USEFUL LINKS

GOVERNMENTS (G10)

The White House    Hongnanhai, Beijing    The Kremlin


10 Downing Street    The Elysée Palace    Die Bundesregierung    The Indian Government


The Canadian Government    The Japanese Government    The Italian Government


CENTRAL BANKS
 

Federal Reserve    People's Bank of China    Bank of Russia

 

European Central Bank    Bank of England    Deutsche Bundesbank

 

Banque de France    Bank of Japan    Bank of Canada

 

Banca d'Italia    Reserve Bank of India    Sveriges Riksbank

 

STOCK EXCHANGES

NYSE    NASDAQ    LSE   
TSE    SSE

 

MICEX    Deutsche Börse    OMX

 

MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS

Asia-Pacific Partnership - APP    APEC    ASEAN    NAFTA    EU

 

NATO    WTO    IMF    WCO    ICC    OPEC
 

TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES 2007

1. Harvard    2. Cambridge    3. Oxford

 

4. Yale    5. Imperial College (Dr Stenis' Alma Mater)    6. Princeton    7. Caltech

 

8. University of Chicago    9. University College London    10. MIT

 

INSTITUTES


Transhumanism


World Future Society - WFS

 

Future of Humanity Institute

 

World Transhumanist Association - WTA

 

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies - IEET

 

The James Martin 21st Century School, Oxford University

 

Human-Computer Interaction Institute - HCII

 

The Human-Computer Interaction International Conference Series

 

The Human-Robot Interaction Web.org

 

Human-Robot Interaction International Conference 2008

 

New Interfaces for Musical Expression - NIME (Wikipedia)

 

Mischellaneous

 

RAND    The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

 

The Cato Institute    The Fraser Institute    The Nixon Center

 

The James Buchanan Center for Political Economy    Ludwig von Mises Institute

 

CEPOS Think Tank    The Ayn Rand Institute    The Kinsey Institute

 

The George C. Marshall Institute    The Joseph M. Juran Institute of Quality

 

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research    Frontiers of Freedom - FF

 

Heartland Institute    Heritage Foundation    Institute of Economic Affairs - IEA

 

World Resources Institute - WRI    J. Craig Venter Institute - JCVI

 

Wuppertal Institute for Environment, Climate, Energy GmbH

 

UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production

 

SWEDISH INSTITUTES

 
Stiftelsen fritt näringsliv    Timbro    Ratio    Eudoxa

 

Studieförbundet näringsliv och samhälle - SNS

 

MEDIA

CNN International    BBC International    ABC    Google News

 

The Bulletin Online - Global Security News & Analysis    TV4/Nyheterna


PRESS

 

USA

 

USA TODAY

 

Washington Post    The New York Times    Los Angeles Times

 

EU


European Voice    The Times    Guardian Unlimited


Berliner Morgenpost    Le Monde

 

Economics

 

The Wall Street Journal    Financial Times    The Economist    Business Week

 

Magazines

 

TIME with CNN    National Review Online (William F. Buckley)    The American

 

Journals

 

Science    Nature    Journal of Evolution & Technology
 

SWEDISH PRESS

 

Daily newspapers

 

Svenska dagbladet    Dagens nyheter    Sydsvenska dagbladet

 

Economics

 

Dagens industri    Veckans affärer    Affärsvärlden

 

Ekonominyheterna/TV4

 

Technology and energy

 

Ny Teknik    Svensk Energi    Elbranschen

 

Magazines

 

NEO Classical Liberal Magazine    Tidskriften analys & kritik

 

Fokus    sourze.se    Axess    Free

 

SCIENTISTS

Prof. Bjørn Lomborg's official site    Copenhagen Consensus Center


Prof. Robert J. Barro, Harvard    Prof. Dick Harrison, Lund University

 

Prof. Germund Hesslow, Lund


AUTHORS

 

Science Fiction

 

The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation    Isaac Asimov Home Page    The Heinlein Society

 

Popular science

 

The Richard Dawkins Foundation    John Gribbin's home page

 

Societal debate

 

Aldous Huxley - Wikipedia    George Orwell - Wikipedia

 

Ray Bradbury Home Page    Ezra Pound - Wikipedia

 

Johan Norberg's GlobLog    Controversy


POETS

 

Gustaf Fröding's 150th anniversary    The Gustaf Fröding Society

 

The Karin Boye Society    Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

 

