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Sweat test
The sweat test is a diagnostic procedure that measures chloride concentration in stimulated sweat to diagnose cystic fibrosis; a chloride level of 60 mmol/L or above supports the diagnosis.
Sweater
Sweater: a knitted upper-body garment, also called jumper or pullover. Descended from the Channel Islands gansey worn by fishermen, it became fashion in the 1920s via the Prince of Wales and Chanel, and now carries a quantified wool-recycling footprint.
Sweater curse
Sweater curse, also called the boyfriend sweater curse or curse of the love sweater: a knitting superstition that hand-knitting a sweater for a romantic partner causes a breakup, explained rationally as a costly commitment signal; a 2005 poll found 15% of knitters claiming firsthand experience.
Sweater Weather
"Sweater Weather" (2012) by The Neighbourhood, from I Love You., an alternative rock single by Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels, and Jeremy Freedman; number 1 on Alternative Airplay, RIAA Diamond, about 4.88 billion Spotify streams, and an unofficial bisexual anthem via Tumblr and TikTok.
Sweating sickness
Sweating sickness, or Sudor Anglicus, the English sweat: a rapidly fatal fever striking England in five epidemics (1485, 1508, 1517, 1528, 1551), killing within 24 hours, cause still unknown.
Sweatshop
A sweatshop, a term derived from the sweating system, is a workplace marked by poverty-level wages, excessive hours, and hazardous conditions, concentrated in clothing and textile manufacturing.
Swedbank
Swedbank AB is a Swedish bank with over 7.4 million customers in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, tracing its origins to Sweden's first savings bank in 1820.
Swede Risberg
Swede Risberg (Charles August Risberg, 1894-1975), Chicago White Sox shortstop and Black Sox member; helped fix the 1919 World Series, hit .080 in it, was acquitted but banned for life in 1921, and was the last of the eight to die.
Sweden
Sweden (Sverige): Nordic parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; King Carl XVI Gustaf head of state, Riksdag of 349 members, EU member since 1995, NATO's 32nd member since March 2024, population about 10.6 million.
Sweden Democrats
Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna, SD): nationalist, social-conservative Swedish party founded in 1988 from the 'Keep Sweden Swedish' milieu with neo-Nazi roots; led by Jimmie Åkesson since 2005; 20.5% and second place in 2022, Tidö support party from 2022; 17.48% in 2026.
Sweden during World War II
Sweden during World War II: formally neutral from September 1939, non-belligerent in the Winter War, supplying Germany iron ore and permitting troop transit until 1943, then accommodating the Allies and rescuing Danish Jews, remaining at peace throughout.
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest: participant since 1958, seven-time winner tied with Ireland, including ABBA's Waterloo (1974) and Loreen's 2012 and 2023 wins; entries chosen via SVT's Melodifestivalen.
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Sweden at Eurovision 2026 (Vienna): FELICIA's "My System", winner of Melodifestivalen 2026 with 161 points, qualified 9th from semi-final one and finished 20th in the Grand Final with 51 points, Sweden's worst result since 2010.
Sweden men's national football team
Sweden men's national football team (herrlandslaget, Blågult), SvFF side founded 1904; 13 World Cups, runners-up 1958, Olympic gold 1948, EURO '92 semi-final; coached by Graham Potter, captained by Victor Lindelöf, reached 2026 World Cup round of 32.
Sweden men's national ice hockey team
Tre Kronor, Sweden's men's national ice hockey team, run by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association (IIHF member since 1912); Olympic gold 1994 and 2006, 2006 Olympic-World double unique in IIHF history, fifth in the 2026 IIHF ranking.
Sweden Solar System
The Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System, uses Stockholm's Globe arena as the Sun, with planets placed across 950 km of Sweden at 1:20 million scale.
Sweden women's national football team
The Sweden women's national football team, organized by the Swedish Football Association, won the first Women's EURO in 1984 and took Olympic silver in 2016 and 2020.
Sweden–NATO relations
Sweden–NATO relations: Sweden's ties with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, from Partnership for Peace (1994) through its 18 May 2022 application to full membership on 7 March 2024, after ratifications by Türkiye and Hungary ended two centuries of neutrality.
Swedes
Swedes, or svenskar, are the people identified with Sweden, whether as citizens, speakers of Swedish, or members of an ethnic group; the boundaries of Swedishness remain contested.
Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien) is an independent Swedish institution of eighteen life members, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III and awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature since 1901.
Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
The Swedish Academy Nordic Prize (Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris) is an annual literary prize awarded by the Swedish Academy to Nordic writers, nicknamed the "Little Nobel Prize".
Swedish Air Force
Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet), founded 1 July 1926, is Sweden's air defense branch flying JAS 39 Gripen. Since NATO entry on 7 March 2024 it has flown Air Policing in Iceland and Poland under CAOC Uedem.
Swedish alphabet
Swedish alphabet: the 29-letter Latin-based alphabet for Swedish, adding Å, Ä, Ö after Z, unlike Danish/Norwegian æ, ø, å; ä and ö first printed 1495, å 1526.
Swedish Armed Forces
Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten): Sweden's military, NATO member since March 2024 as its 32nd state. Leads NATO's FLF Finland from Boden, deploys to Latvia, reinstated conscription in 2017, targets 3.5% GDP defense spending.
Swedish Army
The Swedish Army (Armén) is the land warfare branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. Distinguished by ground territorial defense, NATO land deployments to Latvia and Finland since March 2024, reinstated conscription, and planned growth from two to four brigades by 2030.
Swedish banking crisis
The Swedish banking crisis of 1991–93 was a systemic banking crisis in which major banks, after a late-1980s lending and property boom, needed blanket state guarantees and bad banks.
Swedish Chef
Swedish Chef, a Muppet character from The Muppet Show, debuted in 1975; performed by Jim Henson (voice) and Frank Oz (hands), now Bill Barretta; speaks mock Swedish gibberish, "bork bork bork."
Swedish cuisine
Swedish cuisine: the food tradition of Sweden, built on husmanskost home cooking, preservation methods like pickling and smoking, and imports reworked as Swedish (meatballs, smörgåsbord, kanelbulle), alongside New Nordic Cuisine and modern sustainability trends.
Swedish death metal
Swedish death metal: Swedish extreme metal style born in late-1980s Stockholm around Sunlight Studio's Boss HM-2 chainsaw guitar tone (Entombed, Dismember, Grave, Unleashed) and Gothenburg's melodic death metal (At the Gates, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity), distinct from US Florida death metal.
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Swedish: Försvarets materielverk, FMV) is a government agency under the Ministry of Defence that procures materiel for the Swedish Armed Forces.