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Swedish Defence Research Agency
The Swedish Defence Research Agency (Swedish: Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut, FOI) is a Swedish government agency for military and civil defense research, established in 2001 and headquartered in Kista, Stockholm.
Swedish Dicks
Swedish Dicks is a Swedish-American comedy-drama series, Viaplay's first original, starring Peter Stormare and Johan Glans as unlicensed Swedish private investigators in Los Angeles, with Keanu Reeves as Tex; two seasons, 2016–2017, distributed globally by Lionsgate.
Swedish Empire
The Swedish Empire (stormaktstiden, 1611–1721) was Sweden's Baltic-centered great-power era under Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII, peaking at about 1.1 million km², with colonies like New Sweden, ending with the Treaty of Nystad in 1721.
Swedish Estonia
Swedish Estonia, remembered in Estonian as Rootsi aeg, was the period from 1561 to 1710, legally 1721, when Estonia belonged to the Swedish realm, ending with the Great Northern War.
Swedish Fish
Swedish Fish, known in Sweden as Malaco pastellfiskar, are fish-shaped gelatin-free wine gum candies created by Malaco in Sweden in the late 1950s for the US market. The North American version is now made by Mondelēz in Hamilton, Ontario, and Turkey; the red flavor remains officially unconfirmed.
Swedish frigate program
Sweden's procurement of four French FDI air-defense frigates from Naval Group, named the Luleå class, signed in 2026 for about $5 billion and delivered 2030 to 2034.
Swedish grammar
Swedish grammar is the grammatical system of Swedish, a North Germanic language spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland, with two noun genders and verb-second word order in main clauses.
Swedish Hockey League
Swedish Hockey League (SHL, Svenska Hockeyligan), Sweden's top men's ice hockey league: founded 1975 as Elitserien, renamed 2013; 14 clubs, 52-game season, best-of-seven playoffs for the Le Mat trophy, relegation to HockeyAllsvenskan.
Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia, also abbreviated SHM, is a Swedish house trio of Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso, formed 2008, first electronic act to headline Madison Square Garden, split 2013, reunited 2018, album Paradise Again (2022).
Swedish Ingria
Swedish Ingria (Svenska Ingermanland), or Ingermanland, was a province of the Swedish Empire on the Gulf of Finland, ceded by Russia in 1617 and lost to it in 1721.
Swedish invasion of Moravia
The Swedish invasion of Moravia was a series of Thirty Years' War campaigns into the Habsburg margraviate of Moravia from 1642 to 1645, led chiefly by Field Marshal Lennart Torstensson.
Swedish krona
The Swedish krona, also known as the Svensk krona, is Sweden's national currency, issued by Sveriges Riksbank and floated freely since November 1992 with a 2 per cent inflation target.
Swedish language
Swedish (svenska) is the largest North Germanic language, official in Sweden and Finland, with about 9 million speakers. Known for pitch accent, /ʉ/, retroflexes, Finland Swedish, and asymmetric intelligibility with Danish.
Swedish Lithuania
Swedish Lithuania: the 1655–1656 Swedish-Grand Duchy of Lithuania union under the Kėdainiai treaties, distinct from Swedish Livonia and Estonia, collapsed in the 1656 Lithuanian uprising against Swedish rule.
Swedish Livonia
Swedish Livonia (Svenska Livland) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1629 to 1721, comprising parts of present-day southern Estonia and northern Latvia, including the city of Riga.
Swedish massage
Swedish massage, also called classic massage, is a hands-on therapy using five strokes to relax muscles and improve circulation, the most common form of therapeutic massage.
Swedish Match
Swedish Match is a Stockholm-based Swedish nicotine and consumer goods company making ZYN nicotine pouches and General snus, acquired by Philip Morris International for $16 billion in 2023.
Swedish Mauser
The Swedish Mauser is a family of bolt-action military rifles in 6.5×55mm that Sweden adopted between 1894 and 1941, including the m/94 carbine and m/96 rifle.
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI, Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut) is a Swedish government agency for weather, water, and climate information, founded in 1945.
Swedish Navy
Swedish Navy (Marinen), founded 1522 by Gustav Vasa, is the naval branch of Sweden's Armed Forces: submarine flotilla, surface flotillas, amphibious battalion, Naval Base; NATO member since March 2024, procuring four French FDI frigates and A26 submarines.
Swedish neutrality
Swedish neutrality: the policy of neutrality and non-alignment, founded by Karl XIV Johan in 1812 and declared in 1834, that kept Sweden out of wars from 1814 until it joined NATO as its 32nd member on 7 March 2024.
Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company
The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB, SKB) is owned by Sweden's nuclear utilities and manages disposal of about 12,000 tonnes of spent fuel.
Swedish occupation of Novgorod
The Swedish occupation of Novgorod (Шведская оккупация Новгорода) was Sweden's military and civil administration of Novgorod from 1611 to 1617, during the Time of Troubles.
Swedish Order of Freemasons
Svenska Frimurare Orden, in English the Swedish Order of Freemasons, is Sweden's sovereign Masonic Grand Lodge, formed in 1780 and also operating in western Finland with about 14,000 members.
Swedish orthography
Swedish orthography (svensk rättstavning), the spelling system of Swedish: stabilized by the Gustav Vasa Bible and Leopold's 1801 norm, reformed in 1906 (hv, f, fv to v; dt to t), largely stable since.
Swedish overseas colonies
Swedish overseas colonies: New Sweden (Delaware, 1638–1655), the Swedish Gold Coast in Ghana from 1650, and Saint Barthélemy (1784–1878), a Caribbean slave-trade free port; most were sold or conquered, and slavery lasted until 1847.
Swedish Pomerania
Swedish Pomerania (Svenska Pommern): Baltic province held by Sweden 1648–1815, granted at Westphalia to Queen Christina, reduced by the 1720 Treaty of Stockholm, ceded to Prussia in 1815.
Swedish Post and Telecom Authority
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (Swedish: Post- och telestyrelsen, PTS) is the Swedish government agency that regulates electronic communications and postal services, established in 1992 and reporting to the Ministry of Finance.
Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) is Sweden's national regulator for nuclear safety, radiation protection, and non-proliferation, created in 2008 by merging SKI and SSI.
Swedish royal family
The Swedish royal family, the House of Bernadotte, has reigned since 1810 when Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was elected heir. King Carl XVI Gustaf, longest-reigning Swedish monarch, holds a purely ceremonial head-of-state role under the 1974 constitution.