MUSICIANS

Ralph Lundsten, Andromeda    Jean Michel Jarre's official site


Depeche Mode    ABBA - The Site    U2.COM    a-ha    Ultravox

 

    E-Type    Leonard Cohen    van Morrison    Pink Floyd    Duran Duran

 

The Official Sissel Website   Sissel Kyrkjebø from Wikipedia

 

Sarah Brightman    Celine Dion    Enya (Eithne Ní Bhraonáin)    Kate Bush

 

CONDUCTORS


Herbert von Karajan    Leonard Bernstein    Claudio Abbado

 

Zubin Mehta    James Levine    André Previn

 

Sir Georg Solti    Karl Böhm    Eugen Jochum

 

Hans Knappertsbusch    Richard Bonynge    Eric Ericsson

 

MOTION PICTURE DIRECTORS

Stanley Kubrick's authorized site    Steven Spielberg - Wikipedia

 

John Ford    Robert Zemeckis    Andrei Tarkovsky    Ridley Scott

 

Ingmar Bergman Face to Face    George Cukor on IMDb

 

Welcome to... MICHAELMOORE.COM

 

Leni Riefenstahl

 

MOVIES

 

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)    2001: A Space Odyssey    2010: The Year We Make Contact

 

Contact    Solaris    The Terminator    Bladerunner    I, robot    The Matrix    A Clockwork Orange

 

Star Trek Official Movie Site    Star Wars' Official Site    Planet of the Apes (1968 film) - Wikipedia

 

How the West was Won    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly    A Fistful of Dollars    For a Few Dollars More

 

High Noon    Stagecoach    Soldier Blue    Conan the Barbarian    Olympia    Triumph of the Will


MOVIE IDOLS
 

John Wayne on IMDb    Humphrey Bogart on IMDb

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger on IMDb    ClintEastwood.net    The Official Dolph Lundgren Website

 

The Official Ingrid Bergman Web Site    Candice Bergen - Wikipedia

 

Katherine Hepburn on IMDb    Maureen O'Hara on IMDb    Ava Gardner on IMDb

 

Sandra Bullock    Katherine Heigl    Anne Hathaway

 

Syd Charisse    A tribute to Syd Charisse

 

Celebrities on the Net

People    The Fashion Model Directory    POSH24 (in Swedish)

 

SCULPTURES


Objects

 

Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace (circa 190 BC)

 

Aphrodite, known as the Venus de Milo (late 2nd century BC)

 

Artists

 

Millesgården on the island of Lidingö in Stockholm

 

The Vigeland Museeum in Oslo    Vilks.net

 

OIL-PAINTINGS


Objects   

 

The Entry of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden into Stockholm, 1523 by Carl Larsson (1908)

 

A Batavian oath to Gaius Julius Civilis by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1661)

 

Wonderland [Underlandet] by August Strindberg (1894)

 

Artists

 

The Zorn Collections in Mora    Carl Larsson-gården in Sundborn

 

The Munch Museeum in Oslo

 

Collectors

 

Waldemarsudde, the home of Prince Eugen in Stockholm

 

The Thielska Gallery on Djurgården in Stockholm

 

COSMOLOGY

 

WorldWide Telescope

 

SPACE NEWS from Space Daily    NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

 

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - SOHO    Centauri Dreams - Tau Zero Foundation

 

Professor Stephen W. Hawking's web pages

 

The Milky Way panoramic photo

 

Rymdportalen

 

NASA TV

 

NOTEWORTHY

 

Economy

 

World Taxpayers Associations    Taxpayers Association of Europe
 

Environmental issues

 

The Sceptical Environmentalist    Copenhagen Consensus

 

Paul K. Driessen's Eco-Imperialism

 

Nuclear power

 

International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA    International Nuclear Safety Center

 

World Nuclear Association    Uranium Information Centre

 

The World's Nuclear News Agency - NucNet

 

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects on Atomic Radiation - UNSCEAR

 

Green liberals' blog    Green realist's blog

 

Climate change

 

Global Warming Sceptics    Science & Environmental Policy Projects - SEPP

 

The Center for Science & Public Policy    Bloggen Klimatbluffen

 

Scientific matters

 

Copenhagen Consensus Center    Gender issues

 

Richard Dawkins' official site    John Gribbin's home page

 

Armed with US Army Science

 

US matters

  

OpinionEditorials.com

 

National Rifle Association - NRA    Gun Owners of America

 

