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Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.4 million,[1] and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats and Swedes and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen. An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the dominance of the Hanseatic League in Northern Europe threatened Scandinavia economically and politically. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian Kalmar Union in 1397, which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years' War on the Protestant side, an expansion of its territories began and eventually the Swedish Empire was formed, this became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814 when Norway was militarily forced into a personal union, which peacefully dissolved in 1905. In 2014, Sweden celebrated 200 years of peace, breaking even Switzerland's record for peace. Sweden maintained an official policy of neutrality during wartime and non-participation in military alliances during peacetime, although Sweden secretly relied on U.S. nuclear submarines during the Cold War. Sweden has since 2008 joined EU battlegroups, provided intelligence to NATO and since 2009 openly moved towards cooperation with NATO. In 2022, Sweden applied for NATO membership and was formally invited to join the alliance at the NATO Summit in Madrid. Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy, with legislative power vested in the 349-member unicameral . It is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities. Sweden maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens. It has the world's eleventh-highest per capita income and ranks very highly in quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, income equality, gender equality, prosperity and human development.[2] Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995 but rejected Eurozone membership following a referendum. It is also a member of the United Nations, the Nordic Council, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
[edit] How places in Sweden are organized at WeRelatePrior to 1634, Sweden was divided into provinces. In 1634 the provinces were replaced by counties. although the regions remain in informal use. The counties have been relatively stable since then, although a couple of county mergers took place in 1997 and 1998. The standard at WeRelate is to title Swedish place pages according to the county they belonged to in the early 1900's, with also-located-in links to the current county if it is different. In the context of Geneaology, Swedish place names are typically recorded in the following fashion: "Location, Parish, Municipality, County, Sweden", where "Location" is a village, town, farm or in bigger cities the name of the block. The exception is Gotland, where the municipality and county (and indeed the region) is one and the same, so there you write "Location, Parish, Gotland, Sweden". You may also encounter a shorthand, especially when it's implied that the location is Sweden of just writing "Parish (X)" where X is a letter signifying which county the parish is located in. Putting places into their proper municipality is an ongoing project at WeRelate. If you have some knowledge in this area, please help! [edit] All places in Sweden
[edit] Further information on historical place organization in Sweden[edit] External Links[edit] Research TipsThe most useful source of information for Swedish genealogy are the church records, recording births, deaths, marriages and migrations. They were stipulated by law in 1686, and although there are missing records they often stretch to the early 18th century, and in some cases as far back as the 16th century. Images of these books are available online with subscriptions from:
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