This article describes the history of Sweden from 1989 until present day. // Main article: Prehistoric Sweden Sweden, as well as the adjacent country Norway, has a high concentration of petroglyphs (ristningar[1] or hällristningar[2] in Swedish) throughout the country, with the highest concentration in the province of Bohuslän. ...

// Main article: Prehistoric Sweden Sweden, as well as the adjacent country Norway, has a high concentration of petroglyphs (ristningar[1] or hällristningar[2] in Swedish) throughout the country, with the highest concentration in the province of Bohuslän. ... // Ice age The pre-history of Sweden begins at the end of the Pleistocene epoch at the beginning of Holocene epoch, following the last ice age, the Weichsel glaciation. ... This article will cover the time following the pre-historic era and partly the Viking Age, and spans from circa 800 AD, when the process of Christianization began, up to 1523, when the king Gustav Vasa was crowned. ... // Gustav Vasa Main article: Gustav Vasa Gusav Vasa Gustav Vasa had political and religious difficulties in his kingdom, established in 1523. ... // Charles IX Main article: Charles IX of Sweden Not till March 6, 1604, after Duke John son of John III of Sweden, had formally renounced his hereditary right to the throne, did Charles IX of Sweden begin to style himself king. ... Sweden between the years 1611 and 1718 is known as the Swedish Empire. ... The period from Charles XIIs death in 1718 to Gustav IIIs coup detat in 1772 is mostly referred to as Frihetstiden (the Age of Liberty), representing a 50 year long experiment with Parliamentarism and increasing Civil Rights. ... // The Enlightened Despot See also: Gustav III of Sweden Adolf Frederick of Sweden died on February 12, 1771. ... Sweden and Norway 1888 The Union between Sweden and Norway refers to the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union, following the Convention of Moss, on August 14, and the Norwegian constitutional revision of November 4. ... // Politics in the New Riksdag See also: Politics of Sweden The economic condition of Sweden, owing to the progress in material prosperity which had taken place in the country as the result of the Franco-Prussian War, was at the accession of Oscar II to the throne on September 18... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... No democratic head of government has held office longer than Tage Erlander. ... The military history of Sweden is very diverse. ...

Bildt's ministry

Carl Bildt.

In the late 1980s, racism and xenophobia rose, with organizations such as Bevara Sverige Svenskt, later restructured as Sverigedemokraterna. Right-wing populists Ny demokrati made a completely unsuspected rush to the Riksdag in the 1991 elections, and became a minor supporting party of a new liberal government, more determined to profile itself as anti-socialist and cosmopolitan this time. This new government (1991-94) headed by Carl Bildt initiated a number of dismantlings of state-run monopolies (for example television, telephone services & hospital care), promised a drive to reshape and internationalize higher education and also lay the foundations for Sweden's subsequent entry into the European Union. It also had to battle the most serious economic crisis seen in fifty years. Prices went up, unemployment rocketed, and in late 1992, under the pressure of a flurry of financial speculation that shook several European currencies at this time, the Swedish krona was set free against other currencies, and immediately dropped about 15% against the US Dollar. The drain on the state treasury from 1992 on was overwhelming, and though agreements were soon reached with the Social democrats on measures to tackle the crisis, the hard conditions and deep economic recession were to last through the nineties. About the same time a serial killer known as Lasermannen ("the Laser Man") scared Swedish immigrants. Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling · Lynching Hate speech · Hate crime · Gay bashing Genocide · Holocaust · Pogrom Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing · Race war Religious persecution Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism · Hate groups White/Black/Latino supremacy Radical Islam · Fundamentalism · Kahanism Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism · Civil rights · Gay rights Womens/Universal suffrage Childrens rights... Look up xenophobia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bevara Sverige Svenskt (BSS), which in English means Keep Sweden Swedish was a nationalist Swedish political movement. ... Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) is a Swedish political party. ... Ny Demokrati, or New Democracy, was a Swedish political party represented in the Riksdag between 1991 and 1994. ...   (born July 15, 1949) is a Swedish politician and diplomat, currently serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt. ... ISO 4217 Code SEK User(s) Sweden Inflation 1. ... A recession is traditionally defined in macroeconomics as a decline in a countrys real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two or more successive quarters of a year (equivalently, two consecutive quarters of negative real economic growth). ... LaserMan redirects here. ...

Comeback of Social Democrats

Main article: Cabinet of Göran Persson

M/S Estonia.

