Raol Wallenberg

Australia paid tribute on Monday to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during World War II, by making him the country's first honorary Citizen.



Raoul Wallenberg  was born August 4, 1912 July 17, 1947. He was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian. He rescued tens of thousands to about one hundred thousand Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from Hungarian Fascists and the Nazis during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings designated as Swedish territory saving tens of thousands of lives.

 

January 17, 1945, Wallenberg was detained by Soviet authorities on suspicion of espionage and subsequently disappeared. He was later reported dead on July 17, 1947, while imprisoned in the Lubyanka, a building located in Moscow, Russia, housing both the KGB headquarters and its affiliated prison.  Sourze: Wikipedia

Scandinavian food: Why is it becoming popular in the UK?

Swedish food sales in the UK have risen by almost 30% in the past five years, with Norway and Denmark also reporting an increase in exports destined for our dining tables. So why is Scandinavian cuisine getting so popular here?

It began with the warm, creamy, cut-price meatballs designed to fuel flat-pack furniture fans seeking a break from the aisles of Ikea. But over the past few years Scandinavian cuisine has been spreading beyond Britain's retail parks and creeping into supermarkets and restaurants.
By Maddy Savage BBC News


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Students in Sweden

Thirty percent of the Swedish population between 30 and 64 has the equi-valent of a Bachelor’s degree, representing three years of full-time study and more and more people want to pursue higher education in Sweden. The number of applicants for full-time studies has increased by almost 85,000 over the past five years.