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Jan 24 2008 Sweden 2007 — green men and strong women

By: Johan Tell

As 2007 began drawing to a close, my youngest daughter said I should have won the Nobel Peace Prize instead of Al Gore, because she’d heard that my environment book had sold better than his. I had to explain that some truths apply only in Sweden — and that about 99.85 percent of the global population doesn’t understand Swedish.

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Dec 5 2007 Celebrating Christmas the Swedish way

As in many countries, Christmas in Sweden is a mixture of old and the new, religious and secular, native and foreign.

In the days before Christmas Swedes decorate...

Aug 27 2007 The Devil's Bible in Prague

After 350 years in Sweden the Devil’s bible is back in Prague for an exhibition at the Czech National Library. Princess Christina Mrs. Magnuson, the Minister for EU...

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