Sweden is a Scandinavian country with a population of 9.6 million. It has a monarchy but is governed democratically. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Other major cities include Gothenburg and Malmo. Sweden has many forests and lakes, including the largest lake Vänern. Some Swedish traditions include celebrating Midsummer and Christmas on December 24th. Famous Swedes include DJ Avicii and soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Popular Swedish exports are meatballs, herring, and IKEA furniture.

1. Sweden

2. Some basic facts about
Sweden
• It’s one of the countries in
Scandinavia
• The capital of Sweden is called
Stockholm
• Sweden has got 9,6 million
inhabitants and the country has
an area of 4,7 thousand
squarekilometres
• Sweden is a monarchy, so we
have a royal family who lives in
Stockholm, but it is not the king
that governs, no, Sweden is
governed by democracy, by the
government and our prime
minister, Stefan Löfven.

3. 3 biggest cities in Sweden
1. Stockholm
2. Gothenburg
3. Malmo
You can travel to
Denmark by the
bridge called
Öresundsbron or
by boat from
Helsingborg.
Sweden’s
national holiday
is the 6th of
June and
Sweden’s
national anthem
is called ”du
gamla, du fria”

4. • Sweden has got two big
islands , Öland and
Gotland, which are placed
outside the eastcoast. (You
can see them at the
picture to the right)
• Sweden's biggest lakes are
called Vänern and
Vättern. Vänern is the
biggest one and Vättern is
the deepest and they are
placed pretty near each
other in the middle of
Sweden.

5. Some Swedish traditions
• In Sweden we celebrate Christmas the 24th of December, not
the 25th like most of the other countries which also celebrate
Christmas
• In the summer, we have a tradition called Midsummer. Then
we eat a lot of typical Swedish food, and after that it’s a
tradition to dance around the midsummer pole while we sing
songs like “små grodorna” (You should look it up on youtube).
We celebrate midsummer because midsummer night is the
shortest night of the year, which means that the sun never
really goes down.

6. The Swedish nature
• In Sweden we have a lot of forest. Especially in the north part
of the country. Sweden has a beautiful nature and there’s a lot
of fantastic places to visit, like our biggest mountain,
“Kebnekaise”. It’s placed in the north of Sweden where we
actually have a lot of mountains, which we, in the winter, go
to for some skiiing.

7. Some famous people
and things in Swedenpeople
• Avicii - DJ
• Zlatan Ibramhimovic -
soccer player
• the royal family
• Abba – group of singer
from the 70s
Food
• Meatballs
• Herring
• Caviar
Places
• Ullared – a very cheap shopping
center
• Liseberg –amusement park in
Gothenburg
• Ikea – big furniture store
• Globen – a big arena in
Stockholm

8. By: Alva Hjorth, Moa Ekvall & Mathilde Hylander