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Rutabaga (/ ˌ r uː t ə ˈ b eɪ ɡ ə /; North American English) or swede (English and some Commonwealth English) is a root vegetable, a form of Brassica napus (which also includes rapeseed). Other names include Swedish turnip , neep ( Scots ), and turnip ( Scottish ,and Canadian English , Irish English , Cornish English and Manx English ...
In Scottish and some other English dialects, the word turnip can also refer to rutabagas (North American English), also known as swedes in England, a variety of Brassica napus, which is a hybrid between the turnip, Brassica rapa, and the cabbage. Turnips are generally smaller with white flesh, while rutabagas are larger with yellow flesh.
The rutabaga or swede differs from the turnip (Brassica rapa) in that it is typically larger and yellow-orange rather than white. In the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and Atlantic Canada, the yellow-fleshed variety are referred to as "turnips", whilst the white-fleshed variety are called "white turnips".
Swedish people of Zimbabwean descent (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Swedish people of African descent" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
List of Swedish journalists; List of Miss Sweden titleholders; Lists of Swedish military personnel; List of Swedes in music; Lists of office-holders in Sweden; List of painters from Sweden; List of Swedish women photographers; List of Swedish poets; Lists of Swedish politicians. List of Swedish politicians; List of Swedish royal mistresses ...
In 1900, there were 79 Africans in Sweden, of which 5, all South Africans, were citizens. [6] One of the early documented Africans in Sweden was Gustav Badin, (1747 or 1750 to 1822), a black court-servant and diarist, originally a slave, butler of Queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika and later Princess Sophia Albertine of Sweden. [5]
The Swedes (Swedish: svear; Old Norse: svíar, Old English: Swēon) were a North Germanic tribe who inhabited Svealand ("land of the Swedes") in central Sweden. Along with Geats and Gutes , they were one of the progenitor groups of modern Swedes .
Sweden joined the European Union in 1995 and signed the Lisbon Treaty in 2007. Sweden, like countries around the globe, entered a period of economic decline and upheaval, following the oil embargoes of 1973–74 and 1978–79. [92] In the 1980s pillars of Swedish industry were massively restructured.