Sweden

Jonathan Ward

Capital: Stockholm

Official Name: Kingdom of Sweden

Population: 9,480,205 Official Religion: Lutheran Life expectancy: 78.59 years for

men, 83.26 years for women

Demographic Information

Power proceeds from the people Parliament called the Riksdag Riksdag has 349 members Elections held every four years Must be 18 to vote Unicameral Currently 8 parties in the Riksdag:

(Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberal Party, the Center Party , the Green Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Sweden Democrats and the Left Party.

Form of Government and Leaders

1632 leader Gustavus Adolphus killed Left sweden in a troubled state that led to

almost a century of war Result of this is Sweden being neutral in

European conflicts Also neutral in both World Wars

Historical Moment

Turned down entry into euro system in 2003 Timber, hydropower, and iron ore base of

economy on foreign trade Recession in 2008-2009, strong rebound in

2010 and onward

Economic Information

Räkor (shrimp): variety of shrimp, pandalus borealis, cooked on their shells on the boats.

Varmrökt lax (smoked salmon): slow smoked over alder wood until skin is golden color with moist, pink meat under.

Swedish Food

Capital of Sweden More than one-fifth of Sweden’s population 850,000 residents Home to half the country’s population

growth

Major City - Stockholm

Boasts one of the most famous film industries

Ingrid Bergman, who starred in the 1942 film “Casablanca”, is from Sweden. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vThuwa5RZU

She won Academy Awards for best actress in “Gaslight” and “Anatasia”

Alfred Nobel, a Swedish man, invented dynamite and founded the “Nobel Prize”

Contributions to the Arts

“Less is more” Practical approaches to clothing Denim popular in Sweden Secondhand Market for fashion is on the

increase

Swedish Fashion

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2880.htm http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Society/Government-politics/Facts/Swedish-System-

of-Government/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html http://international.stockholm.se/Press-and-media/Stockholm-facts/General-facts-and

-numbers/Population/ http://www.europe-cities.com/en/658/sweden/history/famous-people/

http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Fashion-design/ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Gustavus_Adolphus_at_t

he_Battle_at_Breitenfeld.jpg/225px-Gustavus_Adolphus_at_the_Battle_at_Breitenfeld.jpg

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