Sweden is many things but it is famed for its engineering and design skills and inventiveness. The original IKEA store can be seen in Almhult, built in 1958. (The HQ are now in Denmark and the founder, Ingvar Kamprad, lives in London.) Thecompany was founded in 1943.
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We travel to Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost region, At three hundred miles north of the arctic circle at a frosty minus 25 degrees centigrade, this is the land of the Midnight Sun. This frozen wilderness is home to the Sami people
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Arctic exploration has existed for millennia but gained renewed prominence following the onset of the Age of Discovery.
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The Normans who emerged from Normandy in France in the 10th century were famed for their martial spirit and had a major political impact in medieval Europe.
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It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland in November 1939, and ended just over three months later
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