 Sweden — (swēd´n) |
About The People
Did You Know...... Every year, the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred Nobel, who founded the prizes, »» More
Fashion... Swedes wear warm conservative European fashions. »» More
Socializing... Life in Sweden is greatly influenced by its geographic location and climate. Much of the count »» More
Family... About 80 percent of Sweden's people live in urban areas, the remaining 20 percent are scattered a »» More
Sports & Recreation... Singing in choirs is Sweden's most popular hobby. Popular sports include soccer, skiing, tenni »» More
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Statistics
Capital Cities... Stockholm »» History of Stockholm
Population: 9,031,088
GDP: $333,100,000,000 (USD)
Total Area: 449,964 (sq km) 173,731 (sq mi)
Currency: Swedish krona (SEK)
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Sweden History
During the seventh and eighth centuries, the Swedes were merchant seamen well known for their far-reaching trade. In the ninth century, Nordic Vikings raided and ravaged the European Continent as far as the Black and Caspian Seas. During the 11th and 12th centuries, Sweden gradually became a unified Christian kingdom that later included Finland. Queen Margaret of Denmark united all the Nordic lands in the "Kalmar Union" in 1397. Continual tension within the countries and within the union gradually led to open conflict between the Swedes and the Danes in the 15th century. The union's final disintegration in the early 16th century brought on a long-lived rivalry between Norway and Denmark on one »» More |