SWEDEN

GEOGRAPHY

• Sweden is part of a group of countries with similar cultures called Scandinavia
• Stockholm is part of Sweden
• Sweden is on the north/eastern hemisphere
• Sweden is located next to the Baltic Sea, and the Gulf of Bothnia
• Sweden
• Scandinavia consists of Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and of course Sweden

Untitled Slide

CURRENCY

Sweden's currency is the Krona, the Krona is worth less than the dollar and riyal.
The Swedish krona has been active since 1873.

LANGUAGE

The main language in Sweden is Swedish.
Other Scandinavian languages, especially finish, are also popular. And also Arabic because of the high refugee numbers.

Untitled Slide

TRADITIONS

In Sweden most traditions are affected by the seasons. In Sweden they would celebrate the coming of summer and spring and fall and winter. They also have many festivals in the farming season. They have one tradition where many people gather in the middle of summer and women make crowns of leaves and flowers and dance. They place flowers on the maypole and dance around it. They dance and play all day and have traditional foods and drink. Women at the end of the day would put flowers under their pillows before they go to sleep, and they would see their future husbands in their dreams. Swedes have come to learn in many traditions from other countries because of their refugee help and open hands they know about many traditions such as Ramadan. They haven't really affected other countries but have taken some immigrants and refugees traditions.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Sweden has a population of 9,838,480.
It mainly consists of swedes, finish, Arabs and other Europeans . This is subject to change because of the asylum seekers coming to this country.

MIGRATION

Sweden is known for having being very generous, by now it has about 51,000 Syrians, 41,500 Afghans and nearly 21,000 Iraqi asylum seekers.

Swedish literature

Swedish literature started to become active in the 17 century. This is because most Swedish and Nordic writers preferred Latin, since it was well known throughout Europe. Swedish literature hasn't made a lot of affect on Sweden today. But Sweden had many folktales in the Middle Ages.

SWEDISH ART

Swedish art is very unusual and special. Because of its plac on the map it didn't go with the famous Italian, French and other European art styles. Europe was home to the most famous art pieces and artists and, art truly shaped some European countries. In Sweden though wood carvings, vases and many Nordic art styles where famous. This impacted Sweden at the time, but now it is home to a lot of modern styles. Sweden has a history for art but through my research it has died out a lot. Now Sweden has been famous for its pop art.

MUSIC

This has affected Sweden the most by far. Especially now, in the modern world Sweden is home to a lot of pop, rock and even dub step music. Sweden is the 3rd most iconic pop music distributor behind the UK and US. This impacts Sweden a lot because this puts Sweden in a more modern view and makes Sweden very similar to western countries.

RELIGION

The most common religion in Sweden (6.3 million) is Lutheran Christianity. The second most common is Islam ( 5% ). The amount of people with the Swedish church has dropped since the 1970s a lot.

BELIEF SYSTEM

Only 64% of swedes are with the church of Sweden but, only 29% say they are religious. Sweden is one of the least religious countries for this matter. And 8% of swedes actively participate in religious events. Sweden's culture used to surround the nord Gods instead of the later famous Christianity.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Sweden is home to many pop bands, and is home to many historic idols. Alfred Nobel, the man who created dynamite and the Nobel prize. Also, modern idols like Pewdiepie, Zlatan ibrahimovic, and the creator of mine craft notch.