YMCA / KFUM Sweden - Some basic information about the Swedish organization.
Amerikanska - For Americans living in or moving to Sweden. Includes a message board, articles about life in Sweden, American food information, TV information, Swedish news, and the ability to find other Americans in your area.
Parentnet Sweden - A non-profit English-speaking organization comprised of individuals from various English-speaking countries. The goal is to support one another through family activities and information sharing in raising our children with the challenges of being bilingual and bicultural.
Central Defence and Society Federation - Acts to develop the common interests of the citizens and the total defence by providing information and stimulating the debate.
Canadiana - A message board for Canadians who are living in, or moving to, Sweden.
Expats In Sweden - Information on living in or visiting Sweden, with emphasis on helping English-speaking people find jobs.
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-- Aristotle That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been
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-- Lily Tomlin Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside
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-- Michel de Montaigne My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimitable superior who reveals Himself in the
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Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique
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