Sweden is located in Northern Europe and has a population of over 9 million people. The official language is Swedish and the capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a constitutional monarchy government and Lutheranism is the predominant religion. Some famous Swedes include Astrid Lindgren, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Ingmar Bergman, and Greta Garbo. Key industries include automobiles, clothing, furniture, and forestry.

1. SWEDEN SUECIA SVERIGE

2. The Swedish Flag

3. The map of Sweden Area: 450,000 km² Longest north-south distance: 1,574 km

4. Quick facts Capital: Stockholm Population: 9,3 million Religion: Protestant Evangelical Lutheran Form of government: Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy

5. Parliament: The Riksdag, with 349 members in one chamber Life expectancy: Women 83 years, men 79 years

6. Languages Official language is Swedish. Official minority languages are Finnish, Jiddish, Sami, Romani Chib and Meänkieli.

7. Swedish words Hej! Hi! Hur mår du? How are you? Bra Good Hejdå! Bye! Tack! Thanks! Jag heter Tove. My name is Tove.

8. Climate Cold? Dark? Also bright and warm. Northern Sweden: -30°C to 25°C South of Sweden: -15°C to 25°C

9. The Northern Lights…

10. … and the Midnight Sun

11. Animals in Sweden The Moose The Bear

12. A Famous Building Stockholm Stadshus

13. Traditional celebrations Påsk - Easter Midsommar - Midsummer Santa Lucia - Santa Lucia Julafton - Christmas

14. Easter We celebrate Easter eating eggs and candy.

15. Midsummer – the longest day We celebrate the Midsummer in the end of June, when the night is very bright.

16. Santa Lucia – the shortest day 13th of December we celebrate that the light soon will come back. In the morning there is a procession with boys and girls singing.

17. Christmas We celebrate Christmas the 24th of December. We eat traditional food, watch TV and Santa Claus is coming with gifts.

18. Famous Swedes…

19. Astrid Lindgren - author Pippi Långstrump

20. Zlatan Ibrahimović - football player

21. Ingmar Bergman - film director

22. Greta Garbo - actress

23. Companies and Industries VOLVO – cars H&M – clothes IKEA – furniture Forest – 55% of the area of Sweden is covered by forest Iron – two big mines in Kiruna and Malmberget

24. Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt

25. The Royal Family

26. 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!

27. Do you want to know more? Visit: www.sweden.se www.visitsweden.com www.umea.se www.goteborg.com

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