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Treriksröset is the northernmost place in Sweden. A monument marks where Sweden, Norway SWEDEN and Finland meet. Finland Facts and figures The European Space Agency launches rockets and research balloons from the Esrange Capital: Stockholm Kebnekaise Space Center near Kiruna. 2,103 m Area: At 450,294 square kilometers, Sweden is the third-largest country in Western Europe. It is roughly the same size as California Kebnekaise is the Kiruna Population: Around 9.5 million people, about 0.14% of the world’s population. Sweden isn’t very densely highest mountain in Sweden. populated. It has only about 23 people per square kilometer, compared with the European Union average of more than 100 Every winter a hotel is built entirely from ice in Jukkasjärvi. Life expectancy: Women live on average for 83 years, and men 79 years Even the beds are made of ice. Residents born outside Sweden: About 15% of the population It all melts in the spring. Religion: The Church of Sweden is Evangelical Lutheran. There are also many other religions and denominations Kiirunavaara mine is one of the largest iron mines in the world. Language: Swedish is the main language, but there are five minority languages: Sami (Lapp), Finnish, People have been mining iron ore here since the early 1900s. Gällivare Meänkieli (Tornedalen Finnish), Yiddish and Romani Chib Government: Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy. This means there is a monarch but political power lies with the elected Parliament and the government it appoints When temperatures fall to Head of state: His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf. The heir to the throne is Crown Princess Victoria minus 30°C (minus 22°F), it’s good to have extra-thick, extra- National Day: June 6 warm Lovikka mittens. The first Wolverines are carnivorous pair was knitted in 1892. Flag: Blue with a yellow cross members of the weasel family that live in the northern Jokkmokk National anthem: Du Gamla, Du Fria. You can listen to the national anthem on sweden.se mountains. They are famous for being fierce. Education: Everyone does nine years of compulsory schooling, but most pupils then go on Arctic Circle to three more years at a senior high school About 15% of Sweden lies Longest north-south distance: 1,574 kilometers inside the Arctic Circle. Forests: 53% Exposed rock and mountains: 12% Lakes and rivers: 9% There are about 20,000 Haparanda In the winter, many car com- Sami people in Sweden. They Marshland: 9% panies come to Arvidsjaur to have lived in the polar region test drive their new models in for thousands of years. Agricultural land: 8% extreme weather conditions. Grasslands: 7% Luleå Urban and industrial land: 3% Arvidsjaur Highest mountain: Kebnekaise (2,103 meters) Biggest lake: Vänern (5,650 square kilometers) International telephone code: +46 Sami people herd reindeer on a large scale in the northern Internet domain: .se mountains. The meat is sold in Cloudberries are yellow-orange Swedish supermarkets. Time zone: GMT +1 berries found mainly in the north. Cloudberry jam is delicious with Currency: Swedish krona ice cream. Important exports: Machinery and transport equipment, wood and paper products, chemicals and plastic products, electronics Piteå’s beach is one of the best. and telecommunications equipment, minerals and vehicles. In the summer, the sun hardly Sweden is also among the top exporters of music, fashion Fishing is popular, and not just ever sets and people spend long in summer. When the rivers and days enjoying the sea and sand. and computer games lakes freeze, anglers drill holes and go ice fishing. Skellefteå Several hundred wolves live in the wild. They usually eat rein- deer and moose but sometimes attack farm animals. Umeå has one of the country’s largest parks for skateboarding, in-line skating and BMX. About 2,500 brown bears live in Blueberries grow across the Sweden. They can be dangerous country. Swedes enjoy picking Winter sports are popular in but attacks on humans are blueberries to make pies, syrup, the north and there are many rare. There are no polar bears jam and even soup. Umeå resorts. One of the largest is in in Sweden. Åre, near Östersund. Popkollo is a music camp that encourages girls aged 12-18 to develop skills in playing and making music. Örnsköldsvik Skogsmulle is a fictional character The High Coast Bridge Östersund and also the name of a school spans the Ångerman River. that teaches children how to It’s the longest suspension look after nature. Finland bridge in Sweden. The moose is Sweden’s largest animal. This king of the forest can grow to over 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) tall – not Härnösand