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Article: Nordic corporate raiders lead a welcomed invasion of the Baltics
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- April 28, 2004
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KARL RITTER, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-28-2004
Dateline: TALLINN, Estonia
After Estonia regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, a party run by jokesters suggested reviving a much older foreign occupation: the 17th century rule by Sweden.
The Royalist Party, which won a few seats in Parliament on its tongue-in-cheek platform, said the best way to ensure the country prospered and remained secure from its former rulers in Moscow would be declaring war on Stockholm, then quickly surrendering _ opening the way for one of the Swedish royals to be named Estonia's king.
Of course, that never happened. But if the Royalists wanted more Swedish influence, that's what they ...