Svea
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Svea is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 female name
Name
A name is a word or term used for identification. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. A personal name identifies a specific unique and identifiable individual person, and may or may not include a middle name...

. The name was a very popular girls' name during the first half of the 20th century. It may also refer to:
  • Mother Svea
    Mother Svea
    Mother Svea is the female personification of Sweden and a patriotic emblem of the Swedish nation.-Background:Mother Svea is normally depicted as a powerful female warrior, valkyrie or shieldmaiden, frequently holding a shield and standing beside a lion...

    , the Swedish national emblem.
  • Svea, Svalbard, a mining settlement
  • Svea, Florida
    Svea, Florida
    Svea is a community in Okaloosa County, Florida. It is between Laurel Hill and the Harrison Curve Community on the Okaloosa County line. Most of the community exists straddling State Highway 85. Pronounced "Sweer" by locals.History...

  • Svea, Minnesota
    Svea, Minnesota
    Svea is a very small town located in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. The town does not appear on the U.S. Census Bureau website, but the population is roughly 100.- Geography :...

  • Svea 123
    Svea 123
    The Swedish-made Svea 123 is a small liquid-fuel pressurized-burner camping stove that traces its origins to designs first pioneered in the late 19th century.-History:...

    , a model of liquid-fuel stoves
  • Rederi AB Svea
    Rederi AB Svea
    Stockholms Rederi AB Svea was a Swedish shipping company founded in the 1870s...

    , a Swedish shipping company
  • Any of the ships named .
  • Slowly varying envelope approximation
    Slowly varying envelope approximation
    In physics, the slowly varying envelope approximation is the assumption that the envelope of a forward-travelling wave pulse varies slowly in time and space compared to a period or wavelength...

     (SVEA) — a method in optics to solve the electromagnetic wave equation.
  • 329 Svea
    329 Svea
    329 Svea is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1892 in Heidelberg....

    , a main belt asteroid
  • Sveagruva, also called Svea, a mining settlement in Svalbard
  • Svea Nord, a coal mine near Sveagruva
  • Svea (research station), a Swedish Antarctic research station

External links

  • SWEA - Swedish Women's Educational Association International
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