylum, including increased use of detention, internalised controls, reductions in in-country rights and procedural safeguards, have a hugely damaging impact on the lives and wellbeing of women survivors of torture, sexual and domestic violence. This article, based on a two-year research project examining Britain, Denmark and Sweden, involved more than 500 hours speaking with people seeking asylum, as well as interviews with practitioners. It highlights among other issues non-adherence to the Istanbul Convention (for Denmark and Sweden, who have ratified it); non-application of gender guidelines; and significant wholesale violations of refugee rights. It demonstrates some of the ways in which increasingly harsh policies impact on women seeking asylum and highlights the experiences relayed by some who are affected: those stuck in asylum systems and practitioners seeking to provide support. Indeed, it indicates that women seeking asylum in Britain, Denmark and Sweden are made more vulnerable to violence due to the actions or inactions of the states that are supposed to protect them.
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de Vahl, Erik, Giulia Mattalia, and Ingvar Svanberg. "“Cow Healers Use It for Both Horses and Cattle”: The Rise and Fall of the Ethnoveterinary Use of Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch (fam. Apiaceae) in Sweden." Plants 12, no. 1 (December 26, 2022): 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12010116.
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Masterwort, Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch, is an Apiaceae species originally native to the mountain areas of central and southern Europe. Written sources show that it was used in northern Europe. This study explores the cultivation history of masterwort and its past use in Sweden. Although only few details are known about the history of this taxon, it represents a cultural relict plant of an intentionally introduced species known in Sweden as early as the Middle Ages. In Sweden, the masterwort was mainly used as an ethnoveterinary herbal remedy from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. However, medicinal manuals, pharmacopoeias and some ethnographical records indicate that it was once also used in remedies for humans. Today, this species remains as a living biocultural heritage in rural areas, especially on the surviving shielings, which were once used as mountain pastures in Dalecarlia, and at former crofts that were inhabited by cattle owners in the forest areas of southern Sweden.
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Rundfelt, Rolf. "Insider Trading: Regulation in Europe." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 1, no. 2 (April 1986): 125–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0148558x8600100205.
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This paper looks at insider trading regulation in Europe and finds a broad spectrum. Two countries, the United Kingdom and Sweden, have insider regulations very similar to those in the United States. The author attributes this to well-developed stock markets and the Swedish search for confidence in their stocks. At the other extreme, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Switzerland have no regulation at present.
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Avtsinov, Vyacheslav. "How Finland Appeared on the Map of Europe." ISTORIYA 12, no. 7 (105) (2021): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.18254/s207987840016470-6.
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This article studies Finland’s formation from the first mention of the Finns to the country's independence in 1917. The author touches upon the origin of the “Duke of Finland” and “Grand Duke of Finland” titles. During Swedish rule, a period that lasted more than 600 years, Finland did not represent a single community in terms of politics or administration. In the 17th — 19th centuries, its territory was divided into provinces, which had an equivalent status to Sweden’s provinces. Nevertheless, in the early years of the country's independence, a myth emerged in Finnish historiography about Sweden-Finland, which was allegedly a two-piece state, consisting of two equal and equal parts — Sweden and Finland. This myth persisted until late 1960s at least. Considerable attention is paid to the events of the Russian-Swedish war of 1808—1809, as a result of which Finland was annexed to Russia and the Grand Duchy of Finland was subsequently created. It was due to these events that Finland first appeared on the map of Europe as a self-governing territory within the Russian Empire. Finland as an independent state appeared on the map on 6 December, 1917. Considerable attention is paid to the events of the Russian-Swedish war of 1808—1809, as a result of which Finland was annexed to Russia, as well as the formation by Russia of the territory of the Grand Duchy of Finland. It was as a result of these actions that Finland first appeared on the map of Europe as a self-governing territory within the Russian Empire. The independent state of Finland appeared on the map on December 6, 1917.
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Pekkarinen, Antti. "Oligolectic bee species in Northern Europe (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)." Entomologica Fennica 8, no. 4 (December 1, 1997): 205–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.33338/ef.83945.
