{"id":161843,"date":"2022-05-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=161843"},"modified":"2025-02-02T07:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T06:06:57","slug":"fakta-om-sverige","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts about Sweden - 30 things you (might) not know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ta_ads_container\" class=\"takeover-container has-clientside-condition loading run-count-0\" data-ttl=\"86400\"><div class=\"takeover-bar\"><a class=\"blog-logo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/\" title=\"FREEDOMtravel - Sweden&#039;s largest travel magazine - \" rel=\"home\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FREEDOMtravel-resemagasin.png\" alt=\"FREEDOMtravel - Sveriges mesta resemagasin\"><\/a><a class=\"home-link close-takeover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/\">Go to FREEDOMtravel<\/a><\/div><div class=\"takeover-content\"><div class=\"label\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-239691187\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/se.adria-mobil.com\/husvagnar\/alpina\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"adria-freedom-computer-1920x900px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-224x105.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-600x281.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-1536x720.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-433x203.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-dator-1920x900px-1200x563.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"900\"   \/><\/a><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {if( advads.get_cookie( \"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709_timeout\" ) ) {if( advads.get_cookie( \"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709\" ) ) {var advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709 = parseInt( advads.get_cookie( \"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709\" ) ) + 1;} else { var advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709 = 1; }} else {var advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709 = 1;advads.set_cookie_sec(\"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709_timeout\", \"true\", 86400 );}advads.set_cookie_sec(\"advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709\", advanced_ads_ad_impressions_317709, 86400 );});<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facts about Sweden! We have sniffed out and collected interesting information about our own country that you may or may not have known about. Enjoy!<\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad6f6150d048\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad6f6150d048\" checked aria-label=\"toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Fakta_om_Sverige\" >Facts about Sweden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#1_Svenskar_har_sarskilda_dagar_for_manga_saker\" >1. Swedes have special days for many things.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#2_Svenska_overklassen_pratade_mer_an_svenska_under_manga_hundra_ar\" >2. the Swedish upper class spoke more than Swedish for many centuries<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#3_Kiruna_ar_Sveriges_storsta_kommun\" >3. Kiruna is Sweden's largest municipality<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#4_I_Motala_ligger_den_langsta_insjostranden_i_Norden\" >4. Motala has the longest lake shore in the Nordic countries.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#5_Ibland_ar_det_bara_natt_eller_bara_dag_i_Kiruna\" >5. Sometimes it is only night or only day in Kiruna.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#6_Vasaskeppet_som_var_Sveriges_stolthet_sjonk_efter_1300_meter_ar_1628\" >6. The Vasa ship, the pride of Sweden, sank after 1300 metres in 1628<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#7_Du_kan_fa_skydd_av_krakbar\" >7. You can get protection from crowberries<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#8_Gota_kanal_ar_Sveriges_storsta_byggnadsprojekt_genom_tiderna\" >8. G\u00f6ta Canal is Sweden's largest construction project of all time<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#9_Norrkoping_har_flest_hallristningar_i_varlden_inom_sin_stadsgrans\" >9. Norrk\u00f6ping has the most rock carvings in the world within its city limits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#10_Surstromming_som_man_skamtar_om_i_hela_varlden_%E2%80%A6_Kan_man_ata_den\" >10. Surstr\u00f6mming, the joke of the world ... Can you eat it?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#11_Sverige_har_manga_olika_dialekter\" >11. Sweden has many different dialects<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#12_Karlsborg_fastning_blev_ett_omodernt_fiasko\" >12. Karlsborg Fortress became an unfashionable fiasco<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#13_Sverige_ar_det_algtataste_landet_i_hela_varlden\" >13. Sweden is the most moose-dense country in the world<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#14_Nobelpriset_delades_ut_for_forsta_gangen_1901\" >14. The Nobel Prize was awarded for the first time in 1901<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#15_Det_var_inte_en_svensk_kung_bakom_Stockholms_blodbad_ar_1520\" >15. A Swedish king was not responsible for the Stockholm bloodbath of 1520.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#16_Svenska_blev_huvudsprak_2009\" >16. Swedish became the main language in 2009<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#17_Svenska_Sveaborg_i_Finland_och_det_storsta_sveket_i_svensk_historia\" >17. Swedish Sveaborg in Finland and the biggest betrayal in Swedish history?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#18_Sverige_var_forst_att_forbjuda_barnaga_1966\" >18. Sweden was the first country to ban infanticide in 1966.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#19_Sveriges_forsta_hamburgare_serverades_i_Helsingborg_1955\" >19. Sweden's first hamburger was served in Helsingborg in 1955.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#20_Sverige_har_15_Unesco_varldsarv\" >20. Sweden has 15 Unesco world heritage sites<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#21_Wrangebacksosten_ar_Sveriges_aldsta_registrerande_ostvarumarke\" >21. Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4cksosten is Sweden's oldest registered cheese brand.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#22_Sverige_har_det_enda_James_Bond-museet_i_varlden\" >22. Sweden has the only James Bond museum in the world<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#23_Nordkorea_ar_skyldiga_Sverige_over_3_miljarder\" >23. North Korea owes Sweden more than \u20ac3 billion.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#24_Nationaldagen_6_juni_men_varfor\" >24. 6 June National Day, but why?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#25_Kosterhavets_nationalpark_ar_den_enda_marina_nationalparken_i_Sverige\" >25. The Kosterhavet National Park is the only marine national park in Sweden.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#26_Svenska_medborgare_har_latt_att_resa\" >26. Swedish citizens find it easy to travel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#27_Sverige_har_flest_patent_per_capita_i_Europa\" >27. Sweden has the most patents per capita in Europe<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#28_Europas_langsta_Zipline_finns_i_Smaland\" >28. Europe's longest zipline is in Sm\u00e5land.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#29_Astrid_Lindgrens_bocker_har_salts_i_165_miljoner_exemplar\" >29. 165 million copies of Astrid Lindgren's books have been sold.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#30_Ishotellet_i_Jukkasjarvi_ar_varldens_storsta_och_aven_varldens_forsta\" >30. The ice hotel in Jukkasj\u00e4rvi is the world's largest and also the world's first ice hotel.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Fakta_om_Sverige_och_nagra_kanda_foretag_fran_Sverige\" >Facts about Sweden and some famous companies from Sweden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Fakta_om_Sverige_med_stora_idrottsmankvinnor_fran_Sverige\" >Facts about Sweden with major sportsmen\/women from Sweden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Lite_mer_korta_fakta_om_Sverige\" >Some more brief facts about Sweden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-35\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Mer_roliga_fakta_om_Sverige\" >More fun facts about Sweden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-36\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Fakta_om_Sverige_med_kand_musik\" >Facts about Sweden with famous music<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-37\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Fakta_om_Sverige_och_den_historiska_tidsaxel\" >Facts about Sweden and the historical time axis<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-38\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Nagra_historiska_fakta_om_Sverige\" >Some historical facts about Sweden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-39\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Sveriges_storsta_stader_2021\" >Sweden's largest cities in 2021<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-40\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Information_och_fakta_om_Sverige\" >Information and facts about Sweden<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-41\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/05\/fakta-om-sverige\/#Prenumerera_pa_vart_nyhetsbrev\" >Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-fakta-om-sverige\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fakta_om_Sverige\"><\/span>Facts about Sweden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let's start with some general background information about our country, which as a Swede you probably already know: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and our King Carl XVI Gustaf has no real political power, as the Riksdag is the country's highest authority. Sweden is a member of the EU, but has kept the Swedish krona as its currency. It is not a member of NATO (yet), May 2022. <\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-1747502162\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88752\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-1621320153 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-2849836679\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/se.adria-mobil.