Beyond @sweden: More Country Names on Twitter are Rotating Users

1. Ireland - @Ireland

This week's Irishman, Martin McKenna is a biochemist turned designer from Dublin.

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Its been two weeks since Sonja Abrahamsson caught international attention for a string of controversial statements she made as the Swede of the Week on Twitter.

The Curators of Sweden, a tourism concern partly owned by the Swedish government, started the program in December -- handing over the handle @sweden to a new Swede every week, in an effort to raise interest in Swedish culture and tourism.

While we won't ever know exactly how effective the campaign has been in increasing tourism, @sweden has been successful in accumulating 67,000 followers almost 20,000 of those during Ms. Abrahamssons week.

SEE ALSO: Why Sweden Was Right to Hand Over Its Twitter Account
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