Word: overent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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An hour later venerable King Gustaf V, 81, was at the Stockholm railway station and Swedish newshawks watched attentively to note how many kisses His Majesty would bestow on his fellow sovereigns Danish King Christian X, 69, and that monarch's brother, Norwegian King Haakon VII, 67. In 1905...
Today, the might of Scandinavia has sadly withered. But last week powerful searchlights were turned on Stockholm's famed modernistic Town Hall and the massive Royal Palace as over 100,000 took their stand along the twinkling waterways and King Gustaf led his guests, after a State banquet, into...
Later in the evening Lutheran massed choirs and Swedish patriotic organizations carrying over 700 banners-among them the red flag of Swedish labor, which is Socialist-approached the Royal Palace chanting solemnly, then began to shout "Kallio! Kallio!" Dr. Kallio, often considered dour, suddenly appeared with tears of emotion in...
While the sympathetic Scandinavian press continued to refer to Finland as "The Belgium of the North," the Three Kings and their Foreign Ministers reputedly advised President Kallio in secret: 1) to hand over to the Soviet Union certain small islands, near Leningrad; 2) to refuse to concede to the Soviet...
Secession by Consent. In the single lifetime of His Majesty, who was born in 1858, the Swedish people have increased from fewer than 4,000,000 to over 6,200,000-almost as many people as live in London or New York City. The Swedes have devoted their whole toil...