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"adria-freedom-top-banner-588x158px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-toppbanner-588x158px.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-843759762\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ullbadden.se\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider1621320153 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-1621320153\" );$freedslider1621320153.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$freedslider1621320153.unslider({ delay:4000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$freedslider1621320153.on(\"mouseover\", function() {$freedslider1621320153.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$freedslider1621320153.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden is historically divided into three regions: Svealand, G\u00f6taland and Norrland. Lakes and large rivers make up almost ten per cent of the country's surface area and 69 per cent is forest. Sweden shares borders with Norway in the west and Finland in the north-east. Sweden also has coasts with its Nordic neighbours Denmark, Norway, \u00c5land and Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-svenskar-har-sarskilda-dagar-for-manga-saker\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Svenskar_har_sarskilda_dagar_for_manga_saker\"><\/span>1. Swedes have special days for many things.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should keep track of <span style=\"font-size: revert\">many special days, but it also depends on where you are in the country. Here are some days you shouldn't forget. <\/span><\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-170607815\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88753\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-990100528 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-3726323149\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elmia.se\/husvagn\/for-besokare\/biljetter\/?utm_source=freedomtravel&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=elmiahusvagn_kop_biljett_mars-sep\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-4260436771\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/husbilslandet.com\/i-lager?amount=-1&#038;vehicle_type=camper&#038;price=219000%2C8874149&#038;y=2005%2C2027&#038;weight=1000%2C18000&#038;rea=true\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Demo sale (588 x 158 px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px-.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px-.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider990100528 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-990100528\" );$freedslider990100528.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$freedslider990100528.unslider({ delay:4000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$freedslider990100528.on(\"mouseover\", function() {$freedslider990100528.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$freedslider990100528.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Chocolate ball day&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/02\/fakta-om-semlor\/\">Fats Day<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cinnamon bun day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/12\/varfor-firar-vi-lucia\/\">Lucia<\/a><\/span> with lussebullar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waffle Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Semlor-overst-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Semlor-overst-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Semlor-overst-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Semlor-overst-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Semlor-overst-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Semlor-overst-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Semlor-overst-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Semlor-overst-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-svenska-overklassen-pratade-mer-an-svenska-under-manga-hundra-ar\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Svenska_overklassen_pratade_mer_an_svenska_under_manga_hundra_ar\"><\/span>2. the Swedish upper class spoke more than Swedish for many centuries<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the 16th and 17th centuries, German was the language of the educated. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the 18th and 19th centuries, French was the language of the upper classes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in the 20th century, English became the major language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280-1024x512.png\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280-433x217.png 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280-1200x600.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g1e069816a_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-kiruna-ar-sveriges-storsta-kommun\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Kiruna_ar_Sveriges_storsta_kommun\"><\/span>3. Kiruna is Sweden's largest municipality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The municipality of Kiruna, located in Lapland in the far north of Sweden, covers 20 000 square metres. The municipality is as big as the counties of Sk\u00e5ne, Blekinge and Halland combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norrsken-3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norrsken-3-1-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Norrsken\" class=\"wp-image-161013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norrsken-3-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norrsken-3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norrsken-3-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norrsken-3-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norrsken-3-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Norrsken-3-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-i-motala-ligger-den-langsta-insjostranden-i-norden\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_I_Motala_ligger_den_langsta_insjostranden_i_Norden\"><\/span>4. Motala has the longest lake shore in the Nordic countries.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Varamo baths in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/07\/motala\/\">Motala<\/a> i <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/gora-i-ostergotland\/\">\u00d6sterg\u00f6tland<\/a> is the longest lake bathing area in the Nordic countries, with 5 kilometres of fine-grained, shallow sandy beach. We have of course visited the beach and it is top class.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banner freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-2734834171\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-2610468152\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/firstcamp.se\/bra-att-veta\/incheckning-efter-stangning?utm_source=display&#038;utm_medium=Freedom-Travel&#038;utm_campaign=Freedom-Travel-sommar-2026\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-224x107.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-433x206.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"280\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Varamon-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Varamon-2-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Varamon-2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Varamon-2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Varamon-2-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Varamon-2-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Varamon-2-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Varamon-2-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-ibland-ar-det-bara-natt-eller-bara-dag-i-kiruna\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Ibland_ar_det_bara_natt_eller_bara_dag_i_Kiruna\"><\/span>5. Sometimes it is only night or only day in Kiruna.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Kiruna, there is light 24 hours a day for two months in summer, which is called the midnight sun. From around 12 December to 31 December, there is no sun at all, which is called polar night. Half of Lapland is above the Arctic Circle and therefore has polar nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hand-g09806d0ce_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-vasaskeppet-som-var-sveriges-stolthet-sjonk-efter-1300-meter-ar-1628\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Vasaskeppet_som_var_Sveriges_stolthet_sjonk_efter_1300_meter_ar_1628\"><\/span>6. The Vasa ship, the pride of Sweden, sank after 1300 metres in 1628<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The architect and master shipbuilder Henrik Hybertsson died during the construction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2019\/05\/besoka-vasamuseet-i-stockholm\/\">Vasa carpet<\/a>, so there was no one to blame for it being misbalanced. All the lead that would be in the bottom was reduced so that the guns could be many. At the first wind, the Vasa lay on its side. Attempts to salvage the ship in the 17th century failed, and it wasn't until 1961 that the Vasa Ship was recovered and is now located on Djurg\u00e5rden in Stockholm.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banners-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-3130084814\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-784870204\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/produkt\/hybrid-traveller-portabel-5g-router-med-backup-batteri-i-over-6-timmar-usb\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"freedom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/freedom.