Mamma mia! Contested Swedish cultural heritage list includes IKEA — but not ABBA

A woman pushes a shopping cart in front of the exterior of a large box store with a blue facade and "IKEA" in large yellow letters on the side of the building.

Pippi Longstocking, IKEA and the Nobel Prize are among 100 works, brands and ideas deemed to define what it means to be Swedish, according to a cultural heritage list presented to the government on Tuesday. But one of the country’s most notable exports was snubbed — the legendary pop group ABBA. 

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