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Evolution of flower specialization in bees, the concepts of poly-, oligo- andmonolecty are reviewed. About 60 species recorded in the area of Finland and Sweden are regarded as oligolectic. The proportions of oligoleges among all pollen-collecting bee species are about 30 percent in alarge area of central and Northern Europe. The proportion is about 15 percent in the northern boreal area of Finland and Sweden, where the percentage of polylectic bumblebees is much greater than in more southern areas. Of the solitary bee species recorded in Finland and Sweden, 25 arc regarded as narrow oligoleges, of which 6 species collect pollen from Campanula and 5 from Salix. Eusocial Bombus consobrinus is regarded as a facultative narrow oligolege of Aconitum septentrionale and, apparently, this bee species is the only oligolege in northern Europe, whose distribution completely covers that of the pollen plant. The distribution limits of some narrow oligoleges (e.9. Eucera longicornis and Andrena hattorfiana) approximately follow certain frequencies of their principal pollen plants (lathyrus pratensis and Knautia, respectively). Of the oligolectic bee species in Finland, 32 occur on the lists of threatened species of England, southwestern Germany or Poland. Records of E. longicornis and A. hattorfiana from various periods are given as examples of the decline of oligolectic bees in Finland during recent decades.
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Eklund, Hanna. "Enlargements, and Displacements of Social Europe: the Example of Sweden." European Constitutional Law Review 14, no. 1 (March 2018): 114–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1574019618000044.
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EU law – Investigating the displacement of Social Europe at moments of EU enlargement – Sweden as an example of how Social Europe can be displaced – Enlargement of 1995 and austerity policy – Enlargement of 2004 and posted workers – Enlargement of 2007 and ‘vulnerable’ EU-migrants
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Sujecka, Jolanta. "Who Gets Carried Away by Europe?" Colloquia Humanistica, no. 5 (December 17, 2016): 199. http://dx.doi.org/10.11649/ch.2016.013.
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Who Gets Carried Away by Europe?In July 2014, the Young Academies from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland and Sweden announced an international contest. “Who gets carried away by Europe?” – was the prize question to which all the participants were asked to give a reply. Od redakcjiKomunikat dotyczący nagrody akademickiej "Who gets carried away by Europe?".
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Korytin, A. V., N. S. Kostrykina, and T. A. Malinina. "Carbon taxation in Europe." Law Enforcement Review 7, no. 4 (January 9, 2024): 55–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.52468/2542-1514.2023.7(4).55-65.
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The subject of the study is the carbon tax legislations of European countries.The purpose of the article is to identify the general consistent patterns of carbon taxation in a number of European countries: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Sweden and Switzerland.The methodology of the research includes the analysis of the provisions of the carbon taxing legislation of these countries.The main results, scope of application. The analysis shows that the structure of the carbon tax in European countries has differences, but the predominant form of taxation is an excise tax on fuel. In Sweden and Switzerland the excise rate is in direct proportion to the carbon content of the fuel, however in the UK, Norway and France excise rates are set more voluntary. Each country countries grant exemptions for specific fuel uses and industries that they deem essential to protect from the exceeding tax burden. In the Netherlands, Norway and France, carbon/energy taxation is applied in addition to the emissions trading system. In all these countries, this is motivated by the evaluation of the latter as insufficient to attain the objectives of diminishing CO2 emissions. Based on the experience of these countries, there is no prevalent model for the arrangement of carbon / energy taxation. For instance, France imposes an energy tax as an excise tax, that is, a consumption tax. The UK levies excise taxes on the consumption of natural gas, LNG, coal and electricity, correlated to the amount of energy contained in these fuel products. Norway applies both an excise and an indirect output tax in the oil sector. In the Netherlands, a carbon tax is levied on actual CO2 emissions (as far as they are accounted for under the EU ETS), but this tax only applies to ETS participants and only if the ETS prices are below the established level. Despite the high tax rates (up to 120 euros per ton of CO2 in Sweden and Switzerland), the significance of the carbon tax for the economies of the considered countries is low due to both low energy consumption and the high proportion of carbon-neutral energy sources such as hydroelectric, nuclear and biofuel.Conclusions. An analysis of the provisions of the carbon taxing legislations of various European countries revealed that these countries adopt such carbon tax schemes that optimize their administrative feasibility, public acceptability, and economic impact mitigation for vital sectors. At the same time, in the majority of countries, the carbon tax is implemented as an excise tax on fuel.
