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[edit] Swedish inventions

More important inventions that should definitly be added, first working pace maker, The Separator and the Milking Machine, the propeller, the blow torch, sphearical ball bearing, the adjustable spanner, zipper, absorption refrigirator and so on. Two good pages for this: http://www.sverigeturism.se/smorgasbord/smorgasbord/industry/inventions/ and http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/FactSheet____15878.aspx —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaggajaggajagga (talk • contribs) 08:34, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree

Since ive added some now on the invention section you put this "This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed." there, well, everything is linked to other pages on wikipedia were the facts are confirmed, so what is really the problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaggsan (talk • contribs) 18:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Third biggest music exporter

This should be relevant to put on the music part http://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____59218.aspx

[edit] Sports: Ingmar Stenmark

Why dosen't it says anything about Ingmar Stenmark?! I'm about to getting furious if he isn't in this article! ;) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.225.126.107 (talk • contribs) 19:55, 6 Jan 2007 (UTC)

[edit] When speaking of popular movements: note that a new article have arrived

Drug policy of Sweden has been created after bitter disputes involving Sweden's drug policy, surrounding Nils Bejerot, going trough (see history and discussion) War on Drugs (there were one an section called "A different view on the War on Drugs - Nils Bejerot") to Drug policy (involving a request for deletion). One of the main figures involved is Dala11a lifting forth the great ideas of Nils Bejerot and the benefits they had on the drug policy of Sweden, proved by a report by UNODC. The antagonist is me and quite a few others (apparent in the above history and discussion parts of all above mentioned interwikied articles (except UNODC)). However I'm the only one having some kind of knowledge of Sweden and its whereabouts that have been evolved in this except dala11a himself. I hope someone else can find interest in this very interesting aspect of Swedish society. There are some useful external links in the references and external link on the new article page. Steinberger (talk) 02:49, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cold War: Economics without source

In the Cold War section, someone has stated without source: "Between 1970 and 1990 Sweden increased overall tax burden by over ten percentage points and the growth was very low compared to most other countries in Western Europe. Sweden steadily lost its position in rankings such as GDP per capita."

This looks very controverisal to me. "very low compared to most other countries in Western Europe" is obviously false. If the neo-liberal who wrote this returns with his source, it's probably something like timbro.se. The entire claim should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.183.217.178 (talk) 06:52, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Here is a good reference for Swedish economic history: www.sweden.se. It is an official website of the Swedish government (right-wing, at the moment). The page notes:
Starting in the mid-1970s, growth fell in Sweden as it did in many other Western European countries. The problems included tougher competition from other regions of the world, dysfunctional wage formation leading to inflation problems, high taxes and what many entrepreneurs perceived as an inhospitable corporate climate. High cost increases and fading competitiveness forced several devaluations of the Swedish krona during the 1970s and 1980s. These restored the short-term competitiveness of companies but worsened long-term inflation problems in the economy.
The page also notes that the GDP growth in Sweden between 1970–90 was slower than the EU average. However, the overall tone is inappropriately negative. There are also economists who endorse the Nordic economic model: Jeffrey Sachs, for example. --MPorciusCato (talk) 07:25, 28 May 2008 (UTC)