The Mayan calender

Mayan Majix   Mayacal   Nine Underworlds   Portal

 

Saq' Be': Organization for Mayan and Indigenous Spiritual Studies

 

Alignment 2010   Mayakalendern   LivsStrömmen

 

Mayan Majix - Daily Tzolkin

 

Panoramic 360 degrees photo tours

 

London panoramic photo    Panorama 360°

 

Virtual reality tour of the basilica of Saint John Lateran

 

Monument valley in Arizona    Arches national park in Utah

 

A panoramic view of Paris seen from above the Eiffel tower

 

Prague from the TV tower - 18 gigapixel panoramic photo

 

An Everest view from Kala Patthar southern ridge, Nepal

 

Nepal: the hotel with the indeed most wonderful view

 

Devil's throat  Dunes and lagoons  Estancia mimosa

 

Bryce canyon - the Sunset point in Utah, U.S.A.

 

The Anawangin cove in Zambales, Philippines

 

Meet the mating whales of New Caledonia!

 

Panorama museum rotunda in New York

 

Fossile dinosaurs  Fossile dinosaurs

 

Ancient seas    Fossile plants

 

Arctic flight simulator

 

Mysterious lagoon

 

The milky way

   

Mischellaneous

 

VAKEN.SE

 

The Venus Project    Toxical epistles

 

Europa Nostra    Human Dynamics International

 

Targeted Individuals - one system to rule them all

 

 

SERIOUS BLOGS

 

Library of Congress Blog: "Light and iberty go together"

 

60~Second Science from Scientific American    Prometheus: the science policy blog

 

Short Sharp Science: a science news blog from NewScience

 

Bad astronomy at Discover Blogs    The Venus Project Blog

 

 

SWEDISH MATTERS
 

State & government


Sweden's home page    The Swedish Royal Court


The Swedish Parliament    The Swedish Government    The Government Offices [Departementen]

 

The Legislative Council [Lagrådet]

 

Major organizations

 

   Ägarfrämjandet    Centrum för rättvisa   Science & Public [Vetenskap & allmänhet - VA]

 

Board of Swedish Industry and Commerce for Better Regulation [Näringslivets regelnämnd - NNR]

 

Environmentalists for Nuclear Power [Miljövänner för kärnkraft - MFK]

 

Taxpayers Association [Skattebetalarnas förening]

 

Trade & industry

 

National Board of Trade [Kommerskollegium]

 

Confederation of Swedish Enterprise [Svenskt näringsliv]

 

Ekonomifakta

 

Employers' organizations

 

The Swedish Association of Management Consultants - SAMC [Sveriges managementkonsulter - SMK]

 

The Swedish Trade Federation [Svensk handel]    Swedish Engineering [Teknikföretagen]   

 

The Metal Group [Metallgruppen - MEGAB (Stål och metall, SVEMEK & SveMin)]

 

    The Swedish Construction Federation [Sveriges byggindustrier]

 

The Swedish Shipowners' Association [Sveriges redareförening]    Ports of Sweden [Sveriges hamnar]

 

The Swedish Recycling Industries' Association [Återvinningsindustrierna]

 

Tourism

 

Dalecarlia [Dalarna]    West Sweden    GothenburgPlus

 

    Blekinge    Stockholmtown    Waxholmsbolaget

 

Castles & manors [Slottsguiden]   

 

Swedish attractions    Sweden's most beautiful gardens

 

Webcams

 

Swedish webcams   Webcam Sweden   webbkameror.se   mumbo.se

 

Mischellaneous

 

FRApedia    Europa Nostra -Sweden    Restaurant guide [Restaurangguiden]

 

 

  SCANIA COUNTY [SKÅNE]
 

1 General

 

Tourism in Skåne    Visit Skåne

 

Scanian castles [Skånska slott]    Castles & manor-seats in Skåne

 

The Skaneleden trail    Skåneleden

 

 

2 Österlen

 

2.a General

 

osterlen.se    osterlen.com    osterlen-skane.se    Visit Österlen

 

2.b Castles and Manors

 

Castles & manor-seats in south-east Skåne

 

Glimmingehus   Christinehof   Svaneholm

 

Kronovall   Södra Björstorps säteri   Stockeboda Gård

 

2.c Nature

 

Ales stenar   Kungagraven i Kivik   Backåkra   Havängsdösen

 

Stenshuvud national park    Naturum Stenshuvud

 

2.d Art and Culture

 

The Art Museum in Ystad

 

