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SWEDEN

20th April, 2022 PLACES IN NEWS

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Context

  • Sweden has been hit by several days of unrest and protests, sparked by a far-right group’s plans to burn copies of the Quran.

 

About

  • Sweden is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
  • It borders Norway to the west; Finland to the northeast; and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the south and east.
  • It has maritime borders with Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and it is also linked to Denmark (southwest) by the Öresund bridge.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-protests-against-sweden-far-right-7877138/