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Croatia–Sweden Relations
Croatia–Sweden relations are foreign relations between Croatia and Sweden. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 January 1992. Croatia has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in Zagreb. Both countries are members of the European Union, Council of Europe and NATO. Croatia fully supported Sweden's application to join NATO, which resulted in membership on 7 March 2024. History Several terrorist acts carried out by Croatian separatists affiliated with the Ustaše movement were carried out in Sweden during the 1970s. On 10 February 1971, two Croats men entered the Yugoslav Consulate in Gothenburg. They gathered and restrained all the consulate staff on the premises, at knife and gunpoint. After just over one day's siege and fruitless negotiations with the Swedish police, they gave up and were arrested. Den 7 April 1971, at the Yugoslav Embassy in Stockholm, the Croats Miro Barešić and Anđelko Brajković penetrated the building and killed ambassador Vl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 was an aircraft hijacking which took place in Sweden and subsequently in Spain on 15 and 16 September 1972. While en route from Torslanda Airport in Gothenburg to Stockholm Arlanda Airport, three armed members of the Croatian National Resistance (CNR) forcibly took control of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21 aircraft and redirected it to Bulltofta Airport in Malmö. There was a crew of four and eighty-six passengers on the Scandinavian Airlines System aircraft. Upon arriving at Bulltofta at 17:14, the hijackers demanded the release of seven members of their group, which had been sentenced for the 1971 occupation of the Consulate-General of Yugoslavia in Gothenburg and shooting at the Embassy of Yugoslavia in Stockholm, including Miro Barešić. They threatened to otherwise detonate a bomb. Negotiations followed throughout the evening, night and morning. Six of the seven prisoners agreed to the transfer and were boarded at 04:00. Only a th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia–Sweden Relations
Croatia–Sweden relations are foreign relations between Croatia and Sweden. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 January 1992. Croatia has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in Zagreb. Both countries are members of the European Union, Council of Europe and NATO. Croatia fully supported Sweden's application to join NATO, which resulted in membership on 7 March 2024. History Several terrorist acts carried out by Croatian separatists affiliated with the Ustaše movement were carried out in Sweden during the 1970s. On 10 February 1971, two Croats men entered the Yugoslav Consulate in Gothenburg. They gathered and restrained all the consulate staff on the premises, at knife and gunpoint. After just over one day's siege and fruitless negotiations with the Swedish police, they gave up and were arrested. Den 7 April 1971, at the Yugoslav Embassy in Stockholm, the Croats Miro Barešić and Anđelko Brajković penetrated the building and killed ambassador Vl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croats In Sweden
Croats in Sweden (; ) are citizens and residents of Sweden of Croatian descent. As of 2017, they number approximately 28,000 individuals. Croats mostly follow Catholicism, but a small minority that have been living in Sweden for generations have converted to Evangelicalism. They mostly live in Stockholm, the capital city, and in Malmö, in Rosengård district. The most successful football club of Croats of Sweden is NK Croatia Malmö, that played in 1988 the Swedish 2nd League, declared in 1989 with title "Best Immigrant Club of Europe", winner of Malmö Mästerskap four times (1988, 1989, 1991 and 2016). Notable people *Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer born in Sweden to a Bosniak father and a Croat mother *Damir Markota, Croatian basketball player who grew up in Sweden * Dennis Bozic, Swedish ice hockey player *Slavenka Drakulić, Croatian novelist who lives in Sweden * Ivana Gagula, Croatian born Swedish model *Branimir Hrgota, Swedish footballer * Christer Lipov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden–Yugoslavia Relations
Sweden–Yugoslavia relations (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Odnosi Švedske i Jugoslavije, Односи Шведске и Југославије; ; ) were historical foreign relations between Sweden and now Breakup of Yugoslavia, split-up Yugoslavia (both Kingdom of Yugoslavia or Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). During the Cold War both Sweden and Yugoslavia refused to formally join either NATO or the Warsaw Pact military alliance. Both countries nevertheless had developed relations with NATO. Sweden preferred formal Neutral country, military neutrality in order to strengthen the neutrality claim of Finland, while post-1948 Tito–Stalin split Yugoslavia indirectly associated itself with NATO via the Balkan Pact (1953), Balkan Pact during the Informbiro period. With other neutral and non-aligned countries in Europe Yugoslavia and Sweden perceived development of relations among diverse European states as a way to ease Cold War tensions and promote ''Détente'', especially via Confer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
