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Växjö

(Encyclopedia)Växjö vĕkˈshöˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 46,740), capital of Kronoberg co., S Sweden. Manufactures include paper, textiles, furniture, matches, and machines. An old city, Växjö became the seat of...

Skövde

(Encyclopedia)Skövde skövˈdə [key], city (1990 pop. 30,540), Skaraborg co., S Sweden, midway between lakes Vänern and Vättern. During the Middle Ages many pilgrims visited the shrine of St. Elin (Helen) of Sk...

Borg, Björn

(Encyclopedia)Borg, Björn byörn bôrg, bôrˈyə [key], 1956–, Swedish tennis player. As a teenage star he led (1975) Sweden to its first Davis Cup victory. One of the most successful modern tennis players, Bor...

Lech

(Encyclopedia)Lech lĕkh [key], river, c.175 mi (280 km) long, rising in Vorarlberg, W Austria, and flowing NE into S Germany past Augsburg to the Danube River. The Wertach River is its chief tributary. There are a...

Dalälven

(Encyclopedia)Dalälven dälˈĕlˌvən [key], river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, Kopparberg co., W central Sweden, in the mountains along the Norwegian border. It flows SE to Avesta, then NE into the Gulf of Bothnia a...

Trollhättan

(Encyclopedia)Trollhättan trôlˈhĕˌtän [key], city (1990 pop. 40,180), Älvsborg co., S Sweden, on the Götaälv River near Lake Vänern. The Götaälv River, which falls 108 ft (33 m) in about 1 mi (1.6 km) a...

Umeå

(Encyclopedia)Umeå üˈməōˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 60,310), capital of Västerbotten co., NE Sweden, on an inlet of the Gulf of Bothnia and at the mouth of the Umeälv River; founded 1622. Manufactures of this ...

Bourdon, Sébastien

(Encyclopedia)Bourdon, Sébastien sābästyăNˈ bo͞ordôNˈ [key], 1616–71, French painter. Bourdon was active in Rome (1634–37), in Sweden (1652–54) as Queen Christina's court portrait painter, and in Pari...

Sundsvall

(Encyclopedia)Sundsvall sŭntsˈvälˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 50,380), Västernorrland co., E Sweden, a major seaport on the Sundsvallfjärden, an arm of the Gulf of Bothnia. Manufactures include cellulose, metal g...

Göteborg

(Encyclopedia)Göteborg gŏthˈənbûrgˌ, gŏtˈən– [key], city, capital of Göteborg och Bohus...