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"288\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vasa-modell-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vasa-modell-1-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-168129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vasa-modell-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vasa-modell-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vasa-modell-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vasa-modell-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vasa-modell-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vasa-modell-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-du-kan-fa-skydd-av-krakbar\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Du_kan_fa_skydd_av_krakbar\"><\/span>7. You can get protection from crowberries<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are crowberries and northern crowberries, the latter being from Norrland and a little sweeter. The crowberry is tart and a bit special in its flavour, but it is very good in jams and juices. The crowberry is rich in fibre and has more protective antioxidants than any other berry in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-gota-kanal-ar-sveriges-storsta-byggnadsprojekt-genom-tiderna\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Gota_kanal_ar_Sveriges_storsta_byggnadsprojekt_genom_tiderna\"><\/span>8. G\u00f6ta Canal is Sweden's largest construction project of all time<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/08\/gota-kanal-med-husbil\/\">G\u00f6ta Canal<\/a>&nbsp;is a 190.5-kilometre canal dating from 1832, which runs through G\u00f6taland in Sweden. The canal was founded by Baltzar von Platen and built by 58,000 soldiers. A total of 87.3 kilometres of the canal was dug by hand or blasted. There is a total difference in level of 91.8 metres in the canal, with a total of 58 locks and two aqueducts. 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Norrk\u00f6ping has the most rock carvings in the world within its city limits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Himmelstalund in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/01\/gora-i-norrkoping\/\">Norrk\u00f6ping<\/a> you will find no less than 7000 rock carvings dating from around 1500 BC. Here you can find ships, weapons, people, soles of the feet and the like carved into the rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hallristning-3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hallristning-3-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-168107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hallristning-3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hallristning-3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hallristning-3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hallristning-3-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hallristning-3-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/hallristning-3-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-surstromming-som-man-skamtar-om-i-hela-varlden-kan-man-ata-den\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Surstromming_som_man_skamtar_om_i_hela_varlden_%E2%80%A6_Kan_man_ata_den\"><\/span>10. Surstr\u00f6mming, the joke of the world ... Can you eat it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surstr\u00f6mming is herring preserved by fermentation. When Gustav Vasa waged war in the 16th century, there was a salt shortage and salt was needed to freeze food for a long time during the winter. They had to come up with a new method to avoid starving to death, and that's when surstr\u00f6mming was born. Many people find the smell and flavour disgusting, but some people love it. Those who eat the speciality (mainly around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2023\/07\/gora-i-hoga-kusten\/\">High coast<\/a>) make it in a pinch with buttered pieces of flatbread, mashed almond potatoes and sour cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E2430-2-2048x1152-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-sverige-har-manga-olika-dialekter\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11_Sverige_har_manga_olika_dialekter\"><\/span>11. Sweden has many different dialects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most common classification of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2018\/11\/svenska-dialektala-ord\/\">dialects<\/a> is organised into six major areas: Southern Swedish, Gothic, Swedish, Gotlandic, Northern Swedish and Eastern Swedish. 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Karlsborg Fortress became an unfashionable fiasco<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/07\/karlsborgs-fastning\/\">Karlsborg Fortress<\/a> was supposed to be built in 10 years, but it took 90 years to complete. When the fortress was finally completed in 1909, it was already outdated as weapons and technology had evolved. Today, the fortress is used for military training - and you can also visit the fortress as a tourist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karlsborg-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karlsborg-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-168103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karlsborg-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karlsborg-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karlsborg-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karlsborg-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karlsborg-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karlsborg-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-13-sverige-ar-det-algtataste-landet-i-hela-varlden\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13_Sverige_ar_det_algtataste_landet_i_hela_varlden\"><\/span>13. Sweden is the most moose-dense country in the world<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 300 000 - 400 000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/09\/fakta-om-algar\/\">moose<\/a> are found in Sweden. Around 100,000 animals are shot annually and growth is around 100,000 per year. Moose live almost their entire lives alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0059-1.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-14-nobelpriset-delades-ut-for-forsta-gangen-1901\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_Nobelpriset_delades_ut_for_forsta_gangen_1901\"><\/span>14. The Nobel Prize was awarded for the first time in 1901<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most famous Swedish inventor is Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), who revolutionised blasting technology. He invented dynamite in 1866 and patented a total of 355 inventions during his lifetime. As one of the richest people of his time, he left a will in which he gave the Nobel Prize to Sweden. Today, it is the world's most famous prize, which has been awarded over 500 times.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/nobelprismedalj-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/nobelprismedalj-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/nobelprismedalj-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/nobelprismedalj-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/nobelprismedalj-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/nobelprismedalj-3-326x325.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/nobelprismedalj-3-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/nobelprismedalj-3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-15-det-var-inte-en-svensk-kung-bakom-stockholms-blodbad-ar-1520\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15_Det_var_inte_en_svensk_kung_bakom_Stockholms_blodbad_ar_1520\"><\/span>15. A Swedish king was not responsible for the Stockholm bloodbath of 1520.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sten Sture the Younger fought and died in a battle against Christian II of Denmark and became King of Denmark and Sweden. Six months later, when Kristian (known as Kristian the Tyrant) was crowned in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/03\/sevardheter-i-gamla-stan\/\">Old Town<\/a> In 1520 in Stockholm, he locked all the gates and beheaded 84 Swedish people, mainly from the nobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-g03b683ecc_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-16-svenska-blev-huvudsprak-2009\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"16_Svenska_blev_huvudsprak_2009\"><\/span>16. Swedish became the main language in 2009<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swedish language was not legally recognised as the main language of Sweden until 2009. There are also five national minority languages: Finnish, Me\u00e4nkieli, Sami, Romany and Yiddish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280-1024x626.png\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280-1024x626.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280-433x265.png 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280-1200x734.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280-600x367.png 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-ge09484403_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-17-svenska-sveaborg-i-finland-och-det-storsta-sveket-i-svensk-historia\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"17_Svenska_Sveaborg_i_Finland_och_det_storsta_sveket_i_svensk_historia\"><\/span>17. Swedish Sveaborg in Finland and the biggest betrayal in Swedish history?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the construction of the huge naval fortress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2019\/01\/sveaborg-i-helsingfors-sjofastning-med-svensk-historia\/\">Suomenlinna in Helsinki<\/a> begun by Augustin Ehrensv\u00e4rd in 1748, Finland was part of Sweden. In 1788, the fortress was put to the test when it was used as a base in Sweden's naval war against Russia. During the Swedish period, the nobility hung out on the islands, and exclusive parties followed one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suomenlinna is one of the world's largest castles and home to the world's oldest and then largest dry dock. Suomenlinna was considered impregnable, but in 1808 Commander Cronstedt opened the gates and let the Russians in. 7000 men, 2000 cannons, the archipelago fleet of 200 boats, tonnes of food and 50 years of construction. It is perhaps the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbl.fi\/artikel\/mannen-som-forradde-sveaborg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">betrayal in Swedish history.