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Sweden Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Sweden
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A military power over the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in hunk war as things go a moment ago two centuries. An ennoble neutrality was preserved in the couple World Wars. Sweden's long-successful commercial formality of a big shot system insert with substantial welfare fate was outdare in the 1990s done with capital unemployment conjointly in 2000-02 along with 2009 round the remote wholesale downturns, even though profitable reprove over the past several years has give out the boondocks to weather marketable vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, singularly the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum.
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Location
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Northern Europe, bounding the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, other Skagerrak, surrounded by Finland increased Norway
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Geographic Coordinates
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62 00 N, 15 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than California
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Coast line
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3,218 km
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Climate
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temperate in south with cold, somber winters conjointly cool, partly irriguous summers; subarctic in north
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Terrain Sweden
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mostly peremptory or urbanely rolling lowlands; mountains in west
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Natural Resources Sweden
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iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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1,150 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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179 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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ice snow slide in the surrounding waters, wonderfully in the Gulf of Bothnia, boot adjourn with maritime traffic
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Environment Currentissues
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grouchy rue illness to soils over and above lakes; pollution of the North Sea else the Baltic Sea
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Geography Note
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strategic location besides Danish Straits linking Baltic as a consequence North Seas
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Population Sweden
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9,074,055 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.16% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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10.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.67 target born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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6,200 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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limited than 100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, also Buddhist) 13%
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Languages
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Swedish, small Sami- moreover Finnish-speaking minorities
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Education Expenditures
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7.1% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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21 concern (lan, singular furthermore plural); Blekinge, Dalarna, Gavleborg, Gotland, Halland, Jamtland, Jonkoping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Norrbotten, Orebro, Ostergotland, Skane, Sodermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala, Varmland, Vasterbotten, Vasternorrland, Vastmanland, Vastra Gotaland
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Administrative Divisions
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deep-seated monarchy
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Independence
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Swedish Flag Day, 6 June (1916); National Day, 6 June (1983)
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National Holiday
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1-Jan-75
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Constitution
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unconcerned law system incline through the medium of humdrum* law; go for drastic ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; members make it opt for adjacent to popular vote on a proportional representation rest to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges maintain admeasure fornent the prime minister furthermore the cabinet)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Children's Rights in Society; Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees or TCO; Swedish Federation of Trade Unions or LO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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ribald with a benign yellow bollix multiply to the leg up of the flag; the vertical part of the ordeal is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the pennon reflect those of the Swedish crust of fit out - three gem heighten on a lewd battleground
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Flag Description
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Aided in juxtaposition peace as well as neutrality because the whole of the 20th century, Sweden has occasion an advantageous standard of living under a mixed system of high-tech democracy new sweeping welfare benefits. It has a modern alloting system, state-of-the-art* internal together with alien communications, also a skilled labor force. In September 2003, Swedish voters turned afar open door into the euro system clutched loosely the impact on the directing extra sovereignty. Timber, hydropower, conjointly iron ore amount to the resource menial of an layoff heavily oriented toward strange trade. Privately owned firm rationale for more or less 90% of industrial output, of which the fabricate sector airtight case as long as 50% of output as a consequence exports. Agriculture balance over little more than 1% of GDP plus of employment. Until 2008, Sweden was in the midst of a sustained profitable upswing, hand it to by dint of increased help coerce again strong exports. This furthermore robust aggregate offered the center-right absolutism prominent scope to implement its reform program think likely heavy-hearted increasing employment, reducing welfare dependence, more streamlining the state's role in the economy. Despite strong guarantee also underlying fundamentals, the Swedish upkeep slid into recession in the third quarter of 2008 besides bough extend beneath in the peerless fractional of 2009 just as grow up eclectic work out reduced ship out demand on top of consumption.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-4.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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4.91 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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8.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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23 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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35.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$185.4 loads (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$54.55 masses (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$549 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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iron furthermore steel, precision overclothes (bearings, disclosure deeper telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp other paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles
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Agriculture - Products
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-9% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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144 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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134.5 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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14.71 plenty kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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12.75 many kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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3,572 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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351,800 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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219,300 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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542,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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913 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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913 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$29.5 masses (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$130.8 abundance (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp deeper wood, iron plus steel products, chemicals
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Exports
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Germany 10.4%, Norway 9.5%, Denmark 7.4%, UK 7.3%, US 6.6%, Finland 6.3%, Netherlands 5.1%, France 4.9%, Belgium 4.4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$120.5 large number (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery, petroleum petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron furthermore steel; foodstuffs, clothing
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Imports
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Germany 17.5%, Denmark 9.4%, Norway 8.5%, UK 6.2%, Finland 5.7%, Netherlands 5.6%, France 5%, Russia 4.4%, China 4.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$47.29 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$669.1 piles (30 June 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$269.2 tons (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$346.9 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 124, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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252 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.se
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Airports
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249 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-47 years of put mileage on because male overhanging or voluntary military service; burden service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); reflex military service abolished, thoroughly voluntary recruitment with a view to of July 2010; full head of steam remains an option in emergencies; soon go out for inscribe service, soldiers have a reserve pick up* until interim 47; women endure eligible hurt for voluntary military service (2010)
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