sweden

SWEDENSUECIA

SVERIGE

The Swedish Flag

The map of Sweden

Area: 450,000 km²

Longest north-south distance: 1,574 km

Quick facts

Capital: Stockholm

Population: 9,3 million

Religion: Protestant Evangelical Lutheran

Form of government: Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy

Parliament: The Riksdag, with 349 members in one chamber

Life expectancy: Women 83 years, men 79 years

Languages

Official language is Swedish.

Official minority languages are Finnish, Jiddish, Sami, Romani Chib and Meänkieli.

Swedish words

Hej! Hi!Hur mår du? How are you?Bra GoodHejdå! Bye!Tack! Thanks!Jag heter Tove. My name is

Tove.

Climate

Cold? Dark?Also bright and warm.

Northern Sweden: -30°C to 25°CSouth of Sweden: -15°C to 25°C

The Northern Lights…

…and the Midnight Sun

Animals in Sweden

The Moose The Bear

A Famous Building

Stockholm Stadshus

Traditional celebrations

Påsk - Easter

Midsommar - Midsummer

Santa Lucia - Santa Lucia

Julafton - Christmas

Easter

We celebrate Easter eating eggs and candy.

Midsummer – the longest day

We celebrate the Midsummer in the end of June, when the night is very bright.

Santa Lucia – the shortest day13th of December we celebrate that the light soon

will come back. In the morning there is a procession with boys and girls singing.

ChristmasWe celebrate Christmas the 24th of December.

We eat traditional food, watch TV and Santa Claus is coming with gifts.

Famous Swedes…

Astrid Lindgren- author Pippi Långstrump

Zlatan Ibrahimović- football player

Ingmar Bergman- film director

Greta Garbo- actress

Companies and Industries

VOLVO – carsH&M – clothes IKEA – furniture

Forest – 55% of the area of Sweden is covered by forest

Iron – two big mines in Kiruna and Malmberget

Prime ministerFredrik Reinfeldt

The Royal Family

Me!

My name is Tove Dahlberg. I am 23 years old.

I am from Gothenburg but i lived in Umeå for the last two years.

I love to talk, dance and eat.

Ask me anything you want to know!

Do you want to know more?

Visit: www.sweden.sewww.visitsweden.comwww.umea.sewww.goteborg.com

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