THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN REVIEW 
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Sweden 
€J Export figures for Sweden show some improvement in the quan¬ 
tity of goods sold abroad, and while the increase is insignificant, it 
gives, at least, encouragement as a sign that the depression has reached 
its lowest level and that the trend now is upward. The industries of 
the country are still in a paralyzed state with consequent increase of 
unemployment and want. Recent official statistics on unemployment 
estimate the number of persons formerly working but now out of 
work at 100,000, most of these being heads of families. Of this num¬ 
ber, 18,000 have been given direct subsidies, and about 15,000 have 
been given work especially provided, 4,000 of these being employed 
by the various communes, fj The government is of the opinion that 
not only individual savings from the time of high wages but also the 
funds of the trade unions must by this time be used up, and has there¬ 
fore decided on a course of vigorous assistance from the State to the 
communes that are too weak economically to take care of their unem¬ 
ployed. In addition, the State will start important industrial enter¬ 
prises, and manufacturers have been asked to make recommendations 
for that purpose. ^ Prince Wilhelm, second son of King Gustaf, 
returned in the latter part of October from a trip to Central Africa, 
where he went for the purpose of hunting and making studies. His 
expedition gathered about a thousand mammals, two thousand birds, 
and several thousand insects, many of them very rare. The collections 
will be presented to the State Natural History Museum. The prince 
had an attack of Malaria during his trip, but is now fully recovered, 
fj During the past few weeks, death has stricken down several of the 
leaders in various fields of Swedish intellectual life. Foremost among 
these must be named Professor Oscar Montelius, former Antiquary 
of the Realm of Sweden, known all over the world as one of the 
greatest archeologists of our time. Another distinguished man, whose 
death is greatly deplored, is Ivar Afzelius, speaker in the first cham¬ 
ber of the Riksdag, and president of Svea High Court of Justice. 
Both of these men were noted for their eloquence. Both were mem¬ 
bers of the Swedish Academy which distributes the Nobel prizes. 
CJ Among others who have died recently we note Julius Kronberg, 
the painter, who is credited with having given fresh inspiration to 
Swedish art, and Gustaf Fredriksson, the actor who was at the time 
of his death in his ninetieth year, and the day before his death could 
have celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his appearance on the stage. 
A decision has now been handed down in the great treason case. 
Three of the accused have been sentenced to penal servitude for from 
one and a half to four years on the charge of espionage around the 
Boden fort. The seven others who were accused were set free, as no 
evidence could be found, although the circumstances were suspicious. 
