Social welfare in Sweden is made up of several organizations and systems dealing with welfare. It is mostly funded by taxes, and executed by the public sector on all levels of government as well as private organizations. It can be separated into three parts falling under three different ministries. Social welfare is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Education is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Research. The labour market is the responsibility of the Ministry of Employment.
Nicolaus Ragvaldi was a monk in the Bridgettine Abbey of Vadstena, and served twice as its confessor general. He is known for a few translations and other writings known among the preserved parts of the library of the Abbey.
Lauritz Ulrik Absalon Weibull was a Swedish professor and historian.
Moderna Tider is the second studio album by the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider, released on 10 March 1981. 130,000 copies were ordered before the album's release. The album peaked at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and number two on the Norwegian albums chart.
GT25 Live! - En scen vid en plats is a live album from Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider, released on 24 November 2004. The album includes live performances from the group's 2004 25th anniversary tour.
Carl Otto Nordensvan was a Swedish general and military writer. He published 24 books dealing with aspects of Swedish military history and related topics. He additionally wrote many articles for the specialist periodical Krigsvetenskapsakademins tidskrift and the general periodical Nordisk familjebok, and was joint editor of Svensk militär tidskrift.
Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden. The primary instrument of Swedish folk music is the fiddle. Another common instrument, unique to Swedish traditions, is the nyckelharpa. Most Swedish instrumental folk music is dance music; the signature music and dance form within Swedish folk music is the polska. Vocal and instrumental traditions in Sweden have tended to share tunes historically, though they have been performed separately. Beginning with the folk music revival of the 1970s, vocalists and instrumentalists have also begun to perform together in folk music ensembles.
Konsthistorisk tidskrift is a quarterly peer-reviewed Swedish academic journal on art history that was established in 1932 by Konsthistoriska sällskapet in Stockholm. The journal was published until 1967 under the full title Konsthistorisk tidskrift: revy för konst och konstforskning. Since 2002 it has carried the English alternate title Journal of Art History. It was published by the Scandinavian University Press from 1992 till 1999, and has been published by Routledge since 2000.
Farm Workers Union of Central Sweden was a trade union for agricultural workers in Sweden. The organization was active between 1906 and 1908. Carl Albert Svedberg was the chairman of the Farm Workers Union of Central Sweden. As of September 1907 the union had around one hundred local sections. The membership of the Farm Workers Union of Central Sweden was to a large extent concentrated to certain large agricultural estates. The key areas of activities of the union were located around Mälaren. The organization also established its presence in Västergötland, Östergötland, Dalarna and Gästrikland.
Fascinate is a graffiti painting at an industrial park in Bromsten, Stockholm.
Yvonne Svanström,, is an associate professor and head of the Department of Economic History at Stockholm University.
Nordisk tidskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen was a Swedish bibliographical periodical. It was established in 1914 by Almqvist & Wiksell with Isak Collijn as its editor-in-chief. He was succeeded by Tönnes Kleberg in 1949, who was succeeded by Gert Hornwall in 1975. In 1990, Almqvist & Wiksell ceased publishing the periodical. It was then published by Avdelningen för bok- och bibliotekshistoria in 1991, by Lund University from 1992 to 1997 and by the Scandinavian University Press until 2000. It was revived by the five national libraries of the Nordic countries, which titled it Nordisk Tidskrift för Bok- och Bibliotekshistoria. The periodical was disestablished in 2007. In March 2005, Project Runeberg started digitalising the volumes from 1914 to 1935 of the periodical.
Hilda Augusta Amanda Kerfstedt, née Hallström, was a Swedish novelist, playwright and translator. She was a popular and noted writer in late 19th and early 20th century Sweden, and participated in the public debate. She was also engaged in the movement for women's rights, and active in the Fredrika Bremer Association and Married Woman's Property Rights Association. As a feminist, she focused on the debate around sexual equality, and was critical to the contemporary sexual double standards for men and women. As such, she was one of the participants in the Nordic sexual morality debate, the public debate in Swedish papers, books and plays, which took place during the 1880s. Kerfstedt was a member of the women's association Nya Idun and one of its first committee members. She was the editor of the feminist paper Dagny, the publication of the Fredrika Bremer Association, in 1888–1891. She was especially noted within the debate on children's literature.
The Chief of Army is the most senior appointment in the Swedish Army. The position Chief of Army was introduced in 1937 and the current form in 2014.
The Chief of Navy is the most senior appointment in the Swedish Navy. The position Chief of Navy was introduced in 1936 and the current form in 2014.
Knut Martin Stjerna was a Swedish archaeologist and scholar, notable for a number of papers analyzing Beowulf from an archaeological perspective. He was a lecturer at Uppsala University, where he taught, among others, Birger Nerman and Sune Lindqvist.
Asta Ekenvall was a Swedish librarian, one of the founders of the Kvinnohistorisk arkiv of the University of Gothenburg and a pioneer in research and philosophy of women's history.
Ivar Arpi is a Swedish columnist and debater. He has written op-eds for Göteborgs-Posten, Hallandsposten and Svenska Dagbladet. Arpi claims that he supports freedom of speech and that he believes that pluralism of opinion is important for society to develop.
Stefan Lindberg is a Swedish writer, playwright and translator.
Arkiv för Zoologi was a scientific journal on zoology, published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences between 1903 and 1974. Prior to 1903, zoology articles were published in a supplement to the Transactions of the Academy. Arkiv för Zoologi was superseded by the journal Zoologica Scripta established in 1972.
