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World Diary: SWEDEN. By Eddie 03/11/2013. 1. The Story of Sweden…. Area 449,964 km2 Population 9,555,893 Per capital $40,393. Panoramic view of Ale‘s Stones in Scania, southern Sweden. This ship setting is a Vendel Period burial monument, most likely dating from the 7th century AD.
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World Diary: SWEDEN By Eddie 03/11/2013 1
Panoramic view of Ale‘s Stones in Scania, southern Sweden. This ship setting is a Vendel Period burial monument, most likely dating from the 7th century AD. Pre-History
The Swedish Viking Age lasted roughly between the 8th and 11th centuries.
In 1397 Queen Margaret I of Denmark effected the personal union of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark through the Kalmar Union.
During the 17th century Sweden emerged as a European great power. Stockholm in mid-17th century.
Some countries did not join the war, but stayed neutral. Switzerland, Sweden and Spain were neutral countries.
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf 1856-1940 Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
A bird‘s eye picture of the 2012 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
The official language of Sweden is Swedish, a North Germanic language, related and very similar to Danish and Norwegian, but differing in pronunciation and orthography. Distribution of speakers of the Swedish language
Capital Stockholm
Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden by population and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.