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Switzerland, [d] officially the Swiss Confederation, [e] is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [ f ] [ 13 ] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
This made him Sweden's first ministerial representative in Switzerland, where the country had previously only been represented by a consular agent in Geneva. [3] In April 1957, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Swiss governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies.
The name of Sweden was Latinized as Suecia adopted in various Romance and Slavic languages, including Spanish Suecia, Catalan Suècia, Portuguese Suécia, Bulgarian Швеция Shvetsiya, and in non-European languages influenced by such languages, In these languages, there is frequent confusion between the names of Sweden and of Switzerland ...
The Swiss chroniclers of the 15th and 16th centuries present a legendary eponymous founder, one Suit (Swit, Schwyt, Switer), leader of a population migrating from Sweden due to a famine. Suit is said to have defeated his brother Scheijo (or Scheyg ) in single combat in a dispute over leadership of the new settlement.
Swiss expatriates in Sweden (1 C, 1 P) A. Ambassadors of Sweden to Switzerland (9 P) S. Swedish people of Swiss descent (1 C, 6 P) Swiss people of Swedish descent (3 P)
The Swiss people (German: die Schweizer, French: les Suisses, Italian: gli Svizzeri, Romansh: ils Svizzers) are the citizens of the multi-ethnic Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) regardless of ethno-cultural background [b] or people of self-identified Swiss ancestry. The number of Swiss nationals has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 8.7 ...
Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the U.S. National Guard's security partnership program in a further expansion of American military ties across Europe after Russia's ...
In 2005, Romania exported goods to Switzerland for a total of 206 million Swiss Francs, with Switzerland exporting for 547 million Swiss Francs to Romania, making Romania the biggest partner of Switzerland in South-West Europe. [248] By 2006, this had increased by 26% from Romania and 38% from Switzerland. [249] Romania has an embassy in Bern.