ABOUT SWEDEN

POPULATION

There are 10 million individuals in Sweden, of whom around 2 million are younger than 18. Eighty-five percent of them live in urban areas. Sweden is an extremely multicultural nation: 15 for each penny of Swedes were conceived in another nation, while around one of every five kids in Sweden has a family with establishes in another nation.

GEOGRAPHY

The capital of Sweden, Stockholm, is likewise the nation's biggest city, with more than 930,000 tenants. Other vast urban communities are Gothenburg, in western Sweden (populace 550,000), and Malmö (populace 300,000) in the south. Uppsala and Lund are notable college urban areas. 

Under three for each penny of Sweden's property zone is developed and timberlands cover 69 for every penny of the nation. Sweden is long – somewhere in the range of 1,574 kilometers through and through – and can be isolated into three noteworthy districts: Götaland in the south, Svealand in the center and Norrland in the north.

LANGUAGE

Swedish is the official language of Sweden. The vast majority of Swedes also speak English, and generally to a very high level. Many Swedish multinational organisations have English as their corporate language, and a large number of university degree programmes and courses are taught in English. Sweden is home to five official national minority languages, and countless other languages are spoken by Sweden’s diverse population. The largest, after Swedish, are Finnish, Serbo-Croatian, Arabic, Kurdish, Spanish, German and Farsi (source, in Swedish).

GOVERNMENT

Sweden is a parliamentary majority rule government. The fundamental political gatherings are assembled into two coalitions: a left-of-focus alliance comprising of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party; and the middle right coalition comprising of the Moderate Party, the Center Party, the Christian Democrats and the Liberal Party. Sweden's parliament is known as the Riksdag, to which individuals are chosen like clockwork. 

The Swedish head of state since 1973 has been King Carl XVI Gustaf. He has no political power, however speaks to the nation and performs stately obligations. 

Sweden is an individual from the European Union, yet has its own particular money, the krona, or Swedish crown.

LIFESTYLE

Swedes study and work hard but they also take their rest and relaxation seriously. So the fika – a coffee break that normally consists of coffee or tea, cookies or sweet buns, but can also include soft drinks, fruit and sandwiches – is a social institution and an important part of the national culture. You can fika (it’s a verb as well as a noun) with your family or on your first date.

Lagom is an important and often-used word in Sweden. Meaning good enough, or just right, it sums up Swedish cultural and social ideals of equality and fairness.

Openness and equality are also important concepts. Homosexual relations have been legal since 1944, and same sex couples have been able to adopt since 2003 and get married since 2009. The country was the first in the world with freedom of the press (1766), and is at the top of global press freedom rankings.

RELIGION

Sweden is an exceptionally mainstream nation, yet the vast majority of the world's religions are spoken to here – and all are welcome. The national church, the Church of Sweden, is Lutheran, yet Catholicism and other Christian groups are likewise across the board. Islam is one of the biggest religions in Sweden, and Judaism and Buddhism are likewise entrenched.

The biggest Swedish holidays include Midsummer, Christmas and Easter.

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