SPORTS AND STUDENT LIFE IN STOCKHOLM GÅR TILL GYMMET (GOING TO THE GYM) • Frescati Sports Centre – A broad range of sports at friendly prices! • Comparable to Olympos in Utrecht • Supported by the Sports association (SSIF) • A long list of sports such as: • Badminton and table tennis • Also “exotic” sports such as Cross country skiing and fencing SPORT I SVERIGE • Bandy: A cult sport in Sweden! • Hockey-like sport played with a small ball and • short curved sticks (Looks like ice hockey) • Football • Most famous player: Zlatan Ibrahimovic • Ice Hockey • Men’s national hockey team won the World • Championship already 10 times! • Handball • Skiing • Biathlon (2019 Championship in Östersund) • Ski jumping • Tennis • Most famous for Björn Borg SPORT I SVERIGE • Floorball • “New” Indoor hockey sport as it has been invented in 1970 in Gothenburg • eSports • Competitive video game playing • World’s largest LAN party “Dreamhack” STUDENT LIFE Student Unions Student Union Clubs Student Nations Faculty Clubs STUDENT HOUSING FOOD NIGHT LIFE THE END Culture Politics, religion, history History • 9th – 11th century; Vikings and introduction of Christianity • 15th – start 16th century; Kalmar union with Norway and Denmark • 1523; Independence and protestant reformation • 17th – start 18th century; Swedish empire • Throughout 18th century; decline • 1814 Last war • 1814 – 1905; new personal union over Norway • Late industrialization starting end 19th century Religion ● Freedom of religion ● Plurality religion Church of Sweden ○ Lutheran protestant ● Church of Sweden was state religion until 2000 ○ Since then a decline in membership ● Increase in atheism & unaffiliated Politics • Constitutional monarchy • King Carl XVI Gustaf holds no political power • Riksdag, Regeringen Prime minister Stefan Löfven King Carl Gustaf Politics • The Swedish parliament is made up of 349 political representatives, currently from eight different parties • The three largest parties are the Social Democrats, the New Moderates and the Sweden Democrats • At the moment the Social Democrats for a minority government with the Green Party Culture https://open.spotify.com/user/spotifycharts/playlist/37i9dQZEVXbLoATJ81JYXz?si=VfIBRLVRQYCjEz3LaMpC4 w Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEEuG5XML-A Culture • Traditions • Pippi Langstrumpf • Carl Larsson (1853-1919) - painter Chemistry in Sweden What are we going to tell you about? ● General chemical background ● Stockholm University ● Uppsala University ● Chemical industry Ytterby ● 30Km near to Stockholm ● Its history began with a quartz mine in 1787 ○ Unusually black heavy ore was found ● Place where most elements were discovered ○ Yttrium(Y), Ytterbium(Yb), Erbium(Er), Terbium(Tb) ○ Holmium(Ho), Thulium(Tm), Gadolinium(Gd) Alfred Bernhard Nobel ● Swedisch chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, philanthropist ○ Inventor of dynamite ○ Held over 355 patents ● His name survived in many modern day companies ○ Akzonobel, Dynamite nobel ● Nobilium named after nobel ● Most famous for the nobel prizes ○ Physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace ● First Nobel prize established in 1901 ★ Largest in Sweden, > 30000 students ○ [similar number to UU] ★ Relatively new! Established as a college in 1878. University since 1960 ○ [UU est. in 1636!] Fermentation Applications of sugars & of isotopic Ozone layer fermentative indicators chemistry enzymes Hans von Euler- Svante Arrhenius Chelpin George de Hevesy Paul Crutzen 1943 1903 1929 1995 Industry ● Most commonly known for Akzonobel ● Other big chemical companies: ○ GE life Science ○ AstraZeneca ● 3 main Chemical sites: ○ Stockholm ○ Göteborg ○ Malmö Industry ● Roughly 0.5% of the workforce in chemical industry ● 15% of their exports are chemicals around €20B Uppsala University ● First and oldest university of sweden , established in 1477. ● For 500 years regarded as among the top 100 universities ● 8 nobelprijswinnaars afkomstig van Uppsala university. Uppsala and Stockholm Stockholm and Uppsala • Major Scandinavian urban areas • Stockholm: Capital and cultural, economical and political centre. • Uppsala: Fourth largest city, ecclestial centre and seat of the Archbischop. Famous landmarks Karolinska Institutet Uppsala Cathedral Djurgårdsbron Högertrafikomläggningen Stockholm • Stockholm City Centre Kungsholmen Norrmalm, Södermalm,Östermalm • Söderort Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, Farsta, Hägensten-Liljeholmen, Skarpnäck, Skärholmen, Älvsjö • Västerort Bromma, Hässelbly-Vällingby, Rinkeby-Kista, Spånga-Tensta Work in Sweden • Swedish welfare state: solidarity, low unemployment and regulation of the labor market • ‘90: big recession: current government still occupied with the recovery • Main export: wood, iron ore, stell, crystal, electronics, vehicles and machinery • Origin of international shop franchises such as H&M and IKEA Income • Bruto salary per month, average – Sweden: € 2.915 – The Netherlands: € 2.855 • Labor participation: age 20 to 65-year – Sweden: 80.3% – The Netherlands: 77.2% • Age of retirement – Sweden: 61 tot 67 years – The Netherlands: 65 tot 71 years • Life expectancy – Sweden: 82,2 years – The Netherlands: 81,5 years Food costs • 1 SEK ≈ 0.10 EUR • Supermarket prices: in 2016 second highest of Europe Product Lidl The Lidl Sweden (EUR) Netherlands (EUR) Salsa medium (230 g) 1,64 1,65 Tooth paste (75 ml) 1,53 1,90 Nutella (630 g) 4,37 4,20 6-pack beer 5,89 (Heineken) 6,50 (Carlsberg) Bananas (1 kg) 1,29 2,80 Work in Sweden • Working Hours • FIKA.