Sweden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Scandinavians (e.g., the piratical Vikings and Norsemen ). The Swedes alone, known as Varangians in Russia, extended (10th cent...power. Through a war with Russia, he acquired (1617) Ingermanland...Ingermanland, and Karelia to Russia. Internally, Sweden was torn...