Former politician, diplomat and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jan Eliasson was born in 1940 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Jan was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by the Swedish government in 2006, and worked as Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly between 2012-2016. In the early eighties Eliasson worked as advisor in the war betweenContinueContinue reading “Jan Eliasson”
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Statistics
The data in this blog post have been collected from the Swedish institute of statistics, SCB. Please note that the given numbers may differ from the data presented on seb.se at this very moment. Photo from Pexels.com Marriages During 2025 there were 44 040 marriages throughout the year. The most popular month to hold aContinueContinue reading “Statistics”
The Gothenburg trams
The city of Gothenburg is well known for its blue trams. They’ve been a part of the city since 1902, and each year over 147 million people travel with these trams. In 1879 horses played a big part in peoples life, especially since horse and carriage was the only form of transportation. In 1902 theContinueContinue reading “The Gothenburg trams”
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