The Million Programme is the common name for an ambitious public housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to make sure everyone could have a home at a reasonable price. The aim was to construct a million new dwellings during the programme's ten-year period. At the time, the intention to build one million new homes in a nation with a population of eight million made the Million Programme the most ambitious building programme in the world. At the same time, a large proportion of the older housing stock was demolished.
Swedish Association of International Affairs (SAIA) is an umbrella organization for the associations of international affairs that can be found in most of the major university cities in Sweden. It has a total of 11 member organizations, which have about 4,000 members in between themselves and organize about 400 events per year. The main focus of its member organizations is the furthering of debate of international issues at the respective universities through lectures with politicians, diplomats, academics, activists, and others.
The Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, USBE, or Handelshögskolan vid Umeå Universitet, is the business school of Umeå University in the north of Sweden, founded in 1989 "to strengthen education in research and business while contributing to the community". About 2000 students currently study at USBE. The School offers one Bachelor program, four undergraduate programs (Civilekonomprogram), seven Master's degree programs and doctoral programs.
Jet Time A/S is a Danish scheduled and charter airline with its head office in Kastrup, Tårnby Municipality, and its main base at Copenhagen Airport.
The Swedish Swimming Championships are held annually in the Swedish summer in outdoor 50 m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the Summer Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate.
The Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships are annually in late November in an indoor 25m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the World Championships and European Short Course Swimming Championships. Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate. Non-Swedish swimmers who have participated include Anthony Ervin and Attila Czene.
Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) is a business school located in Jönköping in south central Sweden. The school has focus areas in entrepreneurship, ownership and renewal.
Siviløkonom is an academic degree issued within the field of business administration and a professional title in Norway, obtained after 5 years of studies. The title is protected and can only be used by persons having met certain qualifications as directed by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. It is mainly offered by nine institutions after the completion of a Master of Science in Business Administration.
Vy bus4you, formerly Nettbuss Bus4You, is a Swedish long distance bus brand that began operations in 2007, in competition with Swebus Express. The service is operated by Vy Travel, a Swedish subsidiary of Norwegian bus operator Vy Buss.
Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES), or the International English School, is a Swedish corporation made up of Independent schools. IES was founded in 1993 by Barbara Bergström, an American by origin and a science teacher by profession. The majority owner of the company, which is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, is the American equity fund TA Associates, while Barbara Bergström also remains one of the main owners.
Umeå School of Architecture was founded in 2009 as the fourth academic school in Sweden to provide a professional degree in architecture. It is part of Umeå University. Unlike the other Architectural Schools in Sweden, UMA has a spoken policy of sustainable development and integrated design, and aims to grow into "an international laboratory of experimental architectural development." The Danish architect Peter Kjaer is appointed rector for the school.
White Arkitekter is an architectural firm based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is the biggest firm in Scandinavia, with more than 900 employees. The company has 16 offices in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and England.
Although the Kingdom of Sweden was neutral during World War II, their armed forces did mobilise several times including during the following major events; Operation Barbarossa, Invasion of Poland, and Operation Weserübung (invasion of the Kingdom of Denmark and Kingdom of Norway.
