Questions tagged [sweden]
Sweden is a Scandinavian country in the Nordic region of northern Europe.
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How was a pot of coffee prepared in 18th century Sweden?
There is an (apocryphal?) story about Gustav III ordering a twin study of the effects of tea and coffee, making twins drink three pots of each every day. The Swedish coffee museum seems to regard it ...
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How did the military in the Scandinavian countries compare 1940?
A few years ago, Sweden's former prime minister and later foreign secretary Carl Bildt caused a minor scandal with the following tweet:
"The defense forces of 🇸🇪 in 1940 weren’t stellar, but ...
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How to interpret this Swedish military uniform(circa 1895)?
We recently found a picture of my G.Grandfather Sandstrom (on the right) at approx. 20 years of age in what I believe to be a Swedish Cavalry uniform circa 1895. There is a 6 on the side of his shako ...
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Who was Christophorus Uveida?
In Tycho Brahe’s book De mundi aetherei recentioribus phaenomenis, we can read that it was typeset by a certain Christophorus Uveida (see image).
I have tried a Google search about this person, but ...
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Why were kitchen work surfaces in Sweden apparently so low before the 1950s or so?
Watching old "newsreel"-like films from the 1950s and 1960s, and seeing this in old comics and from other Swedish sources, I have formed the perception that many/most/all kitchens in Sweden, ...
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What percentage of households in Sweden in the 1990s only had over-the-air TV?
I was born in the mid-1980s, so I grew up in Sweden in the 1990s. Our family was not rich, but we somehow did live in a house, as opposed to an apartment/flat.
We only had an antenna on the roof, with ...
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Did people living in Stockholm, Sweden in the late 1700s (18th century) really have to fetch their mail manually?
Recently, I've been watching this well-spoken man on YouTube (yes, it's quite unique) talking (in Swedish) about 18th century (1700s, that is) Sweden, and Stockholm in particular.
In one video, which ...
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What was middle class in Sweden in WW1?
This is written in the English Wikipedia article for "Madicken": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madicken
Du är inte klok Madicken is about a 7-year-old middle class girl, during World War I.
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Where can I find information on a Polish castle dismantled by Sweden?
I recently visited a castle in Krakow, Poland, where I learned that a Polish castle was dismantled by a Swedish king and loaded onto boats to be rebuilt in Sweden. Unfortunately, the castle sank to ...
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Can anyone identify this uniform? Is it from Sweden or USA?
I have 2 photos of my husband's grandfather Edwin Albin (1884-1962) that were taken in Minnesota in 1906. I’m hoping to find out more about the uniform Albin is wearing. Albin's father Claus August ...
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Why were the Scandinavians not as expansive as other Europeans in global colonization?
By expansive, I mean in terms of land area.
On the Wikipedia pages of Norway's, Sweden's, and Denmark's colonies, it shows they had very few parcels of land around the globe, compared to the colonies ...
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What was the first overland road from Sweden to Finland?
The Swedish post road from Norway, through Sweden, used the Åland archipelago to pass into Sweden, and this is easily found (evidence of) in the south of Finland to the present day. When (and where) ...
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How realistic is the food consumption in Astrid Lindgrens 'Emil of Lönneberga' books?
The books take place on a small rural farm in Smaland in Sweden. I don't think it is spelled out exactly what time period it takes place but I would put it around 1830 to 1850. If someone has some ...
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Did the Soviet Union's successful northern campaign have an impact on Swedish iron ore shipments to Germany?
Late in World War II, the Soviet Union successfully invaded Finland and forced her to disassociate herself from Nazi Germany. This happened to the point where the Finns were forced to allow Soviet ...
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When did “Duck, Duck, Goose“ migrate from Sweden to America?
I am curious as to when the game “Duck, Duck, Goose” moved from Sweden to America. Many of my friends whose parents are 65-80 years old never played the game and only heard of it because their ...
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