<\/a> Today, the site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kungsporten-Sveaborg-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kungsporten-Sveaborg-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kungsporten-Sveaborg-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kungsporten-Sveaborg-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kungsporten-Sveaborg-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kungsporten-Sveaborg-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kungsporten-Sveaborg-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kungsporten-Sveaborg-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The King's Gate on Suomenlinna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-18-sverige-var-forst-att-forbjuda-barnaga-1966\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"18_Sverige_var_forst_att_forbjuda_barnaga_1966\"><\/span>18. Sweden was the first country to ban infanticide in 1966.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1966, it has been illegal to spank (hit) children, making Sweden the first country in the world to legislate against spanking. Since then, 59 other countries have done the same, with France being the latest in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-19-sveriges-forsta-hamburgare-serverades-i-helsingborg-1955\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"19_Sveriges_forsta_hamburgare_serverades_i_Helsingborg_1955\"><\/span>19. Sweden's first hamburger was served in Helsingborg in 1955.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first hamburger in Sweden was served at the H55 exhibition in Gothenburg in 1955. The first permanent burger bar was Burger-Grill in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/02\/gora-i-helsingborg\/\">Helsingborg<\/a>, which was inaugurated in 1956 by none other than Prince Bertil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/snack-gf59a9dbdd_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/snack-gf59a9dbdd_1280-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/snack-gf59a9dbdd_1280-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/snack-gf59a9dbdd_1280-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/snack-gf59a9dbdd_1280-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/snack-gf59a9dbdd_1280-433x275.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/snack-gf59a9dbdd_1280-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/snack-gf59a9dbdd_1280.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-20-sverige-har-15-unesco-varldsarv\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20_Sverige_har_15_Unesco_varldsarv\"><\/span>20. Sweden has 15 Unesco world heritage sites <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are no less than 15 world heritage sites in our country. Listed here are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2019\/04\/unesco-varldsarv-i-sverige-fran-norr-till-soder\/\">UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Sweden<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2023\/08\/gora-i-haparanda-och-tornea\/\">Struve's meridian arc<\/a> (chain of mapped measurement points)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laponia (wilderness area)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2023\/08\/besoka-gammelstads-kyrkstad\/\">Gammelstad church town <\/a>(from the 14th century)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2023\/07\/gora-i-hoga-kusten\/\">High coast<\/a> (the great land uplift)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/06\/besoka-halsingegardar\/\">H\u00e4lsingeg\u00e5rdarna <\/a>(19th century in H\u00e4lsingland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2024\/07\/gora-i-falun\/\">Falun and Kopparbergslagen<\/a> (mining in Sweden)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engelsberg Mill (industrial facilities from the 16th-18th century)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birka and the courtyard (Viking remains between the 7th and 9th centuries)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2018\/11\/drottningholms-slott-i-stockholm\/\">Drottningholm Palace area <\/a>(castle, theatre and castle park)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2019\/04\/skogskyrkogarden-i-stockholm-ett-unesco-varldsarv\/\">Forest cemetery<\/a> (cemetery architecture in Stockholm)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/09\/hallristningar-i-tanum-ett-unesco-varldsarv\/\">The Tanum rock carving area <\/a>(unique rock carvings)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hanseatic city of Visby (on Gotland with impressive ring wall)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/09\/gora-i-varberg\/\">Grimeton radio station<\/a> (Radio transmitter from the 1920s)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/02\/sevardheter-pa-oland\/\">The agricultural landscape of southern \u00d6land <\/a>(human settlement)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/07\/gora-i-karlskrona\/\">The naval town of Karlskrona <\/a>(European planned naval town)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587.jpg\" alt=\"Att bes\u00f6ka Gammelstads kyrkstad\" class=\"wp-image-212024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587-224x126.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/batch_IMG_E3587-433x244.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gammelstad church town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-21-wrangebacksosten-ar-sveriges-aldsta-registrerande-ostvarumarke\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"21_Wrangebacksosten_ar_Sveriges_aldsta_registrerande_ostvarumarke\"><\/span>21. Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4cksosten is Sweden's oldest registered cheese brand.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hard cheese \"Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck Sweden\" from Almn\u00e4s was registered on 8 April 1889 and is still available, mainly in V\u00e4sterg\u00f6tland but also in \u00d6stermalm in Stockholm. The cheese is fantastic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0714.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0714-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0714-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0714-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0714-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0714-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0714-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0714.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-22-sverige-har-det-enda-james-bond-museet-i-varlden\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"22_Sverige_har_det_enda_James_Bond-museet_i_varlden\"><\/span>22. Sweden has the only James Bond museum in the world<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden has the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/11\/james-bond-museum-i-smaland\/\">James Bond Museum<\/a> in the world, and if anyone thinks it's a small collection, they're very wrong. Gunnar Sch\u00e4fer, who today also carries the names James Bond in his passport, started collecting James Bond items at the age of 8. Today, the museum contains most things from the films, such as gondolas, hovercrafts, motorcycles, aeroplanes, cars, dresses from the Bond girls, swimming trunks, champagne, and hundreds of other things, in Nybro in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/gora-i-smaland\/\">Sm\u00e5land<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Bond-1-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Bond-1-1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Bond-1-1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Bond-1-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Bond-1-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Bond-1-1-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Bond-1-1-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Bond-1-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-23-nordkorea-ar-skyldiga-sverige-over-3-miljarder\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"23_Nordkorea_ar_skyldiga_Sverige_over_3_miljarder\"><\/span>23. North Korea owes Sweden more than \u20ac3 billion.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1974, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvo Model 144 cars, Altlas Copco drilling machines, Asea ship equipment and several Tyl\u00f6 saunas on credit. The country has still not paid what it owes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280-1200x802.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/car-g148bc574e_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-24-nationaldagen-6-juni-men-varfor\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"24_Nationaldagen_6_juni_men_varfor\"><\/span>24. 6 June National Day, but why?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 1983, 6 June officially became Sweden's national day. Before that, this day was simply 'Swedish Flag Day'.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Day commemorates the day Gustav Vasa was elected King of Sweden on 6 June 1523. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden became a united country, breaking the Kalmar Union and adopting a form of government on 6 June 1809.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gustav-Vasa-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gustav-Vasa-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gustav-Vasa-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gustav-Vasa-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gustav-Vasa-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gustav-Vasa-3-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gustav-Vasa-3-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gustav-Vasa-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-25-kosterhavets-nationalpark-ar-den-enda-marina-nationalparken-i-sverige\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"25_Kosterhavets_nationalpark_ar_den_enda_marina_nationalparken_i_Sverige\"><\/span>25. The Kosterhavet National Park is the only marine national park in Sweden.