** Kingdom of Sweden
SWEDEN or as in the Swedish Language (Sverige)
Is one of Scandinavian countries in northern Europe and its capital is "Stockholm".
Sweden, famous for its beautiful nature and stability of social order.
Sweden is a member of the European Union and the North. Norway is bordered to the west and Finland to the north-east and the Kattegat Sea, Gulf of Skajirak and Denmark from the south.
 
** Population
.. About 84% of Swedes living in urban areas, 16% live in country areas and enjoy the same high standard of living enjoyed by city dwellers, as a result of economic development and social action to dissolve social disparities among the population.
.. Sweden is one of the least densely populated countries in the world, as the density of population in the north is low, but increases as heading south.
up to nearly half a million people, are Muslim Turks, Yugoslav immigrant, Arab and Pakistani, who constitute the Muslim minority in Sweden.
 
** Religion
.. Sweden is one of the countries which respect freedom of the creed and religious rites practiced by all religions.
* 87%, followed by the Lutheran Church, the Catholic population, the remaining 13% distributed to the rest of religions such as Islam, Judaism and Orthodox Christians.

** Political system:
Sweden is constitutional monarchy, and the King is the head of the state  ,the government and executive authority is headed by the Prime Minister and Cabinet members.
The parliament called on Sweden (Alrksdaj), and the Legislative Council consisting of 349 members.
The parliament appointed an official called the (sergeant) in order to protect citizens from illegal use for the authority of government officials.
Sweden consists of 24 province and one government. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the country, and hears appeals of the final issues of civil and criminal task.

** Foreign policy:
.. Sweden follows the policy of peaceful and neutral in the two world wars and also at the international level, but it strongly opposed the Vietnam War, which led in 1968 to cut the United States of America for its diplomatic relations with it, and the subsequent recognition of northern Vietnam in 1969, and the establishment of diplomatic relations with Germany East in 1972. Joined the EU in 1995

** Economy and infrastructure:
Sweden is an advanced industrial state,  and the economy is built on the rich engineering services and exports
and about 90% of the industries owned by the private sector, state ownership is limited to mining ,public transportation and energy. The industry represents 31% of the GNP, while the service industry 65% and agriculture only 4%. And Sweden's richest deposits of iron in the world are exported mostly (8% of world production), in addition to the raw material for copper, gold, lead and silver. Characterized by Swedish that the value of exports exceeded the value of imports, they export huge quantities of paper and. The imports are mainly oil and agricultural products. It is a commercial deal with Germany and the United Kingdom, the United States, Norway and Denmark, which is tracking the European Free Trade Association, in addition to being a member of the European Common Market.
Forests are an important economic resource of Sweden, and contribute about 45% of its exports, which are exported wood products manufactured locally, such as the heart of timber, paper, furniture and Cellulose, charcoal and some chemicals and prevail this pattern of economic activity Northern Territory, where wood workshops are spread along the valleys. Operates ten agricultural land area of the country.

** Culture and Education:
.. Education is compulsory in Sweden for children from 7 - 16 years, primary and secondary education are free, English language study is compulsory at the age of ten. There are six universities in Sweden, the oldest university, which was established in the "Uppsala in 1477." Illiteracy rate in Sweden is zero%
Sweden is considered - as a result of political stability, which lasted more than forty years, radical change in the structure of the educational system - as one of the richest countries in the world which achieve the greatest economic and social welfare, Sweden did not participate in any war more than two centuries ago. It committed itself to strict neutrality in both World Wars.
Sweden has large, with an area about 487 thousand square kilometers and is characterized by homogeneous populations where there are only a few minorities, and some groups of migrants and a population of 8.9 million people in 2003 while the rate of population growth In the same year 0.01%. predominant religion is Christianity, depending on the Lutheran Protestant Church.
The political system of the State is a constitutional monarchy, the king is regarded as the legitimate ruler of the country but he does not have the political authorities, as they are relying on Parliament, which consists of 349 members.
Sweden has achieved high rates of economic growth for being an industrial state in the first place because the rate of annual growth in 2006 to 3% unemployment rate and arrived in the same year to 4% The inflation rate reached 2.2%, The Government provides everyone in Swedish society, Through programs of social services, health care and pensions for the elderly, the unemployed, scholarships and free education program for dental care, transportation and school meals and the educational materials free of charge. The Swedish Government attaches great importance and distinctive culture dedicated to the cultural amounts of money estimated at millions of pesos or the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars, the budget is earmarked for culture in Sweden of the highest budgets compared with other Western.
It is a beautiful custom in Sweden that the first gift the child get after borne is a book !!
The Swedish people is passionate about reading.
and their motto is "life means reading and work" . Swedish in general compliance with and respect individual freedom and faith in democracy.