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Swedberg, Richard. "Tocqueville in Sweden." Tocqueville Review 22, no. 1 (January 2001): 201–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ttr.22.1.201.
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If a non-Swedish observer was asked to hazard a guess if Tocqueville had influenced Swedish political, cultural and intellectual life, she would probably answer that this would be quite unlikely, given the strong position of colleetivistic ideologies in this country.1 This answer is both correct and incorrect, as I shall try to show in this brief note which attempts to add to our knowledge of the reception of Tocqueville in Europe — a genre that was initiated by Francoisc Mélonio in Tocqueville et les Français in 1993. During the 19th century Tocqueville’s ideas were well known in political as well as cultural and intellectual circles in Sweden. During the 20th century, on the other hand, the interest more or less disappeared, although there exist some signs of a recent revival, set off by a new translation of De la démocratie en Amérique in 1997 (L’Ancien régime has never been translated into Swedish).
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Kubka, Andrzej. "Szwecja i problemy spójności współpracy państw w Europie Bałtyckiej w 2018 roku." Gdańskie Studia Międzynarodowe 16, no. 1-2 (November 30, 2018): 5–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.7622.
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Abstract Holding the presidency in crucial regional organizations and formats in Baltic Europe in 2018 (Nordic Council of Ministers, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Barents Euro-Arctic Council, formats N5 and NB8) Sweden is in exceptional position to enhance this region’s coherence. The goal of the analysis in the article is to explain in what way Sweden aims to coordinate the regional policy agenda. Official programmatic documents give the ground to assume that Sweden is seeking to achieve a regional coordinator’s role and is actively realizing planes which promote regional coherence in Baltic Europe. At the same time Sweden takes into consideration the European and global contexts of the policies in this region. The main overarching field of engagement in this respect becomes the realization of the UN Agenda 2030. The characteristics, i.e. scope and elaboration, of the political programmes of the Swedish presidency in the mentioned above organizations and formats suggests that Nordic as well as Nordic-Baltic cooperation are considered as the most important ones.
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Holtz-Bacha, Christina, Bengt Johansson, Jacob Leidenberger, Philippe J. Maarek, and Susanne Merkle. "Advertising for Europe." Nordicom Review 33, no. 2 (December 1, 2012): 77–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0015.
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Abstract This study analyzes and compares party ads that were broadcast on television during the 2009 European Election campaign in France, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Even though electoral TV ads have never reached the same importance in European countries as in the US, such ads are to be regarded as an expression of the specific political culture of a country and therefore have relevance beyond election campaigns. An international comparison of ads produced for the same event is particularly suited to revealing similarities across cultures as well as national idiosyncrasies. Additionally, the present study demonstrates a methodological approach that defines a ‘sequence’ as the unit of analysis instead of the whole spot, and thus it is different from previous research on electoral advertising.
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Jenkins, Jennifer, Marko Modiano, and Barbara Seidlhofer. "Euro-English." English Today 17, no. 4 (October 2001): 13–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078401004023.
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Ekblad, Solvig. "Mental health among recent immigrants to Sweden from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union." International Psychiatry 5, no. 3 (July 2008): 55–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s1749367600002058.
