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Edit request: found the missing citation, 25 July 2011

I found the citation that is missing under the education section, 3rd paragraph, in the part that talks about tertiary education:

https://www.tilastokeskus.fi/artikkelit/2006/art_2006-07-06_001.html

I found this citation source in the article about Finland, which discussed a similar set of statistics about its own tertiary education system.

Thanks!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.237.212.142 (talk) 09:04, 25 July 2011‎ (UTC)[reply]

Swedish 2017 GDP has reviewed

The recent GDP per capita checked at US $51,744 per person in a month. I've changed the data based on World Bank forum centre with a great effort. KaplanAL (talk) 21:54, 27 January 2017 (Western Indonesia Time)

World War II

Sweden was directly involved in World War II. Without the Swedish iron ore Germany's war effort would have collapsed in 1940. (86.132.155.226 (talk) 13:10, 28 February 2021 (UTC))[reply]

That's the definition of "indirect". Would you consider "training insurgents in Axis' enemies' countries to also be a "direct involvement"? 90.227.126.45 (talk) 22:30, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In any case, without one or more citations of reliable sources that support it, the claim is not something we can publish in this article. General Ization ^Talk 22:48, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2021

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In the middle of the 17th century, Sweden was the third-largest country in Europe by land area, surpassed by only Russia and Spain. Sweden reached its largest territorial extent under the rule of Charles X after the treaty of Roskilde in 1658, following Charles X's risky but successful crossing of the Danish Belts.[64][65] The foundation of Sweden's success during this period is credited to Gustav I's major changes to the Swedish economy in the 16th century and his introduction of Protestantism.[66] In the 17th century, Sweden was engaged in many wars, for example with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with both sides competing for territories of today's Baltic states, with the disastrous Battle of Kircholm being one of the highlights.[67] One-third of the Finnish population died in the devastating Great Famine of 1695–1697 that struck the country.[68] Famine also hit Sweden, killing roughly 10% of Sweden's population.[69]

The date of the Battle of Kircholm should be added as the article makes it look like it was near the end of the 17th century qith the famine, while in reality, it was in 1605 Carolean Penguin (talk) 15:11, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. I think the current wording is fine, and I don't understand how you read it that way. 1605 is in the 17th century, and anyone curious about when Kircholm happened can click the link. ◢ Ganbaruby!  (talk) 17:30, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Section regarding crime

Why is there a section regarding crime filed under Demographics? This does not appear to be standard procedure for country pages. Seems it should be moved to the Politics chapter, and possibly merged with the section on Judicial system.

193.150.216.5 (talk) 23:38, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 26 July 2021

The Culture section currently contains the following paragraph:

"Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Sweden was seen as an international leader in what is now referred to as the "sexual revolution", with gender equality having particularly been promoted.[322] The early Swedish film I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) reflected a liberal view of sexuality, including scenes of love making that caught international attention, and introduced the concept of the "Swedish sin" that had been introduced earlier in the US with Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika."

Please consider re-writing this paragraph because of the following issues:

- "I Am Curious (Yellow)" is a 1967 film, so it cannot be described as an "early" film. The "Swedish" description is also superfluous.

- "I Am Curious (Yellow)" is a 1967 film, so it cannot introduce a concept that had already been introduced in a 1953 film ("Summer with Monika").

- "Swedish Sin" is a US concept that was imposed on "Summer with Monika" by its US promoter and other US commentators. Whether it was actually a part of Swedish culture is therefore debatable (it may have been a part of a foreign view of that culture, but that's not the same thing).

- "% muslim population needs to be seriously updated -- last source citation was from 2018"