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/10\/besoka-kosteroarna\/\">Kosterhavet National Park<\/a> in Bohusl\u00e4n is Sweden's first marine national park. It is home to many animal species and one of two Swedish coral reefs, but also islands, islets and skerries. In addition to Kosterhavet, there are 29 other national parks in Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nord-hamnen-1-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-26-svenska-medborgare-har-latt-att-resa\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"26_Svenska_medborgare_har_latt_att_resa\"><\/span>26. Swedish citizens find it easy to travel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden, Japan, Singapore and Germany are some of the countries in the world where residents can access the most countries in the world with their passport without having to apply for a visa. Currently, the Swedish passport is the sixth best in the world, allowing us to enter 188 countries without a visa. Japan tops the list with the ability to travel without a visa to 193 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280-433x255.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280-1200x708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280-600x354.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-gd01775944_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-27-sverige-har-flest-patent-per-capita-i-europa\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"27_Sverige_har_flest_patent_per_capita_i_Europa\"><\/span>27. Sweden has the most patents per capita in Europe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden has the most patents per capita in Europe. Some of Sweden's most famous inventions are...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kylskapet\">Refrigerator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dreamer Baltzar von Platen (1898-1984) (not to be confused with the famous canal builder of the same name) most famous invention was the refrigerator. The refrigerator was a success and Electrolux hired von Platen and his colleague Carl Munters to further develop the refrigerator. Sales took off and were one of the reasons why Electrolux became a recognised brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280-433x311.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280-1200x862.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280-600x431.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/refrigerator-ge35631eb6_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-agafyren\">The agave guy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AGA lighthouse is a type of automatic lighthouse invented by Gustaf Dal\u00e9n (1869-1937) in the early 20th century. The name comes from his company AB Gas-ackumulator (Aga AB) which manufactured lighthouses. During his lifetime Gustaf Dal\u00e9n produced 99 patents and in 1912 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fyrskepp-Oregrund.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fyrskepp-Oregrund-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fyrskepp-Oregrund-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fyrskepp-Oregrund-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fyrskepp-Oregrund-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fyrskepp-Oregrund-433x243.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fyrskepp-Oregrund-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fyrskepp-Oregrund.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-torrmjolken\">Dry milk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria Johanna 'Ninni' Kronberg (1874-1949) was a Swedish inventor whose patent for powdered milk laid the foundation for the baby food company Semper AB. Dry milk was invented in the early 20th century, but Ninni improved the technology and received her first own patent in 1927 and the second in 1937.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/VA\u00a4llingpaket-1950.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/VA\u00a4llingpaket-1950-1024x814.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/VA\u00a4llingpaket-1950-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/VA\u00a4llingpaket-1950-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/VA\u00a4llingpaket-1950-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/VA\u00a4llingpaket-1950-409x325.jpg 409w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/VA\u00a4llingpaket-1950-600x477.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/VA\u00a4llingpaket-1950.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-temperaturskalan-celsius\">The Celsius temperature scale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anders Celsius (1701-1744) was a Swedish scientist and astronomer active in Uppsala, where he founded Sweden's first astronomical observatory in 1741. However, he is best known for the 100-degree Celsius temperature scale that is used in thermometers all over the world. Except in the US, where the Fahrenheit scale is used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/thermometer-g16fe363ac_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tetra-pak\">Tetra Pak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tetra Pak is known worldwide and is the best-selling beverage package. Founded in 1951 by Ruben Rausing (1895-1983), the company is named after the tetra-shaped milk carton that is still often found in miniature at coffee machines. Beverage packaging has made Ruben Rausing one of the richest people in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/milk-g69f0bf2af_1280-1024x1024-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/milk-g69f0bf2af_1280-1024x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/milk-g69f0bf2af_1280-1024x1024-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/milk-g69f0bf2af_1280-1024x1024-1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/milk-g69f0bf2af_1280-1024x1024-1-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/milk-g69f0bf2af_1280-1024x1024-1-433x319.png 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/milk-g69f0bf2af_1280-1024x1024-1-600x442.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sfariska-kullagret\">Spherical ball bearing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spherical ball bearing was invented by Sven Wingquist (1876-1953). He patented the design and in 1907 he founded the company Svenska Kullagerfabriken, SKF, which today employs over 43 000 people worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280-1024x517.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-168181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280-1024x517.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280-433x219.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280-1200x606.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280-600x303.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/bearing-ga7ee31b72_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pacemaker\">Pacemaker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world's first pacemaker implanted in a human being was manufactured in 1958 in Sweden by Rune Elmqvist (1906-1996) and implanted the same year by cardiac surgeon \u00c5ke Senning (1915-2000). Arne Larsson, the patient's name, had a severe heart defect but thanks to the pacemaker he lived to be 86 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-168183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/cardiac-pacemaker-g84fd4ae3e_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skiftnyckeln-och-rortangen\">Wrench and pipe wrench<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of Johan Petter Johansson's (1853-1943) inventions were the pipe wrench and the spanner. These two have made him world famous and they are still sold all over the world today. To date, 100 million spanners have been produced and sold under the Bacho brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-168184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/tool-g35f4a7085_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sakerhetstandstickan\">The safety match<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inventor of the safety match was Gustaf Erik Pasch (1788-1862). His match couldn't be lit against anything, but had to be lit against a special disc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/05\/tandsticksmuseet-i-jonkoping\/\">Svenska T\u00e4ndsticks AB<\/a> which was founded by Ivar Kreuger (the Match King) almost took over the world before he killed himself in Paris. The company became Swedish Match AB much later (1992).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etikett-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etikett-1-1024x575.jpeg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-168187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etikett-1-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etikett-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etikett-1-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etikett-1-433x243.jpeg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etikett-1-600x337.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Etikett-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-28-europas-langsta-zipline-finns-i-smaland\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"28_Europas_langsta_Zipline_finns_i_Smaland\"><\/span>28. Europe's longest zipline is in Sm\u00e5land.