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SWEDEN

Sweden, whose official name is the Kingdom of Sweden, is located in the Northern part of Europe, on the geographic location of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is a Nordic country, known for its rich heritage with other similar societies. Its borders are defined by Finland and Norway, with the Oresund Bridge connecting the country with Denmark. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

The area known as Sweden today emerged in 1397 from the Kalmar Union, as well as through the unification efforts of King Vasa in the 1500's. The boundaries of Sweden were expanded in the 1600's, forming the Swedish Empire, however, the majority of these new territories were lost by the 19th century. After the final war of 1814, Sweden has remained at peace, adopting a neutrality policy in foreign and wartime matters.

The earliest recorded account of Sweden can be found in the Aspa runestone, which was created in the 11th century BC. However, archaeologists have unearthed evidence of ancient civilizations in the area dating back to as early as 12,000 BC. Through numerous national and international wars, the rise and fall of Swedish influences and culture influenced both the people of Sweden as well as in other lands. The country was finally and officially defined as a democracy in 1917, and has since continued to flourish in its political and international agenda, in its economy, and in its gross domestic product.

Swedish Web

Sweden is one of the more online countries in Europe. 76.7% of its entire population makes use of the web. during the year 2000, nearly half of the entire Swedish population had access to the internet and were making good use of the web. However it went up to over 70% in 2004 which was a good increase from the year 2000. The recent years have shown a steady increase in the number of web users, this would be due to the fact that Sweden is one of the countries with more developed internet and broadband services. In fact the Swedes are regular users of the web. at least one person in every household has internet access at the tip of their fingertips. Because of this, Sweden has one of the highest rates for internet usage as the number of people subscribing to broadband services grows by the minute. Majority of the web users would be people from the age bracket of 15 to 64 years of age. Surveys show that there are more males who use the internet as compared to the females. As Sweden is becoming more attuned to the different changes in the world, it is becoming more and more progressive. They are now using the web for the different things they need with their business and even in their everyday life. The Swedes use the web for communicating with other people and to help them expand their respective businesses. This is the reason why Sweden has become of the more progressive countries in the world

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