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Border residents: "We just have to live with" tighter restrictions Residents along the Finnish-Swedish border are not happy about new restrictions, but generally back the move. In Sweden's Norrbotten region, directly across the border, the rate of infection is about ten times higher than on the Finnish side. Everyone crossing the border from Sweden is encouraged to test for the coronavirus. Image: Yle/Linda Söderlund Residents of Tornio in Finnish Lapland, on the border with Sweden, expect that new restrictions that came into force on Wednesday will make everyday life a little more difficult...

© Liam Kearney/Shutterstock.com Sweden’s history as a sovereign state stretches back a thousand years, though its boundaries were often changing until the early 19th century. These 14 buildings provide useful snapshots of how the country’s distant past has influenced its more recent history. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Church of St. Mark St. Mark’s Church, built in 1964 for a new suburban parish in Stockholm, includes a meeti...