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==Some Notable Swedes==
==Some Notable Swedes==
* [[Alfred Nobel]], instigator of the [[Nobel Prize]]
* [[Alfred Nobel]], inventor of dynamite; founded the [[Nobel Prize]]
* [[Anders Celsius]], inventor of the world standard [[Celsius scale]].
* [[Anders Celsius]], inventor of the world standard [[Celsius scale]].
* Carl von Linné (Carolus Linnaeus) inventor of the modern system of classifying all lifeforms.
* Carl von Linné (Carolus Linnaeus) inventor of the modern system of classifying all lifeforms.
* Greta Garbo, actress
* Greta Garbo, actress
* ABBA - 1970's rock group comprised of Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog.
* ABBA - 1970's rock group comprised of Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog.
* Dag Hammarskjöld
* Dag Hammarskjöld, UN leader
* Astrid Lindgren
* Astrid Lindgren
* Fredrik Ljungberg
* Fredrik Ljungberg
* Gustavus Adolphus (king, founder of Gothenburg etc, died 1632 in the Thirty Years War)
* Gustavus Adolphus (king, founder of Gothenburg etc, died 1632 in the Thirty Years War)
* Björn Borg, tennis player
* Björn Borg, tennis player
* Olof Palme
* Olof Palme, prime minister
* Ingemar Bergman
* Ingemar Bergman, actress
* Roxette
* Roxette
* Jussi Bjoeling
* Jussi Bjoeling
* Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), writer, everything, popular, is, wrong mystic and philosopher
* Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), writer, everything, popular, is, wrong mystic and philosopher
* Åsa Waldau, cult leader, the 'Bride of Christ'
* Åsa Waldau, cult leader, the 'Bride of Christ'
==Further reading==
* ''Sweden'' (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by DK Publishing (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Sweden-Eyewitness-Travel-Guides-Publishing/dp/0756609135/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241584198&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* ''Frommer's Sweden'' ed. by Danforth Prince (2009) [http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-Sweden-Complete-Danforth-Prince/dp/0470432144/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241584198&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* '' Lonely Planet Sweden'' ed. by Carolyn Bain and Graeme Cornwallis (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Sweden-Carolyn-Bain/dp/1740592271/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241584640&sr=1-25 excerpt and text search]
* ''The Rough Guide to Sweden'' ed. by James Proctor and Neil Roland (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Rough-Guide-Sweden-Travel-Guides/dp/1843536854/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241584198&sr=1-5 excerpt and text search]
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* Hancock, M. Donald ''Politics in Europe: An Introduction to the Politics of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Europe-Introduction-Kingdom-Germany/dp/1933116455/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241584640&sr=1-27 excerpt and text search]
* Nordstrom, Byron J. ''The History of Sweden'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Sweden-Greenwood-Histories-Nations/dp/0313312583/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241584511&sr=1-21 excerpt and text search]
==References==
* Scott, Franklin D. ''Sweden: The Nation's History'' (1988), survey by leading scholar; [http://www.amazon.com/Sweden-Enlarged-Franklin-D-Scott/dp/0809314894/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241584198&sr=1-11 excerpt and text search]
* Sprague, Martina. ''Sweden: An Illustrated History'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Sweden-Illustrated-History-Histories-Hippocrene/dp/0781811147/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241584511&sr=1-15 excerpt and text search]
==External links==
*[http://www.sweden.se SWEDEN.SE]
*[http://www.sweden.se SWEDEN.SE]
*[http://www.svenskakyrkan.se Svenska Kyrkan]
*[http://www.svenskakyrkan.se Svenska Kyrkan]
* [http://www.sci.fi/~fta/f19-1.htm F19, Swedish Volunteer Unit in Finland during the Winter War]
* [http://www.sci.fi/~fta/f19-1.htm F19, Swedish Volunteer Unit in Finland during the Winter War]
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2880.htm source for much of this article; not copyright]
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