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Sweden

Sweden has awarded the Nobel Prize in Stockholm every year since 1901: all but the Peace Prize, which Alfred Nobel's will assigned to Norway instead. The capital sits across 14 islands in a Baltic archipelago of roughly 30,000.

Aerial view of Stockholm's old town, Gamla Stan, surrounded by the waters of the Baltic archipelago

Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Photo: Blondinrikard Fröberg, CC BY 2.0

Blue and yellow are drawn from Sweden's medieval coat of arms. The off-center Scandinavian cross, shared with Sweden's Nordic neighbors, dates the flag's basic design to at least the 16th century.

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