BjornSocialist Republic
Encyclopedia
Bjorn Socialist Republic | |
The flag is copyrighted Flag |
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Musical Anthem: Intuel renaatayon |
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Location: | A boulder situated in Lake Immeln, Skåne, Sweden. |
Co-ordinates: | 56°15.189"N 14° 18.255"E |
Area: | 0.000007 km2 (approx) |
Capital: | BjornMarx |
Membership: | Unknown |
Date of foundation: | 3 August 2005 |
Leadership: | President Oskar Augustsson |
Organisational structure: | Republic |
Language: | Swedish |
Currency: | Transnistrian kopeck Transnistrian ruble The ruble is the official currency of Transnistria. It is divided into 100 kopecks. Since Transnistria is a state with limited international recognition, its currency has no ISO 4217 code. However, unofficially some Transnistrian organisations such as Agroprombank and Gazprombank used the code PRB... |
The BjornSocialist Republic (Swedish: BjornSocialistiska Republiken, BSR) is a micronation
Micronation
Micronations, sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects, are entities that claim to be independent nations or states but which are not recognized by world governments or major international organizations...
created by Oskar Augustsson.
Its territorial pretensions encompass a boulder described as "look[ing] like a tractor", situated adjacent to the Bos Islands, in Lake Immeln, Skåne, Sweden
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....
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The republic came to public attention in 2007 when a Swedish court declined to recognise the legal validity of a marriage registered by the micronation, on the grounds that the country that issued the marriage license was not recognized by Sweden. The republic is recognised by the other Swedish micronation Ladonia
Ladonia (micronation)
Ladonia is a micronation, proclaimed in 1996 as the result of a years-long court battle between artist Lars Vilks and local authorities over two sculptures. The claimed territory is part of a natural reserve in an enclave of southern Sweden...
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External Links
- BjornSocialist Republic website.