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Several European states such as Sweden have become transit countries for migrants, as well as reception countries for an increasing number of young migrants, not only asylum seekers and refugees from beyond Europe but also from the European Union's new members, after the dissolution of the Soviet bloc in 1989 and then the Soviet Union itself in 1991. Over 110000 immigrants from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union resided in Sweden in 2002, although the exact figure is difficult to estimate because of the varied legal status of the migrants. International migration is not a new phenomenon in this part of the world, of course: people have always moved in the search of greater personal safety, among other reasons. However, new groups with new psychosocial needs and demands on the healthcare systems of the host countries will be a challenge. The aim of this article is to give an overview of three sets of empirical data: •the prevalence of mental disorders among recent immigrants to Sweden from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union•their access to mental health and social care facilities arising from their legal status•their utilisation of health and social services
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Nyström, Kerstin. "Symposium: Sweden/Serbia and Europe – Periphery or Not?" Nordisk Østforum 27, no. 02 (June 13, 2013): 179–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.18261/issn1891-1773-2013-02-06.
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Carlsson, Jan. "EMC Europe 2014 in Gothenburg, Sweden - “A Memorable Symposium”." IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Magazine 4, no. 1 (2015): 118–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/memc.2015.7098527.
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Wastegård, Stefan, and Jane Boygle. "Distal tephrochronology of NW Europe – the view from Sweden." Jökull 62, no. 1 (December 15, 2012): 73–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.33799/jokull2012.62.073.
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Sigurdur Thorarinsson has inspired generations of tephrochronologists. In his thesis in 1944 he outlined the prospect of finding ash from some of the major Icelandic eruptions in peat bogs in Scandinavia. Since Christer Persson’s pioneering work in the 1960s, more than 15 tephra horizons have been identified in distal peat and sediment sequences in Sweden. The most widespread tephra from the Last Glacial-Interglacial transition (LGIT, ca. 15–9 ka BP) is the rhyolitic phase of the Vedde Ash (ca. 12.1 ka BP) which has been found in several sites with lacustrine sediments and uplifted marine clays south of the Younger Dryas moraines. Two significant new additions to the LGIT tephrochronological frameworks of NW Europe are the Hässeldalen (ca. 11.3 ka BP) and Askja-S tephras (ca. 10.4 ka BP). The most significant mid to late Holocene isochrones in Sweden are Hekla-4 (ca. 4260 BP), Hekla-S/Kebister (ca. 3720 BP), Hekla-3 (ca. 3000 BP) and Askja-1875. Other layers have been identified in single sites and are so far less valuable as marker horizons, but are potentially important for the future.
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Carlsson, Jan. "EMC Europe 2022 Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden - Onsite Event." IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Magazine 12, no. 3 (2023): 118–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/memc.2023.10364815.
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Chuguryan, Simona, Kristina Baculakova, and Rudolf Kucharcik. "The welfare state crisis and the strengthening of the far-right in Sweden as a result of increasing migration." Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University 2, no. 1(4) (May 31, 2023): 117–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.46991/jops/2023.2.4.117.
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This article attempts to reveal the main causes of the crisis of the welfare state and the rise of the extreme right in Sweden as a result of increased migration. The article clarifies the features of the Swedish model of the welfare state, which essentially became the basis of the Northern European model, which is considered the most complete expression of the essence of the social experiment of the northern countries. Sweden has a reputation for being an extremely open and overly tolerant country towards migrants from different parts of the world. At the height of the migratory crisis, no other country in Europe had received as many asylum seekers in proportion to its population as Sweden. For many left-wing sympathizers, this was confirmation that their state was a true ‘humanitarian superpower’. Unusually generous migration policy has led to a change in the political climate and allowed more radical political forces to emerge. Stereotypes have been disrupted and relatively homogeneous Swedish society is gradually becoming multicultural. There is even a change in the attitude of Swedes themselves towards the entry, integration, permanent residence and naturalization of migrants into Swedish society.
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Ciobanu, Veniamin. "Data pertaining to the outbreak of the Lithuanian insurrection (25 March 1831), retrieved from Swedish diplomatic sources." Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies 3, no. 1 (August 15, 2011): 65–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.53604/rjbns.v3i1_4.
