style is primarily associated with Denmark‚ both Norway and Sweden designers have contributed to the allure of Scandinavian home furnishings. Some say that the inspiration for the Scandinavian design can be traced to the “elegant curves” of art nouveau from which designers were able to produce aesthetically pleasing‚ structurally strong modern furniture. Danish‚ and the home furnishings produced by the other Scandinavian countries—Sweden‚ Norway‚ and Finland‚ are made using wood (primarily oak‚ maple
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People have been fighting for what they believe is right for centuries. This is exactly what Raoul Wallenberg did in his lifetime. He showed moral courage and fought for what he believed was right. To understand this one must first understand what moral courage means. The word moral means “concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.” The word courage means “the ability to do something that frightens one or strength in the face of pain
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the same year‚ 1947‚ as H&M. His father‚ Erling‚ was the son of a butcher in Västerås‚ an hour or so outside of Stockholm. Stefan Persson chairs the hugely successful clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB‚ a company founded by his father in Sweden in 1947. Known informally as "H&M‚" the international chain of nearly 900 stores has mastered the art of delivering cheap but chic styles and is poised to corner this segment of the United States market. Ranked Sweden’s richest private citizen
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Kysser Allain C. Mirador AB Political Science IV PA 14 Permit no : 535 FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN THE PHILIPPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM The influence of France in the Philippine Administrative System Today a unitary semi-presidential Republic‚ France has developed strong local governments in parallel with central government branch offices at the local level‚ reflecting a mix of powers between local government and central government which could be a distinctive element of the French administrative
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Mops The Scandinavion world ond Europe in the eorly Viking Age I Scandinavia in the Viking Age 63 2 Scandinavian settlement in Eneland 83 The making of modern Europe was a slow and laborious business which the historian simplifies at peril. Modern conceptions of national growth and of national types are too easiiy applied to situations in the past where they are distorting‚ anachronistic and positively misleading. To be obsessed with the image of peaceful and peaceJoving Scandinavian farmers
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day was about to end her father returned to Villa Villekulla. Pippi was indeed a remarkable and exciting child. Conflict Pippi lived alone with no adult supervision. Solution Pippi father returned to Villa Villekulla in the small town in Sweden. Author’s Purpose The author wrote this story to entertain us to have a sense of humor. Tone or Mood This story was hilarious‚ encouraging and childlike. The hilarious part was when Pippi actually picked up a horse with one hand. The encouraging
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they continued to march. Because even if the king of Poland‚ the saxon elector August‚ was forced into submission there still remained the main enemy. Along with August and Denmark’s Frederik IV had Tsar peter entered into a covenant attack against Sweden and while Charles XII was employed in Poland‚ the Russians had taken the opportunity to conquer the Swedish land in the Baltics. In Ingria‚ the Czar commissioned the construction of a long -awaited port‚ St. Petersburg. It was a difficult challenge
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universalism‚ gender equality and consensus on political decision. It is important highlight that I will adopt two different terms to group these countries. By Scandinavian countries I mean Norway‚ Sweden and Denmark while the wider concept of „Nordic nations‟ includes all five countries Norway‚ Sweden‚ Denmark‚ Finland and Iceland. In a second moment‚ I will show how new external and internal pressures threatened the welfare state model and deviated the Nordic countries from their common path. As
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business; therefore I we have chosen the Swedish clothing chain Hennes & Mauritz (H&M). The chain was founded by Erling Persson‚ a Sweden‚ in 1947. Case study: H&M Clothing Company Bullishness Swedish company in fashion world. Company Facts: Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is a Multi-national fashion clothing retailer from Kingdom of Sweden. H&M opened its first store in Sweden in 1947. At the end of 2006‚ H&M had 1‚345
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ericsson had been operating for 127 years. In 1885 Ericsson produced the world’s first handset that combined receiver and speaker. By 1900‚ it ran operations in countries as spread out as China‚ Russia and Mexico and realized 95% of its sales outside of Sweden. In 1975‚ Ericsson introduced AXE‚ the first computer controlled switch‚ which helped the company double its market share and facilitate its entry into the US. During the 1980s‚
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