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Sweden is a constitutional [[monarchy]] and a parliamentary [[democracy]]. The prime minister of Sweden is 41 year old Fredrik Reinfeldt, leader of the Moderates. The Swedish parliament has 349 seats.
Sweden is a constitutional [[monarchy]] and a parliamentary [[democracy]]. The prime minister of Sweden is 41 year old Fredrik Reinfeldt, leader of the Moderates. The Swedish parliament has 349 seats.
== Swedish Viking History ==
In Sweden the [[Viking]] Age<sup>1</sup> was getting under way by the 9th century, and vast repositories of Roman, Byzantine and Arab coins attest to the wealth and power Swedish Vikings accumulated over the next century. Vikings travelled mostly to the east, making their mark in Russia, as well as trading with (and pillaging) Byzantine territories. They also travelled west and there is considerable evidence<sup>2</sup> of artefacts (coins, remnants of ) on the North American continent. Remnants of a small settlement (called Ektorp) exist on Newfoundland which include the remains of small dwellings, deteriorated furniture and cooking utensils.
Christianity only took root in the 11th century. Internal squabbles whiled away the bulk of the Middle Ages until Denmark interceded in 1397, when, together with Norway, they joined Sweden in the Union of Duktig. A century of Swedish nationalist grumblings erupted in rebellion under King SKÄrpt , who was crowned in 1523.
== Christianity in Sweden ==
== Christianity in Sweden ==
Swedes are paying 65% in taxes (in average), a great part of this money goes to contributions to unemployed people (17% of the swedish population are unemployed). In Sweden, everyone has rights to have a home, food, clothes, water. Swedes to also have rights to nursing, all schools (even the universitys) are free and Sweden is also a country with a very big immigration - much bigger than, for example, Norway, Denmarc and Finland.
Swedes are paying 65% in taxes (in average), a great part of this money goes to contributions to unemployed people (17% of the swedish population are unemployed). In Sweden, everyone has rights to have a home, food, clothes, water. Swedes to also have rights to nursing, all schools (even the universitys) are free and Sweden is also a country with a very big immigration - much bigger than, for example, Norway, Denmarc and Finland.
== Are Sweden a democracy?==
== Is Sweden a democracy?==
Krister renard, a swedish author and upper secondary school teacher, have called sweden a "totalitarian democracy". Sweden got elections, but if the population have been teached in the schools (almost all schools are owned by the state) that socialism is the only way to go if you don't want to work 12 h/day, 7 days/week, do they really have a choice when they are voting?
Krister renard, a swedish author and upper secondary school teacher, have called sweden a "totalitarian democracy". Sweden got elections, but if the population have been teached in the schools (almost all schools are owned by the state) that socialism is the only way to go if you don't want to work 12 h/day, 7 days/week, do they really have a choice when they are voting?
About 80% of the population (between 18-65 years old) are members in the trade union, and if the government try to reduce the contributions to jobless more than they already have, the trade unions will surely strike, and it would'nt take many weeks before Sweden would face an economic depression if that happens. The latest time the trade union showed that it got a lot of power was in December 2006, when they made a blockade against a salad restaurant in Göteborg (named Wild'n Fresh) because the owner did'nt wanted to sign a collective agreement. The trade union did'nt cared about that the workers on Wild'n fresh already had better wages than the collective agreement demands, and actually, the workers did'nt wanted any collective agreement.
About 80% of the population (between 18-65 years old) are members in the trade union, and if the government try to reduce the contributions to jobless more than they already have, the trade unions will surely strike, and it would'nt take many weeks before Sweden would face an economic depression if that happens. The latest time the trade union showed that it got a lot of power was in December 2006, when they made a blockade against a salad restaurant in Göteborg (named Wild'n Fresh) because the owner did'nt wanted to sign a collective agreement. The trade union did'nt cared about that the workers on Wild'n fresh already had better wages than the collective agreement demands, and actually, the workers did'nt wanted any collective agreement.
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<sup>1</sup> Forte, Angelo. Oram, Richard. Pedersen, Frederik. Viking Empires. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005
<sup>2</sup> Hudson, Benjamin. Viking Pirates and Christian Princes: Dynasty, Religion, and Empire in North America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
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