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/11\/europas-langsta-zipline\/\">Europe's longest zipline<\/a> track can be found in Sweden. At Little Rock Lake, deep in the forests of Sm\u00e5land, there is a 4.6 kilometre course. Sweden Zipline consists of four different courses located at Klavrestr\u00f6m 50 kilometres northeast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/12\/gora-i-vaxjo\/\">V\u00e4xj\u00f6<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peter-2-11-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peter-2-11-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fakta om Sverige\" class=\"wp-image-167845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peter-2-11-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peter-2-11-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peter-2-11-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peter-2-11-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peter-2-11-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peter-2-11-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-29-astrid-lindgrens-bocker-har-salts-i-165-miljoner-exemplar\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"29_Astrid_Lindgrens_bocker_har_salts_i_165_miljoner_exemplar\"><\/span>29. 165 million copies of Astrid Lindgren's books have been sold.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Astrid Lindgren's (1907-2002) books have been translated into 107 languages and sold 165 million copies, making them the most translated books in the world. Here you will find Pippi Longstocking, Emil in L\u00f6nneberga, The Children of Bullerbyn, Karlsson on the Roof, Madicken, The Salt Crow, The Lionheart Brothers and Ronja the Robber's Daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Filmbyn-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pippi Longstocking's horse, in Filmbyn in Sm\u00e5land<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-30-ishotellet-i-jukkasjarvi-ar-varldens-storsta-och-aven-varldens-forsta\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"30_Ishotellet_i_Jukkasjarvi_ar_varldens_storsta_och_aven_varldens_forsta\"><\/span>30. The ice hotel in Jukkasj\u00e4rvi is the world's largest and also the world's first ice hotel.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, ice is taken from the Torne River to create new design and architecture for a new ice hotel. When finished, the hotel will feature a bar, a church, and rooms and suites for over 100 guests. They are storing 10,000 tonnes of ice in blocks and 30,000 tonnes of snow in warehouses for the construction. Over 100 couples are married here every year and children are baptised at the Ice Hotel in the church. Go to the bar and have your vodka served in glasses made from ice from the Torne River, now you have a drink \"in the rocks\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ishotell-1024x768-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ishotell-1024x768-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ishotell-1024x768-1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ishotell-1024x768-1-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ishotell-1024x768-1-1-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ishotell-1024x768-1-1-433x266.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ishotell-1024x768-1-1-600x369.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fakta-om-sverige-och-nagra-kanda-foretag-fran-sverige\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fakta_om_Sverige_och_nagra_kanda_foretag_fran_Sverige\"><\/span>Facts about Sweden and some famous companies from Sweden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ikea\">IKEA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first IKEA opened in 1958 in \u00c4lmhult (Sm\u00e5land) and today (2020) there are 420 IKEA stores in 50 countries. In addition to furniture, 1 billion meatballs and 100 million sausages are sold annually at IKEA stores around the world. The company IKEA was registered in 1943 and the name IKEA comes from IK-Ingvar Kamprad himself, the name of the farm where he grew up E-Elmtaryd and the village A-Agunnaryd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-h-amp-m\">H&amp;M<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hennes &amp; Mauritz AB was founded in 1947 and sells clothes with the philosophy \"fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way\". If you count all the stores, H&amp;M is the world's largest clothing chain. Originally, it only sold women's clothes and the company was called Hennes. Over time, the owner also bought a company that sold men's clothing and hunting equipment. This company was called Mauritz Widforss Handels AB. After that, Hennes changed its name to Hennes &amp; Mauritz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ericsson\">Ericsson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 1876, Ericsson is a world leader in communications technology and related services. The company has 115 000 employees. Its customers are located in about 180 different countries, but its headquarters are in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spotify\">Spotify<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spotify Technology S.A. is a Swedish multinational company that has been providing a service for listening to streamed music and podcast programmes over the internet since 2008. Since 2015, Spotify is the world's largest online music service and in December 2020, Spotify had 345 million monthly active users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-volvo\">Volvo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operating since 1927, Volvo is the largest company in Sweden, producing lorries, trucks and buses. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, the company employs 95 000 people across 18 countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skanska\">Skanska<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skanska is a long-standing project development and construction company dating back to 1887 and is now a multinational group with around 40,600 employees. The head office is located in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280-1200x902.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-gbbd24d63c_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fakta-om-sverige-med-stora-idrottsman-kvinnor-fran-sverige\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fakta_om_Sverige_med_stora_idrottsmankvinnor_fran_Sverige\"><\/span>Facts about Sweden with major sportsmen\/women from Sweden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Boxing<\/strong>: Ingemar Johansson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wrestling<\/strong>: Mikael Ljungberg, Frank Andersson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Curling<\/strong>: Anette Nordberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bicycle<\/strong>: Jenny Rissveds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Golf:<\/strong> Annika S\u00f6renstam, Henrik Stenson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Formula 1<\/strong>: Ronnie Peterson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Handball<\/strong>: Isabelle Gulld\u00e9n, Magnus Wislander<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Football<\/strong>Pia Sundhage, Henrik Larsson, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Gunnar Nordahl, Lotta Schelin.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Athletics<\/strong>Patrik Sj\u00f6berg, Carolina Cl\u00fcft, Stefan Holm, Daniel St\u00e5hl, Ricky Bruch, Gunder H\u00e4gg, Christian Olsson, Kajsa Bergqvist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ice hockey<\/strong>Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Niklas Lidstr\u00f6m, Henrik Lundqvist, B\u00f6rje Salming, H\u00e5kan Loob. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>martial arts<\/strong>: Alexander Gustavsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Canoe<\/strong>: Gert Fredriksson, Agneta Andersson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cross-country skiing<\/strong>Charlotte Kalla, Gunde Swan, Sixten Jernberg, Thomas Wassberg, Torgny Mogren.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orientation<\/strong>: Annichen Kringstad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ping pong<\/strong>: Jan-Ove Waldner, J\u00f6rgen Persson, Stellan Bengtsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pistol shooting<\/strong>: Ragnar Skan\u00e5ker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Equestrian sports<\/strong>Rolf-G\u00f6ran Bengtsson, Peder Fredricson, Malin Baryard-Johnsson.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ski-jump<\/strong>: Ulrica Knape<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swimming<\/strong>: Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m, Therese Alshammar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Slalom<\/strong>: Ingmar Stenmark, Anja Persson, Pernilla Wiberg, Frida Hansdotte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biathlon<\/strong>: Magdalena Forsberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Skating shoes<\/strong>: Thomas Gustafson, Nils van der Poel <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Speedway<\/strong>: Toni Rickardsson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tennis<\/strong>: Bj\u00f6rn Borg, Stefan Edberg, Mats Wilander<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trav<\/strong>: Stig H Johansson, Olle Goop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Sverige-2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Sverige-2019-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Sverige-2019-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Sverige-2019-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Sverige-2019-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Sverige-2019-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Sverige-2019-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Are-Sverige-2019.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lite-mer-korta-fakta-om-sverige\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lite_mer_korta_fakta_om_Sverige\"><\/span>Some more brief facts about Sweden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sweden is the 5th largest country in Europe with a land area of 45 million hectares.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/01\/hur-manga-oar-har-sverige-battur-stockholm\/\">Sweden has 48,000 km of coastline and 270,000 islands.