Interesting Facts about Sweden

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19 curious facts about Sweden.

• They put their tooth in a glass of water. In the morning their tooth will be gone and a coin will be in the glass.
• Every year, the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred Nobel, who founded the prizes, was a Swedish manufacturer of armaments and explosives.
• In July 2000, a bridge linking Sweden and Denmark was opened by Sweden's King Carl Gustav xvi and Denmark's Queen Margrethe II. The 16-kilometre Öresund Link spans the water between Lernacken, near Malmö, and Kastrup, near Copenhagen.
• One-seventh of Sweden lies north of the Arctic Circle. This region is called the Land of the Midnight Sun because the sun shines almost 24 hours a day for several weeks in late June and early July. In December and January, the sun barely rises above the horizon.