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Similarly to the Polish insurrection of November 1830, the Lithuanian one, occurring in March 1831, retained the attention of the Swedish diplomacy from the very beginning. This was made possible, in the first place, by the fact that the events were connected by a strong link of causality, in the sense that they aimed at severing Poland and Lithuania from the political-institutional system of the Russian Empire and at reconstituting the old one, i.e. the Polish-Lithuanian Union. But the latter’s victory would have first resulted in the radical upheaval of the ratio of forces in North-Eastern Europe, which could have also affected the Swedish-Norwegian political-institutional system, since it was assumed that the Norwegians would not have spared any time in following the Lithuanian and Polish example by denouncing the personal union with Sweden. Moreover, the revolutionary wave sweeping over Europe in 1830 was not one to avoid Sweden. Unlike other areas, the Swedes that opposed King Karol XIV Jan’s government went no further than to criticise it, despite the fact that both the criticism and the programme of the opposition kept increasing in boldness. The Swedish diplomacy therefore approached the issue of the Polish and Lithuanian insurrections from the same perspective, taking particular care to observe their evolution, placing itself in a position of reserveless condemnation of such behaviour. The documents transcribed in the following pages are the diplomatic reports of N. Fr. Palmstjerna, the chargé d’affaires of Sweden in Petersburg, and were selected from the Sveriges Riksarkivet, Kabinettet/UD Huvudarkivet, E2D, 702, the Petersburg fund, 1821, Jan.-iuni. They sometimes contain very detailed information pertaining to the early phase of the Lithuanian insurrection. By introducing them to the academic circuit, we express our hope that they will contribute to the expansion of the research horizon of the history of North-Eastern Europe from the first half of the 19th century.
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Rausing, Gad. "The wheeled cauldrons and the wine." Antiquity 71, no. 274 (December 1997): 994–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00085884.
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Grapes appear rather early in temperate Europe: even in the cool north of Sweden, their pips occur in the Neolithic. With grapes go wine, and with wine go the artefacts of wine, amongst them the cauldron on wheels — a grand and an odd artefact type of Bronze Age Europe.
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Morgan, Julian, Florence Hubert, Dawn Holland, and Dirk te Velde. "Section III. Prospects for Europe." National Institute Economic Review 164 (April 1998): 46–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002795019816400108.
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Aggregate EU growth was estimated to have been 2.6 per cent last year, markedly higher than the 1.8 per cent recorded in 1996. Ireland remained the fastest growing EU economy with the most recent estimates putting growth at over 10 per cent last year. Finland also recorded rapid growth of nearly 6 per cent. A large group of countries, comprising the UK, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal also enjoyed growth rates of 3 per cent or above. Italy and Sweden recorded growth rates below 2 per cent for the second year running.
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Agafoshin, M. M., and S. A. Gorokhov. "Impact of external migration on changes in the Swedish religious landscape." Baltic Region 12, no. 2 (2020): 84–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2020-2-6.
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For most of its history, Sweden has been a country dominated by the Lutheran Church, having the status of the official state religion. Starting in mid-to-late 20th century, mass immigration to Europe had a considerable impact on the confessional structure of Sweden’s population. The growing number of refugees from the Balkan Peninsula, the Middle East, and Africa has turned Sweden into a multi-religious state. Sweden has become one of the leaders among the EU countries as far as the growth rates of adherents of Islam are concerned. Immigrants are exposed to adaptation difficulties causing their social, cultural and geographical isolation and making relatively isolated migrant communities emerge. This study aims at finding correlation between the changes in the confessional structure of Swedish population (as a result of the growing number of non-Christians) and the geographical structure of migrant flows into the country. This novel study addresses the mosaic structure of the Swedish religious landscape taking into account the cyclical dynamics of replacement of Protestantism by Islam. The methods we created make it possible to identify further trends in the Sweden’s religious landscape. This study adds to results of the complex sociological and demographic studies of the confessional structure of the Swedish population.
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Berglund, Björn E. "How Humans Have Shaped European Nature." Nature and Culture 6, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 97–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/nc.2011.060106.
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Voronov, K. "Security Modus Operandi of the Northern Europe." World Economy and International Relations 65, no. 1 (2021): 82–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2021-65-1-82-89.
