BjornSocialist Republic

Bjorn Socialist Republic
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Musical Anthem: Intuel renaatayon
Location: A boulder situated in Lake Immeln, Skåne, Sweden.
Co-ordinates: 56°15.189"N
14° 18.255"E
Area: 0.000007 km2 (approx)
Capital: BjornMarx
Membership: Unknown
Date of foundation: 3 August 2005
Leadership: President Oskar Augustsson
Organisational structure: Republic
Language: Swedish
Currency: Transnistrian kopeck

The BjornSocialist Republic (Swedish: BjornSocialistiska Republiken, BSR) is a micronation created by Oskar Augustsson.

Its territorial pretensions encompass a boulder described as "look[ing] like a tractor", situated adjacent to the Bos Islands, in Lake Immeln, Skåne, Sweden.[1]

The republic came to public attention in 2007 when a Swedish court declined to recognise the legal validity of a marriage registered by the micronation, on the grounds that the country that issued the marriage license was not recognized by Sweden.[2][3][4] The republic is recognised by the other Swedish micronation Ladonia.

References

  1. ^ http://republic.thebjorn.com/ Accessed: 03-07-2010
  2. ^ Sørdal, Kristin (6 March 2008). "Verdens rareste steder". Dinside. http://www.dinside.no/php/art.php?id=511927. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  3. ^ Fordham, Alice (2007-12-17). ""Stone me–you two aren't married"". London: Times Online. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3054540.ece. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  4. ^ ""Court denies couple marriage: 'your country does not exist'"". The Local. 10 December 2007. http://www.thelocal.se/9365/. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 

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