The 1994 elections restored Ingvar Carlsson's Social democratic minority government. During the interregnum after the election, the car and passenger ferry M/S Estonia was lost on the Baltic Sea on September the 28th, killing 852 people, most Swedish. After Carlsson's retirement in 1996, he was replaced by Göran Persson, who remained in power until the 2006 elections. It has been suggested that Scandals shaking the Swedish Social Democratic government be merged into this article or section. ... Image File history File links Estonia_ferry. ... Image File history File links Estonia_ferry. ... M/S Estonia Model of the M/S Estonia in Tallinns Maritime Museum The M/S Estonia was a car and passenger ferry built in 1979 at the German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg. ... Hans Göran Persson ( ) (born January 20, 1949), was the thirty-first Prime Minister of Sweden (1996 – 2006). ...

The Öresund Bridge, completed in 2000.

Sweden entered the European Union in 1995 after a consultative referendum the previous year. The entry into the EU has in some ways turned a page in Swedish history and could be seen as signifying the end of the old political project (rooted in the 1940s and 1950s) with its emphasis on equality and security in the context of a single state, Sweden, which would then be strong enough to let itself act and be heard in the larger outside world, an attitude which is also expressed in the familiar Swedish wording nere på kontinenten ("down in the Continent") meaning something occurred in Europe, as opposed to in Sweden. The Oresund Bridge between Malmö and Copenhagen, Denmark, was opened in 2000, and has manifested Sweden's stronger ties to continental Europe. Image File history File links Oeresund_Bridge. ... Image File history File links Oeresund_Bridge. ... The Oresund Bridge The Oresund Bridge (joint Danish/Swedish hybrid name: Øresundsbron) is a combined two-track rail and four-lane road bridge across the Oresund strait. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Since the introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden six referendums have been held. ... Satellite image of the Oresund Bridge. ... View over Malmö towards the old city, from the Kronprinsen skyscraper. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)). It is also the name of the...

During the late 1990s, the Swedish Armed Forces were severely downsized, with enlistment decreasing to 20% of all young men (from 90% at the height of the cold war), but remained present in UN peacekeeping forces, not least the Yugoslav wars, where former prime minister Carl Bildt was envoy for the EU, and later the UN. The Swedish Armed Forces, or Försvarsmakten, is a Government agency responsible for the peacetime operation of the armed forces of Sweden. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

Prime Minister Göran Persson on an official visit in Washington D.C..

In the first half of 2001, Sweden was the presidential country of the EU and, throughout these months, hosted a series of high-profile meetings and workshops, culminating in June with a summit in Gothenburg visited by George W. Bush and all the major EU heads of government - this was the first visit of a sitting US President in Sweden. This summit was an important step for the eastward expansion of the EU three years later, but the security of the event was adventured by protesting left-wing groups rioting and attacking police downtown. A referendum in 2003, after years of uneasy discussion, lead to a resounding no to the proposed adoption of the euro. The perplexing effect on the leading political strata, many business people and the media, in all of which groups the support for the adoption of the euro had been overwhelming, of this vote was increased by the bitter fact that the campaign had been disrupted four days prematurely by the assassination of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who, had she lived, would doubtless have succeeded Göran Persson within one or two years (as confirmed by the PM himself in later interviews and by her obvious standing within her party). File links The following pages link to this file: Göran Persson George W. Bush Categories: NowCommons ... File links The following pages link to this file: Göran Persson George W. Bush Categories: NowCommons ... Hans Göran Persson ( ) (born January 20, 1949), was the thirty-first Prime Minister of Sweden (1996 – 2006). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... The Gothenburg Riots (In Swedish: Göteborgskravallerna) toke place in the Swedish city of Gothenburg during the three days of the EU summit, June 14, 15, 16, 2001. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ISO 4217 Code EUR User(s) European Union: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy (except Campione dItalia), Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

This closed-circuit television footage of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh's assassin is embedded in the minds of the Swedish people.

While the assassination of Anna Lindh was not connected to the campaigning on the Euro, or on EU issues in general, and while the trend toward a rejective vote was clear in gallups weeks before the referendum, both the Gothenburg riots and the no to the euro show that many Swedes, and in particular many young Swedes, feel disenfranchised by the new EU-oriented and less self-assured country they are living in. Image of the killer of Anna Lindh, Mijailo Mijailovic released by the Stockholm police. ... Image of the killer of Anna Lindh, Mijailo Mijailovic released by the Stockholm police. ... The usage of surveillance cameras is increasing rapidly. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The Gothenburg Riots (In Swedish: Göteborgskravallerna) toke place in the Swedish city of Gothenburg during the three days of the EU summit, June 14, 15, 16, 2001. ...

