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Especially over here in Sweden, it is often pointed out that none of my nation's large, globally successful companies in fact was founded after WWII (However, IKEA was founded during that war, which perhaps says something about the business skills of founder Mr. Ingvar Kamprad).

Skype, founded in 2003, is the most evident exception to that rule so far - whatever happens now when Microsoft is in charge of the company.

Since the wake of the 1990’s, when more or less everyone in crisis-stricken Sweden begun to realize something was severely wrong with our traditional, Socialist, cradle-to-grave welfare society, the economical development of Sweden has been considerably strong. Today, Sweden's annual GDP-growth is the strongest of all fully industrialized nations (up 7.3% from fourth quarter 2009 to fourth quarter 2010) and entrepreneurship is on the rise.

This development has been guided by low corporate taxes, major income tax cuts (for all segments of the population), close collaboration between universities, business life and various levels of government as well as major investments in areas like infrastructure and education.

The success of the Swedish IT industry and the rise of Stockholm as one of the World's major IT hubs might never have taken place if Sweden would have continued to rely on the kind of political model Obama today is working hard to introduce on American soil..

You are a tireless promoter of Sweden which seems like a great place to live. My question is-— Do you have important agriculture and fishing sectors that provide most of your food? Do you grow a lot of grains there like wheat and rye? Do you raise a lot of the meat (livestock) you eat? Or do you import most of your foodstuffs?
Lastly — Americans eat this dish called Swedish meatballs. Are you sick of eating those? (lol)