1. Check out 9 fun facts about Sweden
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University of Gothenburg
- 3rd oldest university
- City university as most facilities are within city centre.
Jönköping University
International Business School (JIBS)
- Ranked among the top 5 academic management schools in
- Sweden (The Future of Business Schools).
School of Health & Welfare
- One of the leading schools in health, care, and social work
- in Sweden.
Malmö University
- Located in the city of Malmö, which is ranked the 4th
- most innovative city in the world by Forbes.
- Largest teacher training facilities.
Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design
- The largest university college of arts, crafts, and design
- in Sweden.
- Located at a former telecom company factory (LM Ericson).
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
- Recognized as Sweden’s most prestigious technical
- university.
- Located in Stockholm, KTH is the country’s oldest and
- largest.
Linköping University
- Ranked in the ‘top 50 under 50’ universities in the world.
- 4 faculties, 4 campuses.
Lund University
- Ranked among the world’s top 100 universities.
- Famous for innovations includes diagnostic ultrasound.
- Has a very active student life with 13 student nations.
The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås
- One of the few institutions of higher education in the world
- that has a full scale textile manufacturing environment on
- campus.
3rd largest EU country
in land area, after
France and Spain.
Won 588 Olympic medals
(winter and summer), a feat only excelled by
6 much more populous countries; the USA,
the USSR, Italy, France, Germany and the
UK (as of 2006).
Has the
highest proportion of personal
computers per capita
in Europe, with
500 P.C.'s per 1,000 people.
Swedish people have the
lowest income inequality in the
world, with a Gini index of 23 in 2005.
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Was the most
generous country
in the world regarding
aid to poor countries. It is
the only nation where
donations exceed 1% of
the GDP (as of 2006).
Has the smallest gender
employment-rate gap in the
developed world, with only 4% more men
in employment than women.
Home of some of the greatest pop
bands and singers, including Abba,
The Cardigans, Roxette, Ace of Base,
Carola Häggkvist, Army of Lovers,
Robyn, A*Teens, Europe and Alcazar.
Has the highest number of
McDonald restaurants per capita in
Europe (although that is only about half of
the US ratio).
The world-famous discount furniture
chain IKEA was founded in
Sweden in 1943.