In one study, Swedish high school students learning Interlingua were able to translate passages from Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian that students of those languages found too difficult to understand.

dr .) in 1987, with a study on Swedish romanticism, but had meanwhile been active as a literary critic, translator and journal editor, and was one of the introducers of the continental tradition of literary scholarship in Sweden.

As part of a study launched in 1980 by Ambio, a journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Paul Crutzen and John Birks circulated a draft paper in early 1982 with the first quantitative evidence of alterations in short-term climate after a nuclear war.

Another line of study by Frode Strømnes examined why Finnish factories had a higher occurrence of work related accidents than similar Swedish ones.

Queen Christina was generous to the university, gave scholarships to Swedish students to study abroad and recruited foreign scholars to Uppsala chairs, among them several from the University of Strassburg, notably the philologist Johannes Schefferus ( professor skytteanus ), whose little library and museum building at S: t Eriks torg now belongs to the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala.

In the Överkalix study, Marcus Pembrey and colleagues observed that the paternal ( but not maternal ) grandsons of Swedish men who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease.

The party's latest policy platform on immigration has called for immigrants to study Finland's official languages, Finnish or Swedish, or lose social welfare benefits.

One study on the Swedish population estimates that 8-10 % are affected.

However, the requirement to study Swedish is often referred to as pakkoruotsi, a somewhat charged term in Finnish meaning " mandatory Swedish ", or " enforced Swedish ".

This has contributed to students ' lack of motivation to study Swedish, and many may not learn to speak the language beyond a very basic level.

University students are required not only to master their selected field, but also to study at least two languages beside their mother tongue, one of which is obligatorily Swedish for Finnish-speakers.

As study material is often in English, this effectively removes the free choice ; the two " voluntarily chosen " languages must be Swedish and English.

Klas Bernhard Johannes Karlgren (, 15 October 1889 – 20 October 1978 ) was a Swedish sinologist and linguist who pioneered the study of Chinese historical phonology using modern comparative methods.

The university has a policy that non-Swedish speaking applicants from the Nordic countries are required to participate in a Swedish language test, in order to prove their ability to successfully study in Swedish.

For example, the daily question that used to be answered by about 150 000 members per day and was used by polling institutes to study opinions of Swedish youth has now shrunk to about 10, 000-12, 000 daily answers, as of summer 2009.

In a further study, Thornberg concluded that there are seven stages of moral deliberation as a bystander in bystander situations among the Swedish schoolchildren he observed and interviewed: ( a ) noticing that something is wrong, i. e., children pay selective attention to their environment, and sometimes they don't tune in on a distressed peer if they're in a hurry or their view is obstructed, ( b ) interpreting a need for help-sometimes children think others are just playing rather than actually in distress or they display pluralistic ignorance, ( c ) feeling empathy, i. e., having tuned in on a situation and concluded that help is needed, children might feel sorry for an injured peer, or angry about unwarranted aggression ( empathic anger ), ( d ) processing the school's moral frames-Thornberg identified five contextual ingredients influencing children's behavior in bystander situations ( the definition of a good students, tribe caring, gender stereotypes, and social-hierarchy-dependent morality ), ( e ) scanning for social status and relations, i. e., students were less likely to intervene if they didn't define themselves as friends of the victim or belonging to the same significant social category as the victim, or if there were high-status students present or involved as aggressors-conversely, lower-status children were more likely to intervene if only a few other low-status children were around, ( f ) condensing motives for action, such as considering a number of factors such as possible benefits and costs, and ( g ) acting, i. e., all of the above coalesced into a decision to intervene or not.

Also, the University of Gothenburg made another study during the Swedish 2006 general election, comparing SVT's news programme Rapport to the country's five largest newspapers.

In a study by Sifo, a Swedish polling institute, Reinfeldt was the " most admired man in Sweden " in 2006.

The Swedish Allergy study ( SOU 1989: 76 ) designated " sick building " as a cause of the allergy epidemic as was feared.

A Swedish study, which followed more than 61, 000 women for 13 years, has found a significant link between milk consumption and ovarian cancer.

The Swedish study circle model was successfully transplanted into American culture, most notably in the National Issues Forums ( sponsored by the Domestic Policy Association in Dayton, Ohio ) and the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen's Study Circle Program which began in 1986.

In 1933, while working for the Pittsburgh Coal Company in Minneapolis, Dobbs joined the Teamsters and after getting to know the three Trotskyist Dunne brothers, ( Miles, Vincent & Grant Dunne ) and Swedish socialist Carl Skoglund, he joined the Communist League of America.

The Stockholm Convention, establishing the EFTA, was signed on 4 January 1960 in the Swedish capital by seven countries ( known as the " outer seven ").

Vinstagårdsskolan ( the Vinstagård School ) is a Swedish upper ( senior ) level of compulsory school ( years 7-9 ), located in Vällingby in the outer western region of Stockholm.

Nevertheless, although the submarine was lost whilst under tow in 1880, it impressed the Swedish industrialist Thorsten Nordenfelt sufficiently to finance him.

Their own material is written in German, whilst the traditional songs are in a variety of languages, including Gaelic, Spanish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, French, Estonian, Galician, Hebrew, Latin, Occitan and Old High German.

The other instrumentation features Hütter on Hammond organ and a modified electric organ called a tubon ( made by Swedish factory Joh Mustad AB ), whilst Schneider supplied manipulated flute.

Lundstedt had appeared in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, as a member of six4one, a multi-national band founded for the sole purpose of representing Switzerland at the contest, whilst Carlsson has twice taken part individually in the Swedish Melodifestivalen.