Artist's life in Österlen   Tjörnedala   Kivik Art Centre   Mellby Atelier

 

ÖsterlenAkademien   Östra Skånes Konstnärsgille   Piratensällskapet

 

Bästakille Art   Sköllen   Jansro   Albo Härad hembygdsförening

 

2.e Opera and Theatre

 

Opera in Ystad   Ystad's Theatre   Ystad's Permanent Theatre   Scen Österlen

 

Ystad's National Theatre Association   Tomelilla's National Theatre Association

 

2.f Apple Culture

 

The apple market of Kivik   The apple coast   Kiviks Musteri

 

2.g Magazines

 

Österlenmagazinet   Österlen 360° culture magazine   På Österlen

 

2.h Artists

 

Gunilla Mann   Gösta Werner   Ann-Margrete Clarén   Ulla Evers Larsson

 

2.i Pleasures

 

Ångtåget på Österlen   Autoseum   Nostalgicafé 50-talet

 

Johanna Museet   Skonerten Klara Marie

 

2.k Restaurants

 

 Branteviks bykrog   Brösarps Gästgifveri   Buhres Fisk

 

Maritim Krog & Hotell   Ingelsta Kalkon   Blåsingsborg

 

Forsakarsgården   Ravlunda Bränneri   Bröderrna M

 

Kiviks Cafe   Hylkegården   Ångtågsrestaurangen

 

Kaffestugan Annorlunda   Vitemölla Beach Hotel

 

2.l Golf Clubs

 

Österlens GK   Tomelilla GK   Ystad GK

 

2.m Municipalities

 

Simrishamn   Tomelilla   Ystad

 

2.n Webcams

 

Vik fishing hamlet's webcam pointing towards Hanö bay

 

Ystad's grand square and small boat harbour

 

Buhre's fish-restaurant in Kivik

 

2.o Mischellaneous

 

BornholmExpress   Genealogy   Wikipedia

 

3 Kristianstad

 

3.a Tourist attractions

 

Kristianstad tourism    Kristianstad turism    Åhus tourism    Åhus turism

 

The eel coast south of Åhus    Aosehus castle ruin in Åhus

 

Kristianstad wetland area    Kristianstad Vattenrike

 

Castles & manor-seats in north-east Skåne

 

Linderödsåsen    Humleslingan

 

Municipality's site

 

The arena

 

3.b Culture

 

Naturum

 

Old Christianstad

 

Events    Wetland sightseeing

 

The theater association of Kristianstad

 

Theater company    Symphony orchestra

 

Heliga Trefaldighet's congregation

 

The silversmith´s workshop

 

Picture postcards

 

Public art

3.c Home district associations

 

Gärds härads hembygdsförening    Villands härads hembygdsförening    S:ta Annas gille i Åhus

 

3.d Museums

 

The regional museumExhibitions    Contemporary art    Projects    Events

 

Film museum    Filmstudio    Railway museum    Open-air museums   Åhus' museum

 

East Scanian museum railroads [Museiföreningen Östra Skånes järnvägar]

 

Archives for Scanian documents and pictures plus library databeses

 

Archaeology   Architectural conservation and restoration   The landscape

 

3.e Knowledge-sources

 

Kristianstadsbladet

 

Library   Kristianstad University College

 

The book festival

 

2010    2011

 

3.f Restaurants

 

3.f.i Kristianstad City

 

First Hotel Christian IV   Quality Grand Hotel

 

3.f.ii Åhus

 

Åhus Gästgifvaregård    Åsikten Restaurang & Bar

 

ÅHUSBEACH

 

3.g Golf Clubs

 

Araslövs säteri   Degeberga-Widtsköfle   Kristianstad   Skepparslöv

 

3.h Web cams

 

Wetland webcams

 

3.i  Weather

 

Wetland Weather   Flood Watch Kristianstad

 

3.j  Mischellaneous

 

The Kristianstad Region   Businesslife of Kristianstad

 

The Astronomical Society Aquila in Kristianstad

 

4 Food

 

Gastronomy    Culinary heritage -Scania

 

5 Mischellaneous

 

Golfer's paradise    MAX IV    The underwater web camera

The whole little Globe at your fingertips

 

And the heavens:

 

The Moon   Mercury    Venus    Mars   Jupiter    Saturn

 

Uranus    Neptune    Pluto    Asteroids

 

And where it all began:

 

Ur    Uruk

 

This page was updated on November 16, 2011