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The region we now know as Sweden saw prehistoric settlers as early as 8,000 BC following the end of the Ice Age. Stone Age man populated the coastal areas of the country making use of the sea’s extensive food resources. Farming was later introduced and settlers moved further inland to develop agricultural skills, first with bronze and then with iron tools.

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Conflicts ensued which after a two hundred year period, resulted in Sweden becoming powerful and having a wealth of territories under its imperial control. Such status was however short-lived and with Finland declaring autonomy in 1809 and later Norway in 1905, it was reduced to the size that it is today.

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