February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Swedish_navy":
Science & Technology: 10 Jan 12
Bomb experts from the Swedish military have been called in to disarm a live, World War II-era German mine that washed ashore near Sundsvall in northern Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 20 Dec 11
Archaeologists have uncovered five shipwrecks dating from the 1500s to the 1700s found in connection with renovation of a quay outside the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm.
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Science & Technology: 16 Nov 11
Divers have discovered what is believed to be the 17th-century Swedish royal warship Svärdet off the coast of the Baltic island of Öland, researchers revealed on Wednesday.
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National: 6 May 11
The Swedish military is investigating what could be a sighting of a foreign submarine in the Swedish archipelago after a Stockholm resident snapped a photo of a lurking mass on the surface while walking her dog.
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 11
One of Sweden's most well-known treasures is celebrating a special anniversary Sunday – it is 50 years since the 17th century Vasa ship was salvaged from the depths of the Baltic.
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National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding.
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National: 19 Jun 10
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria has got her Prince. In front of a crowd of thousands outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace following her marriage to Daniel Westling, she thanked the Swedish people for letting her marry the man she loves.
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Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: Ship shape tour in Stockholm, Cameroonian Jazz in Gothenburg and a spin on Cinderella in Malmö. Plus English comedy in Linköping.
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Society: 22 Aug 09
A Swedish military boat took an unexpected turn up onto shore on Saturday, startling attendees of a festival held along the shores of the Göta Canal.
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Lifestyle: 3 Aug 09
The Year in Sweden - August: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Society: 27 Jun 09
Six thousand grenades rest at the bottom of a lake in northern Sweden in boxes originally dumped there in 1954. Two of the boxes have now been retrieved by the Swedish navy for analysis.
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Society: 16 Jun 09
The Swedish Navy has uncovered a ten-kilometre band of German World War II mines at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
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National: 9 Jun 09
Swedish naval forces handed seven suspected Somali pirates over to Kenyan authorities on Monday, according to police.
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National: 26 May 09
Swedish naval personnel arrested seven pirates in the Gulf of Aden in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the Swedish Armed Forces.
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National: 16 Apr 09
Sweden, along with Germany, is set to add manpower and materiel to a European Union anti-piracy operation currently underway off the Somali coast, according to the Spanish captain heading up the mission.
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National: 5 Jun 08
The Swedish navy has its corvettes ready to hunt pirates along the African coast.
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National: 3 Sep 07
The Swedish navy's largest ship, HMS Carlskrona, is to be mothballed due to a lack of officers. A decision on whether to refit, sell or scrap the minelayer will be made later in the autumn.
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National: 9 May 07
Sweden's King Carl Gustaf, Queen Siliva and Crown Princess Victoria are in Denmark for the first state visit to the neighbouring country for 32 years, in a trip that it is hoped will underline the links over Öresund.
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National: 3 Aug 06
Beaches in a remote community in northern Sweden have been shut off after suspected live ammunition was found in the water. Military bomb disposal experts were on the scene on Thursday.
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National: 18 Apr 06
For almost a year the US Navy has been practising hunting a Swedish submarine, the HMS Gotland, off America's west coast. Time after time, the Gotland and its crew have eluded their pursuers.
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National: 8 Dec 05
Large parts of Gothenburg were cordoned off on Thursday morning after the captain of a fishing trawler found a World War II mine in his nets as he unloaded his haul in the city's harbour.
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National: 24 Sep 05
Sweden is to ship two of its seven navy submarines off to Singapore in a deal thought to be worth around one billion kronor.
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National: 9 Jul 04
The townsfolk of Varberg in the west of Sweden celebrate in their thousands as an old radio transmitter is given world heritage status.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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