Dominions of Sweden and Finland, have anything to say at Riksdags and other meetings..."" Between 1561 and 1629 Sweden made conquests in the Eastern Baltic. All of them were lost in accordance with the Treaty of Nystad in 1721, which concluded the Great Northern War. Estonia placed itself under Swedish rule in 1561 to receive protection against Russia and Poland as the Livonian Order lost their foothold in the Baltic provinces. Territorially it represented the northern part of present-day Estonia. The area was significantly populated by Estonian Swedes, who inhabited the area for centuries after Sweden lost control of it. After the Soviet
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia Latvian tourism. LIAA foreign economic representative offices are located in the United States (Washington, D.C.), the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Belarus (Minsk), Denmark (Copenhagen), France (Paris), Italy (Rome), Japan (Tokyo), Kazakhstan (Almaty), Russia (Moscow), China (Beijing, Shanghai, and Ningbo), the United Kingdom (London), Lithuania (Vilnius), the Netherlands (The Hague), Norway (Oslo), Poland (Warsaw), Singapore, Finland (Helsinki), Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt), Sweden (Stockholm). Starting October 2016, 15 business incubators are active in Latvia (Bauska, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jēkabpils, Jūrmala, Kuldīga, Liepāja, Madona, Ogre, Rēzekne, Sigulda, Talsi, Valmiera, Ventspils, and a creative industries incubator in Riga), which provide support for startups and their development.