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Sweden the land of the Swedes.

Sweden the land of the Swedes. . By: Katie Burgin . Swedes Geography, Climate, and Resources. . Sweden one of the “3 fingers” of Scandinavia is just lager than the state of California. Covers 173,732 square miles.

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Sweden the land of the Swedes.

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  1. Swedenthe land of the Swedes. By: Katie Burgin 

  2. Swedes Geography, Climate, and Resources. • Sweden one of the “3 fingers” of Scandinavia is just lager than the state of California. • Covers 173,732 square miles. • from Northern to Southern tip, Sweden is 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) long, but only 310 miles (500 kilometers) wide. • July temperatures in Stockholm average 64°f (18°c), January temperatures average 27°f (-3°c). • snow remains on the ground about 100 days each year. • Mountains, ocean surrounds Sweden. Their climate, geography, and natural resources work in their daily life's by mountains to clime, weather to have a good summer or school year, and winter. They also have enough room to build more houses and even more buildings.

  3. Swedes economy I think Sweden is a developing country because….. • their GDP growth rate is 1.2% and Americas is 1.8% • their GDP per capita is $41,700 and Americas is $48,300 • Their inflation rate is 1.4% and Americas is 3.1% • Exports- $177.6 billion, imports- $166.4 billion America's export- 1.497 trillion imports- $2.236.

  4. The Swedes Culture • Food: Swedes eat a light breakfast around 7a.m, and they may have a coffee or tea break at midmorning. • Food is placed in serving dishes n the table, so if the dishes are empty there is NO more food; asking for food would be impolite. • Religion: Sweden, like most of the Europe, is a highly secular society. • Membership is growing on the other religious organizations. • Various other Christian Churches, such as the Roman Catholic faith, which has a following of about 1% of the population • Swedes are sports enthusiasts. Popular sports include: soccer, horseback riding, skiing, tennis, golf, swimming, ice hockey, bandy etc.. • Activities such as hiking, fishing, and bird watching, Singing is popular in Sweden too. What we know about these people tells us that they love to be outside, they do regular sports like us, and they love adventure.

  5. Swedes Current events Swedes help plan a birthday for Lennarth while he is in town for players Championship. Lennarth’s best friend Callie Nielson of Nashville, Tennessee birthday was on Friday. “ I didn’t sing to her but I made her a card saying the Happy Birthday song on it, and said imagine me singing this to you” Lennarth said.

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