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Sweden, we take off our shoes indoors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Sweden you go to \"Systembolaget\" to buy alcohol over 3.5 %<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swedes must be 20 years old to buy alcohol at Systembolaget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Of the Swedish population, 52 % live in small houses and 42 % in flats.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Sweden, you can take 480 days of paid parental leave with your child. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are between 20-40,000 Sami people in northern Sweden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden has 95 700 lakes larger than 100 x 100 metres.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The right of public access means you can walk on private land.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the 1850s, life expectancy for men was 20 years and women 26 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden has a space station called Esrange, located in Jukkasj\u00e4rvi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden's oldest city is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2016\/03\/pa-besok-i-sveriges-aldsta-stad\/\">Sigtuna<\/a> which was founded around 980<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden has second most McDonald's restaurants per capita in the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden has won the Eurovision Song Contest 7 times (2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tant-bruns-cafe-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tant-bruns-cafe-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tant-bruns-cafe-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tant-bruns-cafe-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tant-bruns-cafe-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tant-bruns-cafe-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tant-bruns-cafe-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tant-bruns-cafe-1.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charming Sigtuna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mer-roliga-fakta-om-sverige\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mer_roliga_fakta_om_Sverige\"><\/span>More fun facts about Sweden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Falu koppargruva AB was founded in 1288 and is the oldest limited company in the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The world's oldest organ is in Sundre Church on Gotland, dating back to 1370.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snus is typically Swedish and 1 million Swedes use 6200 tonnes of snus per year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kullagatan in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/02\/gora-i-helsingborg\/\">Helsingborg<\/a> is Sweden's oldest street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swedes eat 78 kg of meat per year and the favourite is pork. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swedes eat around 15kg of sweets\/year with a 500 % increase at Easter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swedes eat 60 sausages with bread\/year <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swedes eat 40 million buns\/year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swedes love wine, which accounts for 45 % of alcohol sales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fika (drinking coffee) is a matter of course when you meet and at meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top 20 most common surnames ending in 'son', except Lindberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden's longest bench is 267 metres long and will be inaugurated in spring 2022 in Hjo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The world's largest Lucia train was organised in 2004 on the Sundsvall Bridge with 10,500 people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Swedish word \"lagom\" has no direct translation into other languages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The word 'smorgasbord' has been borrowed from the English language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00c4gghalvor-midsommar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00c4gghalvor-midsommar-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c4gghalvor midsommar\" class=\"wp-image-35766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00c4gghalvor-midsommar-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00c4gghalvor-midsommar-600x357.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00c4gghalvor-midsommar-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00c4gghalvor-midsommar-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00c4gghalvor-midsommar.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Midsummer in Sweden with a smorgasbord<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fakta-om-sverige-med-kand-musik\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fakta_om_Sverige_med_kand_musik\"><\/span>Facts about Sweden with famous music<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of our most famous groups\/artists from Sweden: Zara Larsson, Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, Alesso, Robyn, M\u00e5ns Zelmerl\u00f6w, Lykke Li, Abba, Roxette, Europe, Alcazar and Ace of Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABBA-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABBA-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABBA-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABBA-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABBA-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABBA-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABBA-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/ABBA-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2018\/01\/abba-museet-stockholm\/\">ABBA museum<\/a> on Djurg\u00e5rden in Stockholm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fakta-om-sverige-och-den-historiska-tidsaxel\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fakta_om_Sverige_och_den_historiska_tidsaxel\"><\/span>Facts about Sweden and the historical time axis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Prehistory&nbsp;<small>c. 12 000 BC-1050 AD.<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Early Middle Ages&nbsp;<small>1050-1250<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The Folkung era&nbsp;<small>1250-1389<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kalmar Union&nbsp;<small>1389-1520<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Older vascular age&nbsp;<small>1521-1611<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The age of empire&nbsp;<small>1611-1721<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The age of freedom&nbsp;<small>1719-1772<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gustavian era&nbsp;<small>1772-1809<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Union and new constitution&nbsp;<small>1809-1866<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Industrialisation&nbsp;<small>1866-1905<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Early 20th century&nbsp;<small>1905-1914<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>First World War&nbsp;<small>1914-1918<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interwar period&nbsp;<small>1918-1939<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Depression&nbsp;<small>1929-1939<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Second World War&nbsp;<small>1939-1945<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Post-war period&nbsp;<small>1945-1967<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The end of the Cold War&nbsp;<small>1968-1991<\/small><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The present&nbsp;<small>1991-<\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nagra-historiska-fakta-om-sverige\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nagra_historiska_fakta_om_Sverige\"><\/span>Some historical facts about Sweden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 3200 BC, people were skiing and the world's oldest ski, the Kalvtr\u00e4sk ski, was found in Skellefte\u00e5.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100-700 BC large burial mounds are built along the Swedish coastline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>776 B.C. first Olympic Games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 400 BC, Sweden experienced a real cold spell.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>500 AD Uppsala mounds made or graves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>790-1050 Vikings erect rune stones in southern and central Sweden and Vikings build the K\u00e5saberg ship Ale Stones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>800 birka in Lake M\u00e4laren is founded<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>850-1080, mining of Stora Kopparberg starts in the Falu mine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1008, Sweden's first Christian king, Olof Sk\u00f6tkonung, is baptised.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1104 The Archdiocese of Lund is established<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1143 Alvastra and Nydala monasteries are built.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1200 new building material arrives in Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1248 introduction of celibacy for priests in Sweden at the Sk\u00e4nninge meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1250 the Hanseatic League is formed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1252 Stockholm is founded<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1285 Gotland becomes Swedish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1317 King Birger imprisons his brothers at the Nyk\u00f6ping feast.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1335, the Charter of Skara abolishes slavery in Sweden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1347, the world's oldest company, Stora Kopparberg, receives a letter of privilege.