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THE AMERICAN-SCANDINA VI AN REVIEIV 
Sweden 
€J Sweden’s population, according to the figures received and revised 
by the Central Bureau of Statistics, was 5,954,316 on January 1, 1922, 
which is an increase of 49,827, or 8.44 per thousand for the past year. 
The increase is smaller than that in 1920, but larger both relatively 
and absolutely than that of any of the preceding ten years. The rise 
in birth rate noted in 1920 has ceased, but the number of births in 1921, 
126,770 is larger than in the years 1915-1919. The number of emi¬ 
grants was 8,967, immigrants 8,443, which signifies that 1921 is the 
first year since the outbreak of the World War showing a larger ^num¬ 
ber of emigrations and immigrations. ^ On his way back from his 
usual recreation tour to the Riviera, a journey made principally by 
automobile, King Gustaf met with an accident on April 25, when 
another automobile ran into his on the highway in the Serres Canton, 
Switzerland. The King suffered several broken ribs and had to re¬ 
main quiet a couple of weeks, only returning to Stockholm and tak¬ 
ing up the reins of government on May 13. The King’s companion, 
Chamberlain Aminoff, was more seriously injured but has now re¬ 
covered. €| On May 1, 1920, Sweden was plunged into sorrow when 
the universally beloved Crown Princess Margaret of Connaught quite 
unexpectedly died from the Spanish influenza. The 15th of May 
this year, immediately after the King’s return, her new mausoleum 
was dedicated on an island near Brunswicken in the beautiful Haga 
Park. G. Sandberg sculptured this handsome monument, and its 
setting is arranged according to plans by Architect Boberg. <JIn 
spite of a general public wish, and of the opinion of both theoretical 
and practical experts, the Riksdag decided to suspend the regulation 
of exempting the Riksbank from redeeming notes at their value in 
gold until June 30. It is hoped at that time a return can be made to 
the gold basis, tj The school commission, serving successively under 
Cabinet Minister Ryden, Chief of Board of Education, General Direc¬ 
tor Bergqvist, and when he was made Minister of the Department of 
Ecclesiastics, Rector Rudolf Fahraeus, has worked for several years 
on a revision of educational method in Sweden with the public school 
as the primary school. In the middle of May it submitted proposals 
of a very comprehensive and radical character. Instruction shall be¬ 
gin in a six years’ primary school, practically the present public school; 
the more gifted shall then go through a four year practical (real) 
school, and those who wish to pursue their studies further, a three 
years’ gymnasium; and requirements shall be made so severe that only 
the really talented, with decided inclination to study, will be able to 
continue school until they take their matriculation examination. Those 
with small means shall have the same opportunity as the rich, and in 
the higher stages there shall be much specializing. 
