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Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the Öresund Bridge in the south. At 450,000 km² (174,000 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union in terms of area, and it has a total population of over 9.2 million. Sweden has a low population density of 20 people per km² (52 per square mile), but is much higher in the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas. Sweden's capital is Stockholm, which is also the largest city in the country (population of 1.3 million in the urban area and with 2 million in the metropolitan area). The second and third largest cities are Gothenburg and Malmö.
HistoryIt is said that the first goa/psy-parties took place in the late 80’s outside a town called Örebro. From there it then spread to the capital of Sweden, Stockholm with the infamous club Docklands as pioneers. In the early 1990s some dedicated acid freaks brought their visions from Goa and made the first party in legendary Kilsbergen in Örebro. In Stockholm Docklands had their imprint in the scene and within it came both positive and negative aspects when the police started to put energy into the surveillance of this new age party culture. Ever since then the psychedelic spirit spread all over the country, though mostly to the major cities like Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Producers however are more spread out over the whole country. Today the psychedelic / progressive trance scene and culture is spread all over the country mostly to the three biggest cities; Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö and the areas around. Oppressive authorities had for many years a unique interest in finding and shutting down as many parties as they possibly could find. These days police are less repressive as they realize that they get nowhere with the zero-tolerance policy. At some parties you may actually see police officers smiling in the morning sun. [2009] A LOT of space with great troll forest environment in SWEDENSo, what is there to know about the long country in northern Europe? Apart from the fact we have a lot of elks, meatballs and the phenomena of northern light; Sweden is a country with A LOT of space with great troll forest environment. The further up north you go, the more space there is. If you were to flip the country over, the north tip would reach to the Mediterranean Sea. However the scene is most activated in the southern half of the country; south, east and west. In the summer time, which is most recommended to make a visit, you can always camp where ever you like with your caravan or even your tent. Sweden has a law that makes all property legal for anyone to stay on for a short while! Since we are a small country of around 9 million people, naturally the parties are smaller than many of the events that happen abroad. How ever, we still know how to make kick-ass-parties and we still are one of the biggest music export countries on the planet, and this is true about psychedelic / electronic music as well. Many well known producers have come out of the Swedish woodwork such as Hux Flux, Tegma, Son Kite, Human Blue, Artax, Andromeda, Vibrasphere, Ticon, Logic Bomb, Ibojima, Krumelur, Gaudium, Etnoscope, Procs, Derango and naturally S-Range to mention some of the most established names. On the list of artists/producers trying to make their way onto the scene we find among others: Lazar, Mad Mango, Re:Actor, Bohemica Electroscape, OIL, Diffus, Arramakki, Nevarakka, T.A.S, Beng, Karl-Johan, Yggdrasil, Pusherstreet, and Trance-Ingvars. DJ’s worth mentioning that already have, or is in the beginning to get global attention on international festival stages are: Morg, Kvasi, Anti, Rokkaz, Peter Digital, Anneli, Paulina Cewe, Sabi, D.O.S.U.L.F, Dennis the Menace, PM, Hadji, Shantaram, Matt with an S, Cosmic Serpent, Buddha BPM, Icaruz, Alexxx and Bakke to name a few. In these “global” age of time almost everyone is either a producer, dj or deco-artist. Talking about deco-artists we can proudly mention NOS, Diffus, Tree-D, Jamin Murphy and of course INTI Design. About our open-airs; It’s simply something of the most magical one can experience. While year 2004 and 2005 had a lot of great quality-production and spirit parties, past three years hasn’t seen so many of them, but of course those that happened were even more appreciated. 2008 did as usual mark the opening of the open-air season with the 8th and maybe last edition of “Trolltyg”? “Mystiska Hålet I Marken” and “Enjoy the Forest” invested a MAD input of energy but also money to pleasure the audience once again. One of the biggest open air events in sweden, really worth to mention, "Månsken" (moonshine), every year delivers an awesome dance experience always with great international acts as well as some of the best from sweden. Midsummer, Swedish trancers celebrated in the north in the first edition of “DejaVu Open-air”, with one of the greatest line-up’s in Sweden ever. As mentioned, summer time and open-airs is the most highly recommended happenings. However there are quite some good club/indoor parties in the wintertime. If you travel to Stockholm and looking for a blasting night with always a line-up of international standard, then make a visit to a Technostate party. In Gothenburg area check for parties made by either Connected Network, Laugh and Dance rec or Genesis Project. In the south region around Malmö, look for events produced by Divine Music Tribe, Sunshine Tribe, BiP and Enlighted Network. 2009 has already proved to be a most interesting year for organizers as well as party goers. Many lessons have been learned, and it will be very interesting to see where 2009 takes us… …or rather…to where we will take 2009! Tell us more about SWEDEN 2011 Support your local scene and let us know about it. Please write in the third person and take a neutral point-of-view. An article about a country should contain the following things:
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