In the tsunami disaster on Boxing Day, 2004, thousands of Swedish tourists in Thailand and other parts of south-east Asia were affected - Sweden was the Western country hardest struck by the catastrophe. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs was unmanned due to the holidays, and the lack of government action caused a political scandal which shook the confidence of Persson's cabinet, not least foreign minister Laila Freivalds. She resigned after another scandal, where she had been informed in advance of a Swedish Security Service shutdown of the Sweden Democrats' web site featuring the infamous Muhammad cartoons. Swedish press noted that this was the first case of Swedish government censorship due to foreign threat since World War 2. Sweden is one of few western countries where these cartoons have not been published in any mainstream mass media, but was still affected though the proximity to Denmark - Swedish-Danish dairy producer Arla suffered from middle-eastern boycotts, and when minister of foreign aid Carin Jämtin went to Sudan to investigate the Darfur genocide, the governor of Darfur used the cartoons as a pretext not to receive her. Tsunami strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. ... Laila Freivalds Photo: Magnus Fröderberg/norden. ... SÄPO (Säkerhetspolisen, literally the Security Police, correct name Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetavdelning, RPS/SÄK, literally the National Police Boards Department of Security), is the Security Service of Sweden, belonging to the Swedish National Police Board. ... The Face of Muhammed. ... Arla can refer to Arla (file system) Arla Foods Arla, Greece Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Carin Jamtin Carin Jämtin (born 1964 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. ... The Darfur conflict is an ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a government-supported militia recruited from local Arab tribes, and the non-Arab peoples of the region. ...

Reinfeldt's ministry

Main article: Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt

Several new political parties - among them Feminist Initiative led by former leftist leader Gudrun Schyman, the euro-skeptical June List (originating in the European Parliamentary elections of 2004) and the anti-copyright Pirate Party ran for the riksdag election of 2006 with attention from mass media, but little success. In this election, the liberal coalition "Allians för Sverige" ("Alliance for Sweden") gained a majority in the riksdag and presented Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderates as their prime minister candidate. The success of the Sweden Democrats, who gained seats in several municipal councils, and got 2,9% of the Riksdag votes (though not meeting the 4% threshold), intimidated the established parties. During 2006, the new cabinet did not conduct any major social or economic reforms. During the first week, there was a series of scandals, where some of the cabinet ministers turned out to have dodged the television license fee, and paid maids under the table. Ministers Maria Borelius and Cecilia Stegö Chilo stepped down after only a few days in office. Now, the cabinet was criticised for lack of gender equality and diversity because it only contains only nine women (out of 22 ministers), but defenders of the cabinet pointed out that Sweden had got her first African-born minister (Nyamko Sabuni) and the first openly homosexual minister (Andreas Carlgren) ever. Foreign minister Carl Bildt was questioned for his former directorship in Vostok Nafta, and his possible bias in the question of the planned Nord Stream pipeline between Russia and Germany on the floor of the Baltic sea, through Swedish territorial waters. Fredrik Reinfeldt has served as Prime Minister of Sweden since October 6, 2006. ... Feminist Initiative (Swedish: Feministiskt initiativ, abbreviated Fi or F!) is a political party in Sweden. ... Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician. ... The June List (Junilistan) is a Swedish political party, originally founded as a loose group seeking cross-party alliance arguing for a reformed European cooperation, started to run in the European Parliament election in 2004. ... Wall projection in Barcelona 2005 Copyfight Meeting Anti-copyright refers to the opposition to copyright laws. ... The Pirate Party (Swedish: Piratpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ... John Fredrik Reinfeldt (IPA: ) (born August 4, 1965 in Österhaninge) is the current Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party (Swedish: ). A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Swedish Young Conservatives in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairperson of... Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna, SD), founded in 1988 by Leif Zeilon, is a Swedish far right political party. ... The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ... A television licence is an official licence required in some countries for all owners of a television receiver. ... Maria Borelius Maria Borelius (born July 6, 1960) is a Swedish journalist, politician and member of the Moderate Party. ... Marie Cecilia Stegö Chilò (IPA: , born 25 March 1959) was the Swedish Minister for Culture for ten days, from October 6, 2006 to October 16, 2006. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Diversity is the presence of a wide range of variation in the qualities or attributes under discussion. ... Nyamko Sabuni Nyamko Ana Sabuni (born 31 March 1969 in Burundi) is the Swedish Minister for Integration and Equality. ... Andreas Carlgren Hemming Andreas Carlgren (born 8 July, 1958, Västra Ryd, Uppland), is a Swedish Centre Party politician and the current Minister for the Environment. ...   (born July 15, 1949) is a Swedish politician and diplomat, currently serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt. ... Vostok Nafta logo Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd is a investment company mainly focused on oil and gas from the former Soviet Union. ... Nord Stream pipeline Nord Stream (former names: North Transgas and North European Gas Pipeline) is a planned natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. ...

