Sweden

The Kingdom of Sweden is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east.

Kingdom of Sweden -- Konungariket Sverige

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on Sweden: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Stockholm
• Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C.
• The Government of Sweden official web page

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Sweden Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• Sweden and the IMF The IMF's Sweden Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• Scandinavian Studies: UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources
• History of Sweden: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library
• BYU Scandinavian Studies Contains maps, internet resources in areas of Scandinavian history, politics, language, literature, culture, and academic organizations

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• ArtNet Scandinavia Site dedicated to museums and exhibits in Scandinavia
• Sweden- Language, Culture, Customs, and Etiquette Cultural Resource page

Online News Sites and Servers

• Radio Sweden's Virtual North Radio broadcasts online in many different languages
• Göteborgs-Posten Swedish daily online newspaper
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Swedish Language Study

• UCLA Scandinavian Section
• EAP Study Abroad Programs UC study abroad in Sweden
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• The Summer Scandinavian Studies Program at the University of Washington
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Göteborgs Universitet homepage Library, faculty, students, and research information
• Kungliga biblioteket National Library of Sweden
• American-Scandinavian Foundation Information on exchange programs, training workshops, language study and scholarships
• Fulbright Fellowships for dissertation and postdoctoral research
• SSRC/ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: support for dissertation research in humanities and social sciences in all areas and regions of the world
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For dissertation research in humanities and social sciences
• UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies Fellowships for dissertation research, predissertation research travel, and UC faculty research
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about pre-dissertation research grants and dissertation completion grants

Published: Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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