Inspiring confidence in Sweden as a country and spreading goodwill on its behalf is an important part of Swedish foreign policy. As international interdependency and cooperation increases, it has become more important than ever for a country like Sweden to establish a place for itself on the world map. Disseminating knowledge and heightening awareness about our country is a way of achieving this goal.
A task for the Swedish Institute then and they deliver.
Sweden is to become the first country to establish diplomatic representation in the virtual reality world of Second Life, officials said on Friday."We are planning to establish a Swedish embassy in Second Life primarily as an information portal for Sweden," Swedish Institute (SI) director Olle Wästberg told AFP
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On Friday, according to the Second Life website (http://secondlife.com), there were 2,938,247 inhabitants in its alternative reality, more than one third of them having signed up in the last 60 days.