Sweden

Guide to SWEDEN

SWEDEN which official name is Kingdom of Sweden or Sweden, is a country from Europe located at the Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway. SWEDEN with 2,233 km sq km, limits with: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km; and is divided in 21 counties . SWEDEN's capital is Stockholm which is the most populated city with about 1,253,309 inhabitants.

History of SWEDEN

SWEDEN's government is constitutional monarchy; a Constitutional monarchy with a Ceremonial government type, with King Carl XVI Gustaf as head of state and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as head of government.

Other symbols of SWEDEN are Swedish motto " royal motto: För Sverige - i tiden (Swedish, For Sweden - With the times) (See all royal mottos) Swedish anthem "Civil: Du gamla, Du fria (Thou ancient, Thou free, Thou mountainous North) — Royal: Kungssången (The Royal Anthem) Swedish flag.Swedish flag is composed by blue with a golden yellow cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) .

SWEDEN's history is quite long: A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substantial welfare elements was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment and in 2000-02 by the global economic downturn, but fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, but the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum.

SWEDENs geography

Guide to travel to SWEDEN

If you are thinking on traveling to SWEDEN, you will have to take in consideration some points like SWEDEN's currency, SWEDEN's weather, SWEDEN's national holiday and SWEDEN's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. SWEDEN`s currency is called krona ( kr or Sk), which is divided in 100 ören. For your consideration, krona's exchange rate is about 0 per dolar.6.0057428270.

SWEDEN's weather is characterized to be temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to SWEDEN.

You can also consider to visit SWEDEN on it's national holiday to get in SWEDEN's culture. If you do so, SWEDEN's national holiday is called Swedish Flag Day, 6 June.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of SWEDEN: Kebnekaise 2,111 m. And try also to get to SWEDEN's lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.41 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit SWEDEN's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to SWEDEN, with more than 255 airports and 7 airlines, you will get to SWEDEN without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. SWEDEN has about11,528 of railways, and also2,052 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Swedish Culture

SWEDEN is known by Swedishs as Konungariket Sverige or Sverige in the shortened way. Swedish, about 9,031,088 people, are composed by different ethnics: indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks. And they also have different languages: Swedish, Sami.

Another relevant point nowadays it's SWEDEN's religion. Swedishs are divided in Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%. So you can visit any of it's14 like Visby Cathedral, in Visby .

But if want to know more about SWEDEN's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Swedish novelists' books like Peter Pohl, Selma Lagerlöf or Erik Gustaf Geijer.

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