Sweden: Community Picks Vol. 1

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Round 1 · 2000 AD
Casual
Official Inauguration of the Oresund Bridge
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark officially opened the massive cable-stayed bridge, which physically connected the two nations for the first time in modern history.
Round 2 · 1994 AD
Casual
MS Estonia Sinks in the Baltic Sea
The sinking of the MS Estonia remains one of the worst maritime disasters of the twentieth century, claiming 852 lives after the bow visor failed during a severe storm in the Baltic Sea.
Round 3 · 1993 AD
Expert
JAS 39 Gripen Crashes During Stockholm Water Festival
During a spectacular aerial display at the Stockholm Water Festival, a Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft lost control and plummeted into Långholmen, terrifying thousands of spectators but miraculously resulting in no fatalities.
Round 4 · 1986 AD
Casual
Assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was fatally shot on a busy Stockholm street while walking home from a cinema with his wife, an unsolved crime that deeply traumatized the Swedish nation for decades.
Round 5 · 1645 AD
Expert
Signing of the Treaty of Bromsebro in Sweden
The Treaty of Bromsebro was signed on board a ship anchored in the sound, effectively ending the Torstenson War between Sweden and Denmark and granting Sweden crucial new territories in the Baltic region.