including its antlers. Sundsvall In Sweden the law gives Where in the world? everyone access to nature and allows camping anywhere with permission of the landowner. Sweden is one of the world’s largest exporters of wood and paper. Trees cover much of the country and forestry is an White-tailed eagles live along important industry. the coast. They are big birds Hudiksvall with a wingspan that can reach almost 2.5 meters (8 feet). Norway Carved from wood and painted bright red, the Dalecarlian horse Sweden is a country in the north of Europe. Its capital is Stockholm. Sweden (or Dala horse) is one of the and its neighboring countries, Denmark and Norway, make up an area that is called Scandinavia. symbols of Sweden. Mora Copper was mined at the Great Copper Mountain for about 1,000 years, until 1992. Ferries link Sweden to countries Now visitors can explore it. including Finland, Estonia, Gävle Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Crispbread is a traditional Germany and Denmark. Swedish food. The dough is rolled flat, often into a circle, and then baked and dried. Falun Uppsala’s cathedral was completed in 1435 and its university opened in 1477. Eight Nobel Prize winners have taught or studied here. Many Swedish homes are painted in a color known as One of Sweden’s first Falu red because the pigment towns was Birka on a All kinds of mushrooms grow The warship Vasa sank on its is a byproduct of copper mining small island in Lake in Sweden and people enjoy maiden journey in 1628. It mushroom picking. Chanterelles in Falun. Mälaren. Vikings lived here in the 9th and 10th was raised in 1961 and can are particularly delicious. now be seen in Stockholm. centuries. Uppsala Västerås Stockholm People go rafting on some of Karlstad the bigger rivers. In the past, this MÄLAREN was the easiest way to transport The Royal Palace in Stockholm is timber to the coasts. Eskilstuna the monarch’s official residence. It has more than 600 rooms. Örebro Learn to speak Kolmården is one of Europe’s largest zoos. It has endangered some Swedish Siberian tigers, and you can VÄNERN take a cable car ride through Strömstad the safari park. Useful words and phrases G Hello – Hej Mariestad Ö TA KANA L Goodbye – Hej då Norrköping Nyköping People have been enjoying amusement park rides and Yes – Ja GÖ concerts at Gröna Lund in TA K ANAL Stockholm since the 1880s. Uddevalla No – Nej The Göta Kanal is a canal that VÄTTERN Thank you – Tack Sweden has a large fishing stretches right across Sweden. It industry. The most important L took 22 years to build and was Linköping How are you? – Hur mår du? A opened in 1832. catches are sprat, cod, mackerel, N shrimp and herring. A K Good – Bra A T Polkagrisar are candy Ö What’s your name? – Vad heter du? G sticks first made 150 years Sweden has lots of water parks. ago. Now they come in all sorts The biggest of them all is Skara of flavors, even Coca-Cola. My name is … – Jag heter … Sommarland, which has many different rides and slides. Göteborg Gotland has many buildings Did you know that… from the Middle Ages. Every Visby Borås Jönköping year it celebrates Medieval The Swedish alphabet doesn’t end with Z. It has three extra Week with tournaments and letters that come at the end of the alphabet: Å, Ä and Ö. Liseberg is a big amusement jousting. park in Göteborg. Its many attractions include Europe’s highest free-fall ride. Raukar are strangely shaped limestone pillars formed by erosion. The most famous ones GOTLAND What’s the weather are on Gotland. Since 1975, thousands of A group of schoolmates started Astrid Lindgren’s World is a theme teenagers from many countries DreamHack in the 1990s. It grew park in Vimmerby, where the have played in the Gothia Cup, author of Pippi Longstocking like in Sweden? to become the world’s biggest the world’s largest youth soccer computer festival. was born. tournament, in Göteborg. Even though Sweden 18°C (64°F) and just below freezing in the winter. extends into the Arctic Sweden is a long country – over 1,500 km (almost Circle, it enjoys warm 1,000 miles) from top to bottom – and the weather summers. The Gulf Stream, differs greatly from one end to the other. Spring flowers Göteborg is the second-biggest Halmstad Växjö Kalmar an ocean current in the Atlantic, can be blooming in the south while thick snow still city in Sweden but its port is the carries warm water and milder weather all the blankets the north. In the winter, the sun never rises largest in all of Scandinavia. ÖLAND way from Florida to northern Europe. The mountains to in the far north and it is dark for 24 hours a day. In the Koenigsegg makes high- the west also shelter the country. In the capital, Stock- summer, it’s the opposite and the sun never sets.