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  2. Immigration to Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Immigration to Sweden is the process by which people migrate to Sweden to reside in the country. [2] Many, but not all, become Swedish citizens . The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused some controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, impact on upward social ...

  3. Swedish Canadians - Wikipedia

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    Whereas the majority of the earlier Swedish immigrants in America are from south-central Sweden, a significant portion of the Swedish immigrants in Canada are from the Stockholm region and Northern Sweden. [17] As the economic situation improved after the Second World War, the overall emigration rate of Sweden slowed considerably.

  4. Swedish Public Employment Service - Wikipedia

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    The Swedish Public Employment Service (Swedish: Arbetsförmedlingen) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Employment mainly responsible for the public employment service in Sweden and the implementation of labour market policies. The agency should help facilitate meetings and bring together employers with job seekers ...

  5. Canadian Job Bank - Wikipedia

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    The Job Bank is an employment website operated by Employment and Social Development Canada. It provides an online database of job listings in Canada , as well as other employment services and information for recruiters and job seekers, including career planning, resume creation, job matching, and notifications.

  6. Nordic immigration to North America - Wikipedia

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    Many Danish immigrants became homesteaders, contributing to the agricultural development of regions such as Alberta and Saskatchewan. In the 20th century, the reasons for Danish immigration to Canada diversified. Some sought economic opportunities, while others came for family reunification or to escape political turmoil in Europe.

  7. Swedish diaspora - Wikipedia

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    It was not until after 1880 that significant numbers of Swedes immigrated to Canada. From WWI onwards, almost all of the Swedish immigrants entered Canada coming directly from Sweden. In addition to Swedish immigrants from south-central part of Sweden, a relatively large number of Swedish immigrants came from Stockholm and northern Sweden.

  8. Income inequality in Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Many Immigrants to Sweden are by Swedish standards poorly educated and unskilled. [ citation needed ] According to a news report by thelocal.se, a 2008 change to Sweden's labour migration laws designed to make it easier for companies to recruit non-Europeans to hard-to-fill high-skilled jobs, has instead been used primarily to bring low-skilled ...

  9. Nordic and Scandinavian Canadians - Wikipedia

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    The highest concentration of Scandinavian Canadians is in Western Canada, especially British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. As of the 2016 Canadian census, there are approximately 1.2 million Canadians of Nordic and Scandinavian descent, or about 3.49% of the total population of the country. [1]