Culture and mass media

Main article: Culture of Sweden

During the 1990s Sweden became a leading power in information technology. Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt (m) and American President Bill Clinton were the world's first heads of government to exchange e-mail. Mobile telephony spread fast during the same decade, thanks to fruitful cooperation between the manufacturer Ericsson and government-owned network operator Televerket (which is now part of TeliaSonera). Currently, Sweden is converting to digital terrestrial television and expanding a 3G network. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...   (born July 15, 1949) is a Swedish politician and diplomat, currently serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt. ... The Moderate Coalition Party or Moderata samlingspartiet (commonly referred to as Moderaterna) is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Cellular redirects here. ... Lars Magnus Ericsson Ericsson () NASDAQ: ERIC is a Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer, founded in 1876 as a telegraph equipment repair shop by Lars Magnus Ericsson. ... Televerket was the name of the Swedish and Norwegian government agencies for telecommunications. ... TeliaSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland, and is also active in other countries in Northern and Eastern Europe, with a total (2004) of 26 million customers, 29,082 employees, sales of 81,937 million SEK, and profit of 12,964 million... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound through a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... It has been suggested that Evolution to 3G be merged into this article or section. ...

Since the 1990s, Sweden is relatively tolerant to homosexuality and is since 2002 the only country in the world to outlaw hate speech against it. The first trial for this crime was in 2004-5 against Pentecostalist Åke Green, and brought international attention. Homosexuality refers to sexual and romantic attraction between two individuals of the same sex. ... Hate speech is a controversial term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, language ability, moral or political views, socioeconomic class, occupation and... Ã…ke Green (born 3 June 1941) is a Pentecostal Christian pastor who was sentenced to one month in prison under Swedens law against hate speech. ...

Sports

Main article: Sports in Sweden

Sweden has continued its success in sports such as alpine skiing (Pernilla Wiberg and Anja Pärson), golf (Annika Sörenstam), ice hockey (Mats Sundin and Peter Forsberg), and football (Tomas Brolin, Henrik Larsson and Zlatan Ibrahimović). Sweden has also emerged as a great power in track and field with world champions as Carolina Klüft, Kajsa Bergqvist, Stefan Holm, Christian Olsson and Susanna Kallur, and hosting of the world championships in 1995 and the European championships in 2006, both in Gothenburg. Pernilla Wiberg (born October 15, 1970 in Norrköping) is one of Swedens most famous and talented alpine skiers. ... Anja Sofia Tess Pärson (born April 25, 1981 in UmeÃ¥, Sweden) is a Swedish alpine skier winner of seven world championships and two overall Alpine Skiing World Cups. ...   (born October 9, 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. ... Mats Johan Sundin (born February 13, 1971, in Bromma, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League. ...   (born July 20, 1973 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player from Sweden. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Tomas Brolin (born November 29, 1969 in Hudiksvall) is a former Swedish football (soccer) player, a key member of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup. ... Henrik Edward Larsson MBE [IPA: ] (born September 20, 1971 in Helsingborg, SkÃ¥ne, Sweden) is a biracial Swedish football player. ... Zlatan Ibrahimović (IPA: [], Bosnian pronunciation; born October 3, 1981 in Malmö) is a Swedish football striker. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Carolina Evelyn Klüft (Swedish IPA: ) (born February 2, 1983) is a Swedish athlete competing in heptathlon, long jump and pentathlon. ... Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist (born October 12, 1976 in Sollentuna, Sweden) is an athlete competing in high jump. ... Stefan Holm. ... Christian Olsson (born January 25, 1980 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is an athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. ... Susanna Elisabeth Kallur (born February 16, 1981 in Huntington, New York, USA) is a Swedish 100m (60m for indoor) hurdler runner who is a resident of Falun, Dalarnas län, and trains with Falu IK. Her twin sister Jenny Kallur, who she is 4 minutes younger than, is also a... The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ...

Sweden is #6 in the Winter Olympics medal count and #9 in the Summer Olympics medal count. Although this success can be partly explained by competing countries' casualties in the World Wars, and boycotts during the Cold War, Sweden remains a great power in sports despite its small size. The total medal count for all Winter Olympic Games from 1924 to 2006 is tabulated below. ... Totals for all Summer Olympics through 2004. ...