                    * Sweden Facts & Figures *

** Sweden in a globalized economy is going through a period of excellent performance, with excellent profits for its  corporate according to the record levels and exports Sweden was in the highest levels during the year 2007 - 2008.
And Sweden enjoyed the highest growth rate, the rate of GDP is raised by (3%) annually, thus superior to other developed countries like the United States (2.9%) , Britain (2.5%), Japan (1.7%) and Germany (0.9%).
Source: National Institute of Economic Research "Euro estate" OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2007).

** Sweden came within the top ten countries in terms of receiving foreign direct investment in the world in terms of value multiplied flows to Sweden during the period from 2005-2006 tripled, rising from 8.3 billion euro / 10.3 billion U.S. dollars to
22.2 billion euro / 27.8 billion U.S. dollars.
Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in 2006.

** Managed Assets:
.. The proceeds of high-level market in Sweden
in the private property sector is an attractive destination for financial services companies, and through
The last decade, the value of total assets managed
(Including venture capital and procurement)has been raised From 2.4 billion euro / U.S. $ 3 billion
More than 31 billion euro / $ 39 billion.
Source: (SVCA) Foundation Swedish capital in 2007 estimating risk and investment agency.

 

** Foreign investments in Swedish real estate:
.. Sweden is one of the largest real estate markets in Europe in terms of investment and international activities,
And this market is characterized by high transparency and lower costs for real estate transactions.
And have registered in foreign investments in 2006, thus achieving higher levels of 60 billion kroner
The equivalent of 6.7 billion euro / 8.6 billion U.S. dollars.
* Note: Foreign investments include all types of property except for public tenders.
Source: company Jones Lang asked 2002-2005 m, the company DTZ 2006 m.

 

* Equation of success *
 
.. The success of any business depends primarily on the combination of a variety of factors, which make up the equation of success for this work, and the equation of success for the Swedish system was the following:
** (1) production growth in manufacturing:
.. Swedish business community is competitive with multinational companies and the existence of secondary and skilled contractors, and there are small companies in the area of advanced technology, a diversified
And despite the fact that output per hour is still slow somewhat behind the leading economic systems
Such as America, the Swedish manufacturing companies showed a higher production growth rates in the world, Sweden is ranked second in the world.
Source: United States Department of Labor in 2006.

** (2) Total expenditure on research and development:
.. Investment in higher education and scientific research fields have made Sweden occupy the second place in the world - according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development --
And more over the university enrolment rate ,  the skills of manpower and the results of scientific research.
* Note: Measurement is based on the number of patents and scientific research for each individual.
.. The high expenses on scientific research and development is one of the main reasons behind the international competitiveness of Sweden, and equivalent in importance to the fact that 75% of investment in scientific research funded by the Swedish private sector.
Source: World Institute for Development Administration IMD 2006 m.

** Ease of business start in SWEDEN:
.. Sweden is ranked third in the world in terms of ease and shorten the proceedings are to begin a company in Sweden, where the information is available and quires forms are easy and very simple.

It takes only few weeks to set up a new company and this will be done by legal offices, or specialized consulting firm.

** Swedish market potential:
.. Sweden represents the main economic and geographic region in Baltic and Northern Europe
And this is what makes Sweden a natural launching pad for starting business in this part of Europe.
Sweden is considered as a gate to three markets :
Scandinavia - the Baltic region - northern Europe.
And Sweden has become the financial capital region because of the size of the market owned.
,Where about 100 million consumers, along with the rest of the European Union which nearly 550 million consumers

Sweden - as breeding ground – has encouraged many local and multinational companies to invest.
Because of its healthy environment for innovation and modern techniques.
The advantage of multinational corporate experience , with High-level of financial means and scientific research centers, helps to enter the venture capital with great confidence in the business sector.
And it is worth mentioning that the business sector, in Sweden has a record studded with research in development processes and conscious planning, which was a base for launching successful business.
And the performance of Swedish business unique for the time being, and as a result of the restructuring has been successful in the past and the promising development of the Swedish economy.

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