| As context, according to , "To be neutral you must be ready to be highly militarized, like Switzerland or Sweden | However, Sweden's largest territorial extent lasted from 1319 to 1343 with ruling all of the and Norway |
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| University of Minnesota Press, 1993 | 9: "Though Denmark, where industrialization had begun in the 1850s, was reasonably prosperous by the end of the nineteenth century, both Sweden and Norway were terribly poor |
Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic Government.
19| Although effective in preserving the country's sovereignty, this approach generated criticism at home from many who believed the threat to Sweden was less serious than the government claimed, problems with the warring powers, ill feelings among its neighbours, and frequent criticism in the postwar period | "It is usually suggested that between 1870 and 1914 Sweden emerged from its primarily agrarian economic system into a modern industrial economy |
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| Although many were present before, the 1973 and 1980 global oil crises acted as catalysts in bringing them to the fore | Statistics Sweden, Energy, Rents and Real Estate Statistics Unit, 2007 |
Kicking Away The Ladder, pp.
| Sweden's Development from Poverty to Affluence 1750—1970, University of Minnesota Press, pp | It is not until the 12th century that written document begin to be produced in Sweden in any larger extent [ |
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| ] How and when the Swedish kingdom appeared is not known | "Gustav I Vasa — Britannica Concise" biography , Britannica Concise, 2007, webpage: |
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