Sweden is a country in North Europe and a member of the Scandinavian Union.
History[]
- 2011 - The Black Tide makes large parts of Denmark uninhabitable and destroys many of Norway's oil drilling installations.
- 2015 - Awakened forests erupt in several areas of Finland and Sweden; the largest covers the northern shores of the heavily polluted Gulf of Bothnia.
- 2019 - Telecommunications giants Nokia and Ericsson merge, giving birth to Erika.
- 2026 - Heimdall Security evicts squatters from Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen; it later creates a "free trade zone".
- 2029 - The Crash 1.0 cripples Norway's already-damaged oil- and technology-dependent economy, forcing the country deeply into debt.
- 2031 - Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden unite as the Scandinavian Union in the face of military threats from Russia and to coordinate economic recovery from the Crash 1.0.
- 2031 - Finland nationalizes most of its large corporations.
- 2042 - The Scandinavian Union is pressured into signing the Business Recognition Accords (BRA) with the Corporate Court, but with some important alterations.
- 2058 - The Union and Erika announce the Wireless Matrix Initiative.
- 2060 - The Norwegian shipbuilding and offshore engineering giant Kværner ASA and the shipping and engineering divisions of Mærsk Incorporated Assets merge into one company, Kværner-Mærsk, becoming a world leader in these fields.
Politics[]
Foreign Relations[]
- Relations with the Allied German States[1]
Economy[]
Corporate Presence[]
- Saeder-Krupp [2]
- NeoNET (Erika, Transys Neuronet Europe)
- Hydrolux Engineering (HQ: Luleå)[3]
- Saab (HQ: Linköping)[3] - traditional Swedish auto manufacturer[4]
- Transoceanic Mining (HQ: Malmö) - underwater mining[5]
References[]
- ↑ Germany Sourcebook p. 43
- ↑ Corporate Download p. 84
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shadows of Europe p. 145
- ↑ Rigger 3 p. ?
- ↑ Cyberpirates! p. ?
Index[]
- Dragons of the Sixth World p. 50, 102
- Germany Sourcebook p. 43
- Loose Alliances p. 9, 43, 45
- Shadows of Asia p. 135, 136
Shadows of Europe p. 40, 130, 132, 133 (map), 144 - 146, 230
- Sixth World Almanac p. 49, 51
- State of the Art: 2064 p. 163
- System Failure p. 18, 26, 27, 61, 64, 68, 76
Vice p. 134
External Links[]
- This page forked from Wordman's The Sixth World: A geographical index to the world of Shadowrun
- Sweden at Wikipedia
- Scandinavia in the Shadows (unofficial)