His last game was against West Bromwich Albion at home at Ewood Park in a capacity of about 28, 389 adoring fans, for both Blackburn and West Brom whilst applauding Tugay during the match once he went off as a substitute in the 85th minute to be replaced by Swedish left back Martin Olsson.

In the European Parliament, the Swedish Left Party MEP is part of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left political grouping, whilst the two Danish Socialist People's Party MEPs are member of the Green group.

Negotiations towards the agreement had been instigated by the Elector John George I of Saxony, who whilst being a Lutheran prince had nonetheless initially supported the Emperor against the revolting Bohemian estates and had remained neutral during the Swedish intervention in 1630.

Laleh's cover of Eva Dahlgren " Ängeln I Rummet " ( Angel in the Room ) reached number six on the official Swedish Singles Chart whilst topping the downloads chart in December 2011 to become her most successful song in Sweden to date in terms of peak chart position and until the release of " Some Die Young " sales too.

* you can apply for another visa in any country which you hold a current residence permit ( D-Type Visa that should come with your Working Holiday Visa ) for example, an Australian with a German Working Holiday Visa can apply for a Swedish Working Holiday Visa whilst living in Berlin at the Swedish consulate in Berlin, you don't need to return to Australia to apply for the additional permit, this makes it easy to stay overseas and move to another country once your existing permit has expired

There are movements for considering Malmö as part of the Copenhagen metropolitan area or an even larger metropolitan area, which would be called Örestad in Swedish and Ørestad in Danish, since it would consist of all the towns around the Sound.

This in turn led to Malmö municipality in 2007 having the 9th lowest median income in Sweden, ranked far below the other larger Swedish cities Stockholm ( 31st ) and Gothenburg ( 94th ).

* 1700 – Battle of Narva – A Swedish army of 8, 500 men under Charles XII defeats a much larger Russian army at Narva.

Neep often also refers to the larger, yellow rutabaga root vegetable which is also known as the " swede " ( from " Swedish turnip ").

In the late 20th century, Swedish nationalists and neo-Nazis had again used 30 November as a date for their ceremonies, however these were regularly interrupted by larger counter-manifestations and were therefore abandoned recently.

Following the Finnish War in 1809, Västerbotten County was split between Sweden and Finland, with the larger part remaining within the Swedish borders.

Although Haparanda has a boat harbor, it is not accessible for larger vessels and is not, as often thought, the Baltic Sea's northernmost port, that honor most probably belonging to Töre further west on the Swedish coast.

The Imperial army was larger in strength than the Swedish army, but at least one-third of it was composed of Saxon units of questionable quality.

By late 1941, the operation had over 20 employees and the Swedish Air Force asked for another camera, one which would have a larger negative and could be permanently mounted to an aircraft.

His crowning achievement was the great victory near the Dvina River in the Battle of Kircholm ( modern Salaspils, Latvia ) on September 27, 1605, when with barely 4000 troops, mostly the famous heavy hussars, he annihilated a threefold larger Swedish army ; for which feat he received letters of congratulation from the Pope, all the Catholic potentates of Europe, and even the sultan of Turkey and the shah of Persia.

In 1999, some Swedish counties were merged to reduce administration costs – and Gothenburg and Bohus County was merged into the much larger Västra Götaland County.

Unlike most other Swedish film it takes place in a larger community at the northern peak of Sweden, being filmed in Kalix and Kiruna.

Although most Swedish officers were skeptical about their chances in fighting the larger and more experienced Russian army, Gustav Adolf had an unrealistic view of Sweden's ability to defend itself against Russia.

Two variants were the most common, a larger " gun sloop " ( from the Swedish kanonslup ) with two 24-pounders, one in the stern and one in the bow, and a smaller " gun yawl " ( kanonjolle ) with a single 24-pounder.

This has led to a steady decrease of the number of lynx in Sweden and protests from larger non-governmental organisations such as The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.

Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, CA ceased to exist as an independent agency.

The organisation also promotes letting private enterprises take over the production of a larger part of services today mainly performed by the Swedish public sector, such as education and health services.

The Polish vessels had a larger complement of marines on board than the Swedish ships, and this in large part determined the tactics employed in the action.

Among the larger national centers in the world are the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Change to Win Federation in the USA ; the Canadian Labour Congress ; the Trades Union Congress ( TUC ) in Britain ; the Irish Congress of Trade Unions ; the Australian Council of Trade Unions ( ACTU ); the Congress of South African Trade Unions ; the Dutch FNV ; the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish LO ; the German DGB ; the French CGT and CFDT ; the Italian CISL, CGIL and UIL ; the Japan Trade Union Confederation RENGO ; the Argentinian CGT and CTA ; the Brazilian CUT, and so on.

One possibility is the earliest use of the term, which originates from the Viking town law in the Danelaw, wherein by is the Old Norse word for a larger settlement as in Whitby and Derby ( compare with the modern Danish-Norwegian word by meaning town, or the modern Swedish word by, meaning village ).

As in all crushing victories in this period, the larger part of the Swedish losses were suffered during the retreat, made more difficult by the dense forests and marshes on the route back to Riga.

This larger Procordia United Brands division was renamed to Swedish Match to take advantage of this internationally known company name.

A larger army had been proposed, but had been dismissed since Sigismund expected Swedish forces to join him, and also did not want to come into conflict with them.

The larger and more powerful breeds such as the Akita Inu, Karelian Bear Dog, Norwegian Elkhound and Swedish Elkhound were used for big game hunting, helping humans kill moose and brown bears.