Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award 2009 Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), Finland HELCOM works to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution through intergovernmental co-operation between Denmark, Estonia, the European Community, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. HELCOM is governing the "Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area" (the Helsinki Convention) and has shown exemplary commitment to improving the Baltic Sea through the adoption of the Baltic Sea Action Plan. 2008 Prof. Krzysztof Edward Skóra, Hel Marine Station at the University of Gdańsk, Poland Professor Skóra received the award for his research which
Poland–Sweden relations the power of each. At peak, the Swedes invaded Poland once, known as the Swedish Deluge, which later had razed much of Poland after serious destructions by the Swedish invaders. At 18th century, the partitions of Poland was the main hot detail in Sweden awake of the fear being partitioned by Russia, but after Russo–Swedish war ended in 1790, successful diplomatic missions from Sweden had finally prevented Sweden from suffering the same fate like Poland. Sweden was the main destination for many immigrants from partitioned Poland. During both World War I and World War II, the Polish community in Sweden