Free Movement of Goods 1. In order to fight the growing problem of obesity among young people‚ Swedish law sets a limit on the amount of fat permitted in snack bars intended primarily for the youth market. It also requires that the packaging of all snack-bars should be in subdued colours so as not to be overly enticing or attractive to small children. Günther‚ a snack-bar manufacturer based in Germany‚ has for many years sold his ‘Snick-Snack’ bars to the Swedish market but
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Sweden is one of the European countries‚ which has successively changed from a mainly ethnically homogeneous society into a multi-ethnic society due to international migration. Meanwhile‚ the issue of population aging are challenging social work practice in Sweden. This article gives an insight into social work for elder immigrants in Sweden‚ who are vulnerable because of previous events‚ cultural differences and communication difficulties. An interview case is introduced at the beginning to elicit
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Alfred Nobel Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist‚ engineer‚ innovator‚ and armaments manufacturer. He was the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors‚ which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 350 different patents‚ dynamite being the most famous. He used his fortune to posthumously institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic
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CarCarl Linnaeus Report Born in 1707 to a country parson in Rashult‚ southern Sweden‚ the young Linnaeus showed a keen interest in plants and flowers and by the age of eight‚ was given the nickname ‘the little botanist’. Linnaeus studied medicine‚ first at the University of Lund and then at the University of Uppsala. Medicine at this time was based on herbals so it meant he also studied plants. He shared his passion for plants with Olaf Celsius whom he met at Uppsala. Linnaeus is most widely known
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Michael Gibel Food and Justice Thrusday‚ February 10‚ 2011 Poverty Snapshot Switzerland/Sweden Switzerland- Government- Federal republic‚ with parliamentary system and direct democracy. GDP per Capita- $43‚000 Climate- relatively moderate‚ not to extreme between seasonal changes‚ except in the mountainous areas. Exports- primarily chemicals‚ and of course mechanical devices such as watches. The Swiss Confederation consists of 26 cantons‚ or nations. The most familiar
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1. Who were the Vikings? ------The Vikings were also traders ‚ explorers and settlers. They were highly advanced and not as primitive and barbaric as they are portrayed. 2. How did the Viking raid? ---------A Viking raid nearly always came as a total surprise. The Vikings were expert navigators and knew the coasts of Europe like the back of their hand. They decided on a target and planned the attack in advance. Having the fastest ships of the day they would arrive seemingly out of nowhere close
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Mode of entry • Through exports – less risky and less money required – Marginal existence of trade barriers European Union – Price stability in Sweden – Strong Swedish Krona huge opportunity for mymuesli because the Swedes tend to import more instead of expor/ng 30.11.2012 Anabel Buhles
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of their own status and employees normally don’t feel inferior to them. An executive is most of all considered to be a specialist in managing companies and he is therefore not socially superior to a specialist in any other field. In this respect‚ Sweden seems to differ from many other countries. A further sign of the non-hierarchic (or‚ better‚ modestly hierarchic) Swedish company structure is that Swedes normally use their first names at
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ericsson had been operating for 127 years. In 1885 Ericsson produced the world’s first handset that combined receiver and speaker. By 1900‚ it ran operations in countries as spread out as China‚ Russia and Mexico and realized 95% of its sales outside of Sweden. In 1975‚ Ericsson introduced AXE‚ the first computer controlled switch‚ which helped the company double its market share and facilitate its entry into the US. During the 1980s‚
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Negotiation – Cameron’s Swede Dream At present‚ Sweden is the most talked about European economic model. Not affected by the world financial crisis‚ the country grew at almost 4 per cent last year‚ nearly six times faster than Britain. Nicknamed the Nordic tiger‚ Sweden continues to invest in welfare while other countries can no longer afford it. Even normally conflicting parties are attracted to this model: the Left because of high taxes and government spending‚ the Right due to profitable
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