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The article analyses the complex influence of dangerous changes, which took place after 2014 in the international political environment in Europe, on the ongoing transformations, suggests essential revision of national policies of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland) in the field of their security and defenсe. The degree of military and political tension in the North of Europe has increased significantly after 2014. The conflict is escalating due to additional deployment within the so-called reinforcement of the “eastern flank” of the Alliance with three allied battalions, and NATO weapons in the Baltic States and Poland. However, great strategic stability in the zone of direct contact between NATO and Russia is still possible to maintain. The international political situation in the subregion has also deteriorated markedly as a result of the U.S., NATO and EU sanctions policy against Russia, strengthening of transatlantic relations of the Nordic countries, and reinforcement of allied ties within the framework of the Western bloc policy as a whole. It noted signified not only a revision in favor of further strengthening of transatlantic ties in the policy of bloc allegiance of the Nordic countries – members of NATO (Denmark, Norway, Iceland), but also an obvious intensification of practical cooperation between formally non-aligned states (Sweden and Finland) with the Alliance structures. The Nordic Defenсe Cooperation (NORDEFCO) has also started to acquire a risky pro-Atlantic style, losing its previous autonomous subregional nature. Apparently, in the present complex situation, the Nordic Five is disposed to solve security and defence problems by: 1) having a greater many-sided cooperation with NATO; 2) giving a real, limited meaning to the European Union in the military-political sphere; 3) continuing to bear pressure upon Russia for the purpose of limiting Russian influence in the subregion, especially in the Baltic region. In the near future, the problem of NATO accession for Sweden and Finland may remain in the same precarious condition unless some dangerous force majeure circumstances occur in the Baltic region.
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Marks, Sarah. "Psychotherapy in Europe." History of the Human Sciences 31, no. 4 (October 2018): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0952695118808411.
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Psychotherapy was an invention of European modernity, but as the 20th century unfolded, and we trace how it crossed national and continental borders, its goals and the particular techniques by which it operated become harder to pin down. This introduction briefly draws together the historical literature on psychotherapy in Europe, asking comparative questions about the role of location and culture, and networks of transmission and transformation. It introduces the six articles in this special issue on Greece, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Russia, Britain and Sweden as well as its parallel special issue of History of Psychology on ‘Psychotherapy in the Americas’. It traces what these articles tell us about how therapeutic developments were entangled with the dramatic, and often traumatic, political events across the continent: in the wake of the Second World War, the emergence of Communist and authoritarian regimes, the establishment of welfare states and the advance of neoliberalism.
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KÚDELA, MATÚŠ, PETER H. ADLER, and TATIANA KÚDELOVÁ. "Taxonomic status of the black fly Prosimulium italicum Rivosecchi (Diptera: Simuliidae) based on genetic evidence." Zootaxa 4377, no. 2 (January 31, 2018): 280. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.8.
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The black fly Prosimulium italicum Rivosecchi, distributed in the Apennines and Sicily, was described as a subspecies of Prosimulium hirtipes (Fries), based on a few morphological details. It subsequently was considered conspecific with P. hirtipes and the name was synonymized. Analyses of polytene chromosome banding patterns and sequences of mitochondrial DNA (COI and COII) revealed deep genetic divergence between P. italicum from Italy and P. hirtipes from northern and central Europe and confirmed the species status of P. italicum. Populations of P. italicum either lack chromosomal inversion IS-9 or carry it as an X-chromosome polymorphism, whereas all analyzed populations of P. hirtipes (Slovakia, Sweden, England, and Scotland) are fixed for IS-9. The average K2P genetic distance was 3.7% between P. italicum and P. hirtipes from northern Europe (Sweden) and 4.3 % between P. italicum and P. hirtipes from central Europe (Slovakia). Cytogenetic analysis showed the presence of two cytoforms of P. hirtipes (‘A’ in Sweden and Slovakia and ‘B’ in England and Scotland) and two cytoforms of P. italicum (‘A’ in Sicily and ‘B’ in Campania and Basilicata), all of which differ in their sex chromosomes and autosomal polymorphisms, suggesting that P. hirtipes and P. italicum might each be a complex of cryptic species.