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A Högskola (= university college in English) is an institution of higher education, similar to a university but typically smaller and with PhD-rights in fewer areas. The right to award doctoral degrees is in Sweden given and monitored by the Swedish Higher Education Authority in the same way for universities and university colleges.
Uppsala University – Campus Gotland (Swedish: Uppsala universitet – Campus Gotland) is a campus of Uppsala University and a former university college (högskola) previously known in English as University of Gotland (Swedish: Högskolan på Gotland). It is located in Visby on the Baltic island of Gotland, Sweden. [1]
The Swedish National Pensioners' Organisation (Swedish: Pensionärernas riksorganisation, PRO) is an advocacy group in Sweden representing pensioners.It's the largest pensioners' organisation in Sweden with 399,303 members as of 31 December 2006.
The Swedish social pension is administered by the Swedish Pensions Agency, and ensures a minimum level of pension for all residents. [24] It covers everyone who has worked or lived in Sweden. [25] The social pension consists of several different parts, such as the income pension, income pension complement, premium pension and guarantee pension ...
Uppsala University is one of the most prominent universities in Sweden and is commonly ranked within the top 100 in the world by several ranking agencies. [35] For example, for over ten years, it has been ranked among the 80 best universities in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. [36]
The Swedish Council for Higher Education (Swedish: Universitets- och högskolerådet, UHR) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Education and Research assigned to manage admissions to Swedish universities and university colleges, applications and development of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test, and evaluate foreign qualifications.
Here is a list of people who have received attention from national media, and have studied either at Mid Sweden University, or one of the colleges that later formed Mid Sweden University. Jerry Ahrlin, cross-country skier; Abir Al-Sahlani, Member of Parliament [7] Berit Andnor, former Minister for Social Affairs and member of parliament
Tilläggspension ("Supplementary pension") is a government-run pension system in Sweden, paid to wage labourers on retirement. It was originally enacted on 1 January 1960 by an act of parliament, and funded by payroll taxes paid by the employers. The original system was called Allmän tilläggspension ("General supplementary pension", ATP).