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This annotated portal describes more than 200 selected Web sites which provide information on Sweden. It is a common practice for many Web sites created in non-English speaking countries to provide an interface not only in the national language but also in English in order to reach an international audience. Keep in mind that such bilingual sites are often most complete in the national language.
Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). Country Profiles: Sweden (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/europe/sweden/)
Prepared by FCO desk officers, the profile provides a general overview of Sweden and includes information about the country's recent history, recent political developments, relations with the international community, and bilateral political and commercial relations with the UK, as well as links to other relevant pages on the FCO site.
Gateway to Sweden (http://www.sweden.se)
Official gateway to Sweden provides general information on Sweden, its government, and news, as well as links to technology and infrastructure, society and welfare, FAQ, and more. Especially useful as a starting point for researching travel and foreign studies. A cooperative effort, the site is maintained by the Swedish Institute, its purpose to share abroad the attributes of Sweden and to encourage Swedish economic growth and interests. In English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
Governments on the WWW: Sweden (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/se.html)
Links to national, regional, and municipal institutions; representations in foreign countries; political parties, and more.
Open Directory Project.
Regional: Europe: Sweden (http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Sweden/)
Links to regions of Sweden as well as a wide variety of Web sites culled from major search engines. The number of links is listed next to each category.
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Sweden (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html)
General information and statistics about Sweden, with the following subdivisions: introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
U.S. State Department. Bureau
of Public Affairs. Background Notes(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Click on country link.
General Portals
Intute (http://www.intute.ac.uk)
Free online service with access to Web resources for education and research created by a network of UK universities and partners. Searchable database contains from than 115,000 records. Search science and technology, arts and humanities, social sciences and health and life sciences.
Society for the Advancement of
Scandinavian Study (SASS) (http://www.scandinavianstudy.org)
Links to sites covering the individual Nordic countries and the region as a whole. Offers access to reference and bibliographic information and to Scandinavian departments at academic institutions as well as select journals and "other sites of interest." Maintained by Montana State University.
Svenska Webbplatser (http://katalogen.kthnoc.se/index-en.html)
Swedish Web Sites provides partially-annotated links arranged by subject categories, from art and business to media, recreation, and science. Searchable. In Swedish and English.
Directories
Note: Entering the name of a person and a term such as 'mail', 'telephone', 'tel', or 'phone' into Google or other large search engines may retrieve a Web page with contact information.
Eniro. Gula Sidorna (http://gulasidorna.eniro.se)
Swedish Yellow Pages. Searchable. In Swedish.
Eniro Personer (http://privatpersoner.eniro.se)
Swedish residential telephone directory. Searchable. In Swedish.
EscapeArtist.com (http://www.escapeartist.com/global1/directories.htm)
Includes dialing codes, directories, embassies, voltages, and rates world-wide. Select Sweden and search.
MetaGer (http://www.metager.de)
Searchable. In German.
U.S. Library of
Congress. European Reading Room. Address/Telephone Directories from Sweden (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/phonesw/swphone.html)
The Library of Congress possesses retrospective telephone directories for many cities in Sweden. Both residential and organizational directories from 1937 until 1997 (holdings as of Decembeer 2003). Directories are listed in chronological order and are in Swedish unless otherwise noted. The last sic directories are specialized and are not in chronological order.
Statistical Resources
Country Indicators for Foreign
Policy (CIFP) (http://www.carleton.ca/cifp/)
The CIFP project goes far beyond just foreign policy, covering many aspects of government and society. It was initiated in 1997 by two Canadian institutions: the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs. The CIFP database includes over one hundred performance indicators for 196 countries, spanning 15 years for most indicators. The data are drawn from open sources, including UN offices, the World Bank, and so on, and attempt to measure domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, economic performance, human development, environmental stress, and international linkages.
Eurostat (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu)
Eurostat does not compile statistics, but rather seeks to pull together data that are comparable, standardizing the presentation of statistics across the EU. It is primarily a fee-based service, but provides some informative and lengthy free statistical reports as well as news releases and reports on special topics. In eleven EU languages. Searchable. By theme or collection.
Population Index on the Web (http://popindex.princeton.edu)
Population Index is a quarterly periodical that began in 1935. Each issue presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, and other materials on population topics. Links to a bibliographic database of the journal's contents from 1986 to at least 2000. Hundreds of the database citations pertain to Sweden. Browse or search for information on Sweden.
Statistics Sweden (http://www.scb.se)
Statistics Sweden is the government Web site entrusted with providing access to official statistics of Sweden. Includes links to statistical database, statistics of Sweden, subject and focus areas. Searchable. In Swedish; partially in English.
United Nations
CyberSchoolbus (http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp)
Select up to five countries and view a comparative statistical chart for them by clicking on population, economy, environment, health, and technology, with several statistical indicators. Graphs show data. Last updated in May 2004.
University of Maryland.
University Libraries. Online Sources of International Statistics (http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/intstat.html)
Links to a wide variety of online international statistics. Some databases are available to University of Maryland students only. Lists by categories including population, country/region specific sources, and economic and development statistics.
University of Michigan
Library. Documents Center: Statistical Resources on the Web (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html)
Provides access to a wide range of sources and tools for collecting, compiling, and understanding social, political, and economic statistics from U.S. and around the world. Searchable. Categories include agriculture, foreign trade, housing, labor, and transportation.
National Symbols
Flags of the World: Sweden (http://flagspot.net/flags/se.html)
Image of the current flag for Sweden, earlier flag, and coats of arms, as well as maps of historical provinces and modern administrative areas, flag-related stamps, and a flag chronology.
National
Anthem: Sweden (http://www.national-anthems.net/SW/)
Audio file and the lyrics in the national language and in English. Links to additional sites which cover national anthems.
Swedish
Holidays (http://www.mnsu.edumuseum/history/mnstatehistory/sw_holidays.html)
Describes the major Swedish holidays. From Minnesota State University Mankato.
World Flag Database: Sweden (http://www.flags.net/SWDN.htm)
Image of the current official flag for Sweden as well as royal and vice-regal flags.
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