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Since the 1990s, Sweden has been relatively tolerant to homosexuality and in 2002 outlawed hate speech against it. [38] The first prosecution [citation needed] for this crime was in 2004–5 against Pentecostalist Åke Green, a case which brought international attention. [39] However, Åke Green was eventually acquitted. [40]
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [1]
The Sweden financial crisis 1990–1994 took place in Sweden when the deflation of a housing bubble caused a severe credit crunch and bank crisis and a deep recession. Similar crises took place in countries around the same time, such as in Finland and the Savings and Loans crisis in the United States. The causes of the crisis were similar to ...
15 January – Emil Herge, footballer [1] 10 March – Calle Lindh, alpine skier. 31 March. Markus Olsson, handball player. Sandra Roma, tennis player [2] 23 April – Sofia Jakobsson, footballer. 25 May – Simon Gustafsson, speedway rider. 9 August – Bill Skarsgård, actor. 29 October – Eric saade, singer.
Battle of Landskrona. 1678. Invasion of Rügen. 1679. August 23. Treaty of Fontainebleau signed, restoring all Danish conquests during the Scanian War to Sweden. 1680. City of Karlskrona founded. Great Reduction of 1680 enacted, returning to the Swedish Crown lands that had earlier been granted to the nobility.
Sweden's investment into research and development stood, in 2007, at over 3.5% of GDP. This is considerably higher than that of a number of MEDCs, including the United States, and is the largest among the OECD members. [56] Sweden rejected the Euro in a referendum in 2003, and Sweden maintains its own currency, the Swedish krona (SEK).
The demography of Sweden is monitored by Statistics Sweden (SCB). The 2005 Swedish census showed an increase of 1,488,322 compared to the 1990 census, an average increase of 88,680 annually. During the 1930s, birth rate increased by more than 88128.5 children per year while death rates fell and immigration surged.
Contents. List of prime ministers of Sweden. Olof Palme (left), Tage Erlander (center) and Ingvar Carlsson (right) were all prime ministers of Sweden. Prior to the creation of the office of prime minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government distinct from its head of state, the monarch, who traditionally held all executive authority.