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Sweden Notes on Finances Wars and Nobel Debate
Sweden reports the national treasury receipts for 1012 at 54 950 000 crowns. The country exports beer to Germany and meat exports rise after the Sas Mitz Trelleberg agreement. The royal family celebrated Christmas with Dowager Empress Sofia and King Gustaf hosting a family dinner. An unknown donor gave 5 000 crowns to King Oscar’s jubilee fund supporting sanitariums for consumptives. The Young Socialists cause controversy with pamphlets bearing death’s cross and the slogan Jehovah Is Dead in Stockholm churches. Strindberg hailed for Nobel Prize by Svenska Morgenbladet backed by Danish papers. Coast defense plans and notable deaths in Stockholm featured. European telegraph notes Denmark on first aviator Elichammer and Copenhagen reports foot and mouth disease outbreaks with stock slaughter and cordons. Bergen population up to 76 919. Norway’s quiet growth noted. British minister Herbet moved from Christania to Mexico. Johanna Andersson Grodaas of Hernidal turns 100. Bergen women prisoners moved to Christiania jail after Bergen’s inadequate jail.