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Sweden and Chile. Sweden and Chile – similarities and contrasts. Sweden Population: 9.4 millions Land surface: 410,335 sq km Country length: 1,572 km GDP growth: 1.2% GDP: 525.2 billion USD GDP/capita: 42.165 USD (PPP). Chile Population: 16.7 millions - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Sweden and Chile – similarities and contrasts
Sweden and Chile
Facts 2012Sweden
• Population: 9.4 millions
• Land surface: 410,335 sq km
• Country length: 1,572 km
• GDP growth: 1.2%
• GDP: 525.2 billion USD
• GDP/capita: 42.165 USD (PPP)
Chile• Population: 16.7 millions
• Land surface: 756,625 sq km
• Country length: 4,320 km
• GDP growth: 5.6%
• GDP: 268.3 billion USD
• GDP/capita: 18,395 USD (PPP)
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Government approval ratingSweden and Chile
Composition of GDPSweden and Chile
Free trade• Chile is a very open economy that promotes free trade.
• Chile has 22 trade agreements with 60 countries: North America, Central America, South America (including Mercosur), Brunei, China, Cuba, EFTA, USA, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea Turkey, the European Union and Vietnam.
• 93% of Chile's trade is with countries with which there is a trade agreement.
• Chile has 4.3 billion potential customers, representing 86% of global GDP.
• Chile is a natural bridge between Latin America and Asia Pacific.
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GDP growthSweden and Chile
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
-2.0%
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2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
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12.0%
Main exports
Complex neighborhood relations
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The first Swedes
• Daniel Solander - world famous botanist and apprentice of Carl von Linné, visited Patagonia in 1796
• Mateo Arnaldo Hoevel - (Swedish name - Mathias Arnold Hävel) tradesman, mayor of Santiago, first nationalized foreigner, importer of the first printing press to Chile
• Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Skottsberg in Antarctica
• More Swedish footprints - Swedish Mountain (Cerro Svea) in south of Chile, the Glacier of Uppsala (Glaciar de Uppsala) in Argentina, sail through the channel of Prince Gustaf (Canal de Príncipe Gustaf) in Antarctica
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Swedish Interests
• 1827 - Diplomatic relations between Chile and Sweden. Consulates in Valparaiso and Stockholm
• 1956 - Embassies
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• The frigate Eugenie with captain Virgin sent out by the Swedish King to Latin America the years of 1851-1853, principally to improve the commercial exchange. Sailing by the pacific coastline it stopped in cities like Valparaíso, Lima and Guayaquil.
Evert Taube• ”Hav! Under bugande palmer jag såg
Hur våg på våg i svallande tågEmot Chiles klippiga stränderKom rullande inO, detta brus när ett skimrande svallFann mig och tog mig i famnen!O, när delfinerna dök bland korallOch en vinröd klänning blev min”
From the song “Vals i Valparaiso”
• Renowned Swedish poet who traveled in Latin America between 1910 and 1915 (Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Misiones, Valparaíso, Habana, Rió de Janeiro etc)
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Trade• The commercial exchange started early, already in 1906
the company AGA established in Chile, four years later the lighthouse spreading the light in Magellan sound was a Swedish construction
• LM Ericsson started to develop and construct the telephone net in México from 1907 and forewords. SKF has also been established in Chile since before WW1
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• The most important exports from Latin America to Sweden were tobacco, coffee, sugar and potato
• 1946 commercial exchange between Sweden and Latin America peaked; 16.7% of the Swedish import came from Latin America, and 13.5% of the export from Sweden went to Latin America
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Swedish International Development Cooperation
• Early 70s and 80s in Argentina and Chile focused on human rights
• In the 80s peace stabilization in Central America• In the 90s reducing poverty, stabilization of democracies
and peace consolidation
– Andean Law Commission, Peru
– Inter-American Institute for Human Rights, Costa Rica
• Today: Bolivia, Colombia and Guatemala; • Human Rights, Democracy, Poverty Reduction and pre/post
Conflict resolution
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Chileans in Sweden
• 1973 Coup d'état, lots of Chileans came to Sweden
• Today approximately 45,000 (first and second generation) Chileans in Sweden
• One Chilean in the Swedish ParliamentRossana Dinamarca (v)
• Mauricio Rojas (fp) until 2008• Luciano Astudillo (s) until 2010
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Chilean Nobel Prize Winners
The Nobel Prize is a distinction, which is based on the will of the famous Swedish inventor and scientist, Alfred Nobel. Every year given to persons who have been to the most benefit for humanity.
• Gabriela Mistral, 1945 (literature)
• Pablo Neruda, 1971 (literature)
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Political relations• Ambassador Harald Edelstam, “persona non grata”
dec. 1973
• Sweden first country to sign a Development Aid Agreement with the new democratic government of president Aylwin
• State visit of the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf and the Swedish Queen Silvia, to Chile in 1996
• Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, May 2011
• Minister for Trade Ewa Björling, October 2012
• Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, January 2013
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Bilateral economic relations
• Swedish exports to Chile, 2012 MSEK 3 205
• Sweden imports from Chile, 2012 MSEK 1 340
• Swedish direct investments in Chile 1974 – 2012 MUSD 270
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Sveriges exportChiles exportBilateral handel
Economic and technical cooperation with Chile
• The Swedish-Chilean Partnership Fund, equally funded by SIDA and CORFO (Chilean agency for industrial promotion), was created in 2002 with the aim of stimulating economic and technical cooperation between Swedish and Chilean small and medium sized companies.
• Since its creation and until its closure in December 2010, the Fund approved near 170 applications and granted more than MUSD 3.5. The companies themselves disbursed MUSD 4.5.
• The most common areas of cooperation were the environment, energy, information technology, industry, etc.
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Swedish Embassy in Santiago de Chile• Swedish Foreign Policy new issues of global interest -
energy, climate, and environment
• Bilateral political, commercial, cultural, consular and migratory issues
• High Awareness of Human Rights including women's rights, gender equality and rights of indigenous people
• Consulates in Valparaíso and Iquique
• Accredited also in Peru
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Harald Edelstam
1913 – 1989
Ambassador to Chile at the time of coup in 1973
Foto Eric Rothfjell 1946
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”The Sweden House” – Casa Suecia• Residence of the Swedish
Ambassador since 2007• Official representation of
Sweden in Chile• Architect Josefina Nordmark,
“Trandans” (Crane Dance)• Interior decoration of Swedish
artists;– Jonas Bohlin, Lena
Cronquist, Josef Frank, Sonja Larsson, Bruno Mathsson, Mats Teselius and Solweig Sörman
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Valparaíso UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003
Churches of Chiloé UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000
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Attractions
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005
Sewell Mining Town UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006
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National Park “Torres del Paine”
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Robinson Crusoe – Juan Fernández island
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National Park “Rapa Nui” -Eastern Island
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Contrasts
The desert blooms
Moon Valley – San Pedro de Atacama
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Glacier and Lake San Rafael
Andes Mountains
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Astronomical observatories at Paranal, La Silla and ALMA
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AccreditationMarch 2009
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WELCOME!
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