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11 Jul 08 - Denmark, Finland and Norway voiced concerns this week about a new law in Sweden that allows all emails and phone calls to be monitored in the name of national security, fearing their emails transmitted through Swedish cables will be read.
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2 Jul 08 - According to a study just published by the World Value Survey, Danes are the happiest people in the world, closely followed by Puerto Ricans and Colombians.
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30 Jun 08 - When the 78-year-old Swede was set to board a ferry from Danish Helsingör to Helsingborg on Sweden’s west coast, he opened his wallet to discover he’d spent all his money at the bar.
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Sweden: 18 Jun 08 - Politicians in northern Sweden have finally given the all-clear for the construction on the top of a mountain of the world's largest moose, newspaper Piteå-Tidningen reports.
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Margaret Valdemarsdatter (Norwegian: Margrete Valdemarsdotter) (1353 - October 28, 1412) was Queen of Norway, Regent of Denmark and Sweden, and founder of the Kalmar Union which united the Scandinavian countries for over a century.
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Wiki stub for Barsabäck
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6 Jun 08 - Sweden tightened security around its embassy in Pakistan on Friday after new warnings in the wake of a suicide car bomb attack outside the Danish embassy, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
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A recent caption in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper causes David Bartal to ask what effect cultural diversity has on national pride.
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Nordic Saga Tours offers both guaranteed-departure escorted tours and independently customized itineraries to Norway, Sweden Denmark, Finland, and Iceland
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