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  • 1986: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Murdered on the Street

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    |Date: February 28, 2020
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    1986: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Murdered on the Street

    1986: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Murdered on the Street

    One of the most controversial murders in history happened on this day. An unknown person killed Swedish P ...

    One of the most controversial murders in history happened on this day. An unknown person killed Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme when one evening he was returning home from the cinema with his wife. ...

    February 28, 2020
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  • 1771: King Adolf Frederick of Sweden Died of Overeating?

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    |Date: February 12, 2020
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    1771: King Adolf Frederick of Sweden Died of Overeating?

    1771: King Adolf Frederick of Sweden Died of Overeating?

    Swedish king Adolf Frederick died on this day in 1771. The cause of his death was allegedly overeating. N ...

    Swedish king Adolf Frederick died on this day in 1771. The cause of his death was allegedly overeating. Namely, the king died after a particularly lavish meal of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked he ...

    February 12, 2020
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  • 1701: Who was Celsius?

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    1701: Who was Celsius?

    1701: Who was Celsius?

    The man whose name we unconsciously mention almost every day when we talk about the temperature in degree ...

    The man whose name we unconsciously mention almost every day when we talk about the temperature in degrees Celsius, was born on this day in 1701, in the Swedish city of Uppsala. That city is of double ...

    November 27, 2019
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  • 1910: The Only Person Executed by Guillotine in Sweden

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    |Date: November 23, 2019
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    1910: The Only Person Executed by Guillotine in Sweden

    1910: The Only Person Executed by Guillotine in Sweden

    On this day in 1910 the only guillotine execution in the history Sweden was conducted. The person guillot ...

    On this day in 1910 the only guillotine execution in the history Sweden was conducted. The person guillotined was Johan Alfred Ander, a Swedish citizen convicted of robbery of an exchange agency, duri ...

    November 23, 2019
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  • 1632: How was the First Great Modern General in History Killed?

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    |Date: November 16, 2019
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    1632: How was the First Great Modern General in History Killed?

    1632: How was the First Great Modern General in History Killed?

    The “father of modern warfare” – the mighty Swedish King Gustav Adolf – was killed on this day in 1632. H ...

    The “father of modern warfare” – the mighty Swedish King Gustav Adolf – was killed on this day in 1632. He is also called the first great modern general of all time, and in Sweden he is known as Gusta ...

    November 16, 2019
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  • 2002: What Does the Abbreviation “H&M” in the Name of the Famous Clothing Company Stand For?

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    2002: What Does the Abbreviation “H&M” in the Name of the Famous Clothing Company Stand For?

    2002: What Does the Abbreviation “H&M” in the Name of the Famous Clothing Company Stand For?

    The founder of the H&M company died on this day in 2002. His name was Erling Persson, and he lived in ...

    The founder of the H&M company died on this day in 2002. His name was Erling Persson, and he lived in Sweden. The abbreviation H&M stands for “Hennes & Mauritz”. The company was establishe ...

    October 28, 2019
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  • 1967: H Day: The Swedes Switch the Side of the Road they Drive on Overnight

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    |Date: September 03, 2019
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    1967: H Day: The Swedes Switch the Side of the Road they Drive on Overnight

    1967: H Day: The Swedes Switch the Side of the Road they Drive on Overnight

    This day in 1967 was an important event in Swedish history, and was marked as H Day (the “H” stands for “ ...

    This day in 1967 was an important event in Swedish history, and was marked as H Day (the “H” stands for “Högertrafik”, the Swedish word for “right-hand traffic”). One of the arguments for the mentione ...

    September 03, 2019
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  • 1714: The First Great Victory of the Russian Navy

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    1714: The First Great Victory of the Russian Navy

    1714: The First Great Victory of the Russian Navy

    On this day in 1714, the Imperial Russian Navy achieved its first major victory at the Battle of Gangut, ...

    On this day in 1714, the Imperial Russian Navy achieved its first major victory at the Battle of Gangut, during the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden. The battle took place in what is now s ...

    August 07, 2019
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