Shipbuilding in Sweden
Sweden is a northern European country located between Finland and Norway. The country shares its borders with the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak. Although known as a military powerhouse in the 17th century, Sweden has remained a neutral country and has not participated in any of the World Wars in modern history. A former agricultural based country, Sweden has evolved into a highly industrialized one, with its rich resources of iron, hydroelectric, and timber. The rich resources also allowed the country to develop metal products, automotive, machinery, transport equipment, and paper products. In recent years, Sweden also developed its information technology, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical sectors.
Sharing borders with major maritime routes, Sweden also has important seaports. Its rich maritime history also facilitated the development of the Swedish shipbuilding industry. Sweden has the second largest shipbuilding industry in the 1960s and 1970s until Japan outperformed and surpassed Sweden. Various factors contributed to the decli...
The Hmong and Swedish were never originally in America, but in their own homeland. The Hmong lived at South of China in the hilly mountains before they were oppressed the Qing dynasty. Once oppressed, the clans of the Hmong moved south into the hilly mountains of Laos peacefully for a millennium. The Swedish people lived in Sweden. The industrial Revolution arrived to Sweden and made the economy grow exponentially. "Most notably foreign trade expanded by leaps and bounds in the 1850s and 1860s. With new export sectors, industrial investments increased."(Schön) Industrial
Shipping goods through Detroit to the Port of Halifax provides the opportunity to use vacated industrial centers by repurposing these facilities for transshipment and manufacturing. Detroit as a transshipment hub provides a distribution system for goods to move to worldwide markets. Many manufacturers have failed due to a lack of an adequat...
doing so to compete with Sweden after losing a war to them in 1700. In
The Vasa was a custom-built warship by King Gustav of Sweden in 1625. This case study analysis will inspect the factors that led to the ultimate capsizing of the Vasa on its maiden voyage in 1628, in her own harbor.
This essay discusses the influx of Norwegian immigrants as well as their role is skiing logging boating and fishing. This resource is based on the archives in the Nordic Heritage Museum. The weakness with this resource is that it is just a short easy although it strength is it covers many aspects of how Norwegians helped develop Seattle.
Twenty years ago, the cruise industry was in the midst of a major growth spurt. With everyone focused on the arrival of the first 100,000 gross ton ship and the coming era of the mega cruise ship, the acquisition of four Russian riverboats by a small group of investors led by industry-veteran Torstein Hagen largely went unnoticed. Despite river cruising’s long heritage, few in the industry could envision the potential to transform the niche market into the industry’s fastest growing segment. In August 1997, having spent $8 million to acquire four boats, Viking River Cruises was established in Leningrad.
The demand for ships was just beginning when Troop began to build his fleet, as two were later acquired in the 1840s and a subsequent eight in the 1850s (Spicer THE AGE OF SAIL 90). These ships varied in size, ranging anywhere from 300 tons to 1200 tons depending on their make. The Troops development helped to create and support the Golden Age of Shipbuilding as “the demand for ships [was] said to be greater than [had] ever been known to [the] builders” (Spicer THE AGE OF SAIL 91) of the time. The fleet was developing at a time where they could capitalize at the expense of others. One of the reasons for the high growth rates was the decline in the American fleet in the 1860s and 1870s and resulting in opportunities for Canadian vessels in American export trades (Sager and Fisher 27) as a result of the Crimean and American Civil wars.
Alfred Thayer Mahan was an author and strategist for the United States Navy. He graduated the Naval Academy in 1859 and would go on to head the Newport Naval Academy. As an author, he wrote many influential books, including The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783. In this book, Mahan explained that if a nation held “Sea Power”, or naval dominance, it would also have global dominance. In his analysis, Mahan theorized that growing industrial development would create excess goods for which new markets needed to be found. These markets would undoubtedly be in distant ports across large bodies of water and to ensure the safety of merchant ships a strong naval guardian and escort would be paramount (Divine 610).
The Swedish Criminal Justice System is one by comparison to other countries, a well oiled machine. Before recognizing the aspects of the criminal justice system of Sweden, there is some history that has to be brought into the light. Sweden and Finland are very similar in comparison, whether that is the close geographical position of both countries or the similarities of cultures or maybe due to the fact that they are both apart of the Nordic Welfare State. Sweden and Finland both have the world’s oldest homicide statistics, which started in the mid-1700’s. Sweden, like many other countries has been through multiple political-social changes and developments throughout the last few centuries. They did not participate in either of the World Wars,
The success of Sweden’s welfare state could be explained by its economic history. A series of free market reforms helped the country with its economic growth. The policymakers depended on work friendly practices and growth. The Social Democrats tried to bring Sweden’s economy to Socialism. The competitiveness found in Sweden’s economy was reduced by the government’s involvement with the economy, generous welfare benefits and high taxes. With the competitiveness reduced, Sweden became a substandard industrialized country when it came to wealth. The country also became poorer due to paying taxes and its spending policies. At the end of the 19th century, there were many small farmers in the country that had their own property. Even though they were quite poor, they focused on justice and work related norms. These ethics prompted Swedes to work hard to support themselves and their families. Swedes believed tha...
Norway is one of the “three fingers” of Scandinavia, and is just larger than New Mexico. It covers 125,181 square miles. It is located in Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The coastline stretches 21,925 km. The population of Norway is 4.3 million and growing. The population is predominantly or Nordic (Scandinavian) decent. There is also a small minority (20,000) of native Sámis (Laplanders), who live mostly in the North. Many aspects of business and management in Norway are very similar to those of America including language and communication, power structures/politics, work ethics, food and eating habits, dress, and religious beliefs.
Sweden is a very industrialized country. It has many jobs for mostly all of their 8,972,000 people. They have a very large work force that keeps the country running. Its economy is based on a combood, advanced engineering and their massive army. It also relies heavily on exports. Ninety percent of Sweden's industry is privately owned and operated without and governmental interference. Service industries (such as cab services and maid services) make up over two-thirds of Sweden's jobs and two-thirds of Sweden's total value of its economic production. Manufacturing industries located along the coast of the country. Steel is widely used in the Engineering industry and accounts for two-fifths of the country's exports.
Maritime is primarily an adjective that describes objects or activities related to the sea. Why maritime important to grow up economy? It is because It is the main means for transporting goods internationally, and many cities rely on their ports as a major source of revenue. The maritime industry, which is a subsector of the transport sector, globally accounts for over 70% of transportation requirement of the world. Developing countries are expanding their participation in a range of different maritime businesses. They already hold strong positions in ship scrapping, ship registration and the supply of seafarers. They have growing market share in more
After WWII, the industrial revolution began to decline and economic focus was being shifted from manufacturing to service. Deindustrializatio...
Apart from the environmental impacts of internal shipyard activities, and the effects that can be attributed to raw materials used in the construction processes, the shipbuilding industry could be expected to play a potentially major role in securing better environmental performance from the operation of ships. There has been a tendency in the shipbuilding sector to view itself as a self contained and fully independent activity, which has no significant role outside its immediate responsibilities. Following this line of reasoning, while the shipbuilding industry is responsible for what happens at its yards, it is not responsible for what happens once the ship has been delivered. There are environmental concerns for the shipbuilding, which makes ship-owners, shipbuilders to be more environmentally socially and ecologically responsible.