Practice test: Sweden

Editorial support and distribution support — Extended editorial support also exists for weakly covered areas and for the national minority languages.

The Gustav Vasa Bible — It was the first complete Bible in Swedish.

Four — one lit on each Sunday of Advent — The adventljusstake holds four candles, one for each Sunday of Advent. One is lit on the first Sunday, with another added each week, so four burn on the last Sunday before Christmas. (The seven-candle bridge is the separate electric window light.)

A remiss from your vårdcentral — Specialist care normally requires a remiss (referral) issued by your primary-care clinic.

2000 — Sweden recognised five national minority languages — including Romani chib — in 2000, after ratifying the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

1925 — The remit today covers news, culture, drama, sport and education across the whole country.

Oscar II — Oscar II was Swedish king at the time of the 1905 dissolution and renounced his claim to the Norwegian throne on 26 October 1905.

1890 — LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) was founded in 1890 to exploit the giant ore bodies in Lapland — a venture made possible by the new Malmbanan railway.

Fourteen days — The lender must also assess your ability to repay before granting the credit.

1 May 2009 — Sweden's gender-neutral marriage law took effect on 1 May 2009 after Riksdag passage 1 April.

1939 — May 1 became an official Swedish public holiday in 1939, almost 50 years after the first Swedish demonstration in 1890.

Because each region decides separately — A pass bought in one county therefore normally stops working at the county boundary.

As a right reserved to the Sami, organised through samebyar — Swedish law, through the 1886, 1928 and 1971 acts, defines reindeer herding as a right belonging to people of Sami origin and exercised through the samebyar, the legally defined reindeer-herding villages.

Two thirds — The council can refuse a citizens' initiative, but only if a qualified majority of two thirds votes against it. Otherwise the question must go to a referendum.

2.4 million — About 2.4 million — close to a quarter of Sweden's whole population.

Legislation may have to be changed — The court can award compensation and require the state to change its practice.

51 — Reindeer-herding rights are held by about 4,600 people organised in 51 samebyar.

480 — 480 days per child, shared between parents, with 90 days reserved for each parent (the 'daddy months').

Örebro tingsrätt — Örebro tingsrätt handles applications to convert a life sentence, once at least ten years have been served.

Turnout and influence are lower there — Participation is markedly lower in economically strained areas, which reduces the weight those neighbourhoods carry politically.