Category: GovernancePart of speech: nounDifficulty: CommonRecommended for ★ UPSC
fred
/fred/Roman
English meaning: Peace
Swedish Definition
(Svenska)Tillståndet av frånvaro av krig och väpnade konflikter, präglat av harmoni och samarbete.
English Definition
Freedom from conflict. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo (Norway), but all other Nobel Prizes — in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Economics — are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred Nobel (Swedish inventor of dynamite) established the prizes in his 1895 will. Sweden has been at peace (no wars) since 1814 — over 200 years.
Example
“Sverige har haft fred i över 200 år och hyser Nobelprisceremonin i Stockholm.”
In English: “Sweden has had peace for over 200 years and hosts the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.”
Synonyms
- harmoni
- stillhet
Antonyms / Opposites
- krig
- konflikt
Literary Heritage
“Att tjäna är att leva.”
“To serve is to live.”
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