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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SWEDEN
VÄLKOMMEN TILL SVERIGES!
SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken) - one of Northern Europe's leading banks, in Stockholm, Sweden
Photo by Tobias Lindman
BASIC FACTS
- Capital: Stockholm
- Population: 9.593 million (2013)
- Government: Hereditary Monarchy, Unitary State
- National anthem: Du Gamla, Du Fria
- Currency: Swedish krona
Photo by archer10 (Dennis) REPOSTING
CULTURE
- Smörgåsbord on Christmas Eve (Winter)
- April 30: Walpurgis Night (Spring)
- June 24: "Official" Midsummer's Day (Summer)
- November 10: St. Martin's Day (Fall)
- Home to Alfred Nobel
= a buffet offering a variety of hot and cold meats, salads, etc.
Follows Easter, they gather on hilltops around bonfires
Thousands of Swedish people head for the country, where they raise a "midsummer pole" or maypole, decorated with leaves and flowers
Time when geese are at their fattest, in honor of st martin of tours
Inventor of dynamite, established the Nobel Prize. Each year: Chem, Phy, Medicine/Physiology, Literature, Peace
Follows Easter, they gather on hilltops around bonfires
Thousands of Swedish people head for the country, where they raise a "midsummer pole" or maypole, decorated with leaves and flowers
Time when geese are at their fattest, in honor of st martin of tours
Inventor of dynamite, established the Nobel Prize. Each year: Chem, Phy, Medicine/Physiology, Literature, Peace
Photo by Sprengben [why not get a friend]
CULTURE
- Fika - tradition of meeting for coffee or tea
- 480 days of paid parental leave
- Allemansrätten - the Right of Public Access
- 4 to 6 weeks employee holiday in July
- Not all education and healthcare is free 👎
Photo by Tobias Lindman
MORE FACTS
- Has not joined the European Monetary Union
- The state owns
- Major industries: engineering, high-tech manufacturing
- Abortion is permitted through the 18th week
- Nonmarital cohabitation, or sambo, is socially accepted
Photo by lovingyourwork.com
ETHNICITY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
RELIGION
STATISTICS
FUN FACTS
- A Swedish school has banned the Swedish flag
- Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (1990)
- You need a license to dance in Sweden
- Prostitution is legal, but it is illegal to use their services
- Most McDonalds in all of Europe
FAMOUS PEOPLE
- Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie
- Avicii
- Tove Lo
- Alfred Nobel
- Alesso
