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    Sweden officially the Kingdom of Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavi Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the Öresund Bridge in the south.
At 450,295 km², Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union in terms of area, and it has a total population of about 9.2 million. Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54 /sq mi) but a considerably higher density in the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas, and it is expected that these numbers will gradually rise as a part of the ongoing urbanization. Sweden's capital is Stockholm, which is also the largest city in the country (population of 1.3 million in the urban area and with 2 million in the metropolitan area).

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Örnsköldsvik
The municipality of Örnsköldsvik is located on the east coast of Sweden, at about 600 km north of Stockholm, the capital. The municipality is part of the county of Västernorrland.
It covers an area of 680 square kilometres, with 55 000 inhabitants, of which around 35 000 live in the central region. This area, including the town of Önsköldsvik, is currently enjoying a period of rapid expansion especially within the industry and commerce but not only in this domains.
Historically, the countryside shows traces of human activity way back 7000-8000 years ago. Ancient remains can still be seen today, there are plenty of mounds from the bronze age in the country side. The oldest known farm in the north of Sweden goes back approx 2000 years.
The Municipality of Örnsköldsvik was founded in 1842 and the town in 1894. The name was given in memory of Per Abraham Örnsköld who was the county governor between 1762-1769 and who started to build up the trading on the coast.

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My name is Cyril Angevin and I’m french.In October 2010, I started the service in the civic association STATES CITE he is finished June 30, 2011. My Interests: computers, philosophy, reading, video games, world history, Buddhism, different religions.
 
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