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Pretty sure that you are thinking of Norway. Sweden doesn't do oil in any serious way. Sweden is trying to be oil-free.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_Sweden_an_Oil-Free_Socie...

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Sweden) Sweden's main industries are: telecommunications equipment, wood pulp and paper products, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel.

That's quite a nice spread.

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Sweden's main industries are: telecommunications equipment, wood pulp and paper products, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel.

And ABBA. (I'm only half joking the royalties on their music equal quite a few Volvos.)

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... between 1974 and 1982,they earned nearly twice the GNP of Sweden

From: http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=322

That is pretty staggering...

This too: "When ABBA was active, only the Volvo car company made more money in Sweden.".

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