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Article: Sweden, Colorado discuss further economic ties.
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- The Denver Post (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- April 10, 2006
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Byline: John Henderson
Apr. 10--Donald Peterson's Swedish grandfather came to Denver in 1932 and started a newspaper downtown called the Swedish Western News. He even learned English by hand-setting type.
If that newspaper were still around today, it might carry a headline reading, "Colorado, Sweden eyeing stronger business ties."
"This is like a family thing with me," said Peterson, head of Denver's Swedish Consulate. "This area is very much like Sweden with the skiing and the forests." Not to mention business interests. Swedish officials made a pitch to Colorado businesses on Thursday at an hour-long roundtable discussion at the World Trade ...