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1435 Sweden's first parliament is formed and Engelbrekt becomes governor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1477 Uppsala University is founded<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1483 Sweden's first printing press opens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1500 silver starts to be mined in Sala silver mine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1526 the New Testament is published in Swedish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1541 the Bible is published in Swedish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1609 Petrus Kenicius from Baggb\u00f6le becomes Swedish archbishop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1618-1648, the 30 Years' War takes place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1622 The city of Ume\u00e5 is founded<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1668 Sweden's and the world's oldest national bank opens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1697 Stockholm's Tre Kronor castle burns down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1714 Ume\u00e5 is burnt for the first time by the Russians.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1721, the Swedish Baltic Empire is lost at the Peace of Nystad.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1732 Linnaeus visits Ume\u00e5 during his trip to Lapland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1808 Sweden loses Finland at the Battle of Oravais.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1837 John Ericsson invents the propeller in Sweden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1862 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite in Sweden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1888 Sundsvall and Ume\u00e5 burn down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1914-1918: the First World War<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1939-1945, the Second World War is underway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sveriges-storsta-stader-2021\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sveriges_storsta_stader_2021\"><\/span>Sweden's largest cities in 2021<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/12\/gora-i-stockholm\/\">Stockholm<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gothenburg<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/07\/gora-i-malmo\/\">Malm\u00f6<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Uppsala<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/01\/gora-i-linkoping\/\">Link\u00f6ping<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/04\/gora-i-orebro\/\">\u00d6rebro<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/04\/gora-i-vasteras\/\">V\u00e4ster\u00e5s<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/02\/gora-i-helsingborg\/\">Helsingborg<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2022\/01\/gora-i-norrkoping\/\">Norrk\u00f6ping<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2021\/05\/gora-i-jonkoping\/\">J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1-433x244.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stadsvandring-Stockholm-1-1.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-be3d3c09\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-information-och-fakta-om-sverige\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Information_och_fakta_om_Sverige\"><\/span>Information and facts about Sweden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong> Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Capital city: <\/strong>Stockholm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Population in 2023:<\/strong> 10,521,990 inhabitants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Population of the capital in 2021:<\/strong> 2,391,990 in Stockholm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regions:<\/strong> Norrland, Svealand, G\u00f6taland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>County:<\/strong> 21 counties in Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Landscape:<\/strong> 25 landscapes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Highest mountain:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kebnekaise at 2 106 metres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Longest watercourse:<\/strong> G\u00f6ta river with 746 kilometres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Land area:<\/strong>&nbsp;447 435 km<sup>2<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Borders:<\/strong>&nbsp;2 205 km (border with Finland: 586 km, Norway: 1 619 km)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ice cover and glaciers:<\/strong>&nbsp;283 km\u00b2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lakes and rivers: <\/strong>40 124 km\u00b2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coastline, mainland:<\/strong>&nbsp;11 530 km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biggest lake:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lake V\u00e4nern - 5 648 km<sup>2<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Highest building:<\/strong> Turning Torso 190 metres high<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biggest sports:<\/strong> Football and golf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Agricultural land and gardens:<\/strong>&nbsp;25 970 km\u00b2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Forests and plantations:<\/strong>&nbsp;280 640 km\u00b2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deepest lake:<\/strong> Hornavan in Lapland with 221 metres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deepest place:<\/strong> Bratten in Skagerrak with 560 metres<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Currency:<\/strong>&nbsp;Swedish krona (SEK)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Official language:<\/strong>&nbsp;Swedish. There are also a few official minority languages (Finnish, Yiddish, Me\u00e4nkieli (Tornedalian Finnish), Romani and Sami).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Member of the EU:<\/strong>&nbsp;Since 1995<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Member of NATO:<\/strong>&nbsp;No<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>National anthem:<\/strong>&nbsp;\"You old you free\"<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time zone:<\/strong>&nbsp;CET (UTC +1), summer time CEST (UTC +2).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Country number:<\/strong>&nbsp;+46<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Country code:<\/strong>&nbsp;SE, SWE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Swedish flag:<\/strong> It consists of the colours yellow and blue, where the rectangular background is blue and the cross is yellow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;<strong>National Day:<\/strong>&nbsp;6 June (National Day)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Governance:<\/strong>&nbsp;Constitutional monarchy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Parliament:<\/strong>&nbsp;Parliament (349 seats)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Membership in the EU:<\/strong>&nbsp;Since 1 January 1995<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Membership in NATO:<\/strong>&nbsp;No<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Head of State:<\/strong>&nbsp;King Carl XVI Gustaf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Head of Government (November 2021):<\/strong>&nbsp;Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson(Social Democrats)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items161843_26e339-1f:not(.this-stops-third-party-issues){margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items161843_26e339-1f ul.kt-svg-icon-list:not(.this-prevents-issues):not(.this-stops-third-party-issues):not(.tijsloc){margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items161843_26e339-1f ul.kt-svg-icon-list{grid-row-gap:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-iconlist.kt-svg-icon-list-items161843_26e339-1f ul.kt-svg-icon-list .kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap .kt-svg-icon-list-single{margin-right:10px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-iconlist kt-svg-icon-list-items kt-svg-icon-list-items161843_26e339-1f kt-svg-icon-list-columns-1 alignnone\"><ul class=\"kt-svg-icon-list\"><style>.kt-svg-icon-list-item-161843_0da9d3-db .kt-svg-icon-list-single{font-size:25px !important;color:#f81818 !important;}.kt-svg-icon-list-item-161843_0da9d3-db .kt-svg-icon-list-text mark.kt-highlight{background-color:unset;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-161843_0da9d3-db kt-svg-icon-list-style-default\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-fa_readme kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 576 512\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M528.3 46.5H388.5c-48.1 0-89.9 33.3-100.4 80.3-10.6-47-52.3-80.3-100.4-80.3H48c-26.5 0-48 21.5-48 48v245.8c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h89.7c102.2 0 132.7 24.4 147.3 75 .7 2.8 5.2 2.8 6 0 14.7-50.6 45.2-75 147.3-75H528c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V94.6c0-26.4-21.3-47.9-47.7-48.1zM242 311.9c0 1.9-1.5 3.5-3.5 3.5H78.2c-1.9 0-3.5-1.5-3.5-3.5V289c0-1.9 1.5-3.5 3.5-3.5h160.4c1.9 0 3.5 1.5 3.5 3.5v22.9zm0-60.9c0 1.9-1.5 3.5-3.5 3.5H78.2c-1.9 0-3.5-1.5-3.5-3.5v-22.9c0-1.9 1.5-3.5 3.5-3.5h160.4c1.9 0 3.5 1.5 3.5 3.5V251zm0-60.9c0 1.9-1.5 3.5-3.5 3.5H78.2c-1.9 0-3.5-1.5-3.5-3.5v-22.9c0-1.9 1.5-3.5 3.5-3.5h160.4c1.9 0 3.5 1.5 3.5 3.5v22.9zm259.3 121.7c0 1.9-1.5 3.5-3.5 3.5H337.5c-1.9 0-3.5-1.5-3.5-3.5v-22.9c0-1.9 1.5-3.5 3.5-3.5h160.4c1.9 0 3.5 1.5 3.5 3.5v22.9zm0-60.9c0 1.9-1.5 3.5-3.5 3.5H337.5c-1.9 0-3.5-1.5-3.5-3.5V228c0-1.9 1.5-3.5 3.5-3.5h160.4c1.9 0 3.5 1.5 3.5 3.5v22.9zm0-60.9c0 1.9-1.5 3.5-3.5 3.5H337.5c-1.9 0-3.5-1.5-3.5-3.5v-22.8c0-1.9 1.5-3.5 3.5-3.5h160.4c1.9 0 3.5 1.5 3.5 3.5V190z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2020\/11\/fakta-om-frankrike\/\">Facts about France - 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