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Area 449,964 km2 Population 9,555,893 Per capital $40,393
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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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The Swedish Viking Age lasted roughly between the 8th and 11th centuries.
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In 1397 Queen Margaret I of Denmark effected the personal union of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark through the Kalmar Union.
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Stockholm in mid-17th century.
During the 17th century Sweden emerged as a European great power.
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Death of Gustav II Adolf at the Battle of Lützen ， 1702
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Some countries did not join the war, but stayed neutral. Switzerland, Sweden and Spain were neutral countries.
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Sweden joined the European Union on January,1 1995.
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Year Population Church members Percentage
1972 8,146,000 7,754,784 95.2%
1980 8,278,000 7,690,636 92.9%
1990 8,573,000 7,630,350 89.0%
2000 8,880,000 7,360,825 82.9%
2005 9,048,000 6,967,498 77.0%
2006 9,119,000 6,893,901 75.6%
2007 9,179,000 6,820,161 74.3%
2008 9,262,000 6,751,952 72.9%
2009 – 6,664,064 71.3%
Religion
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Ingrid Bergman
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Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf 1856-1940 Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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National museum in Stockholm
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The Parliament House in Stockholm.
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Nobel
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A bird‘s eye picture of the 2012 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
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Immigrants(red) and emigrants(blue), Sweden 1850–2007
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Population by Ancestry, Sweden 2002-2011
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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 language23
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The Stockholm Central Station
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Sweden Brand
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Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden by population and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. 37
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The Gothenburg Opera
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Clarion Hotel Post
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Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg
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Turning Torso building, Malmö, Sweden
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IKEA world wide
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Sweden beach architecture
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Sweden castle architecture
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Beautiful Country Church In Sweden
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Sweden Lighthouses
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Sweden Lighthouses
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Winter
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Sweden Windmills
River of Sweden
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Castle of Sweden
Cityscape
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Swedish beauties
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North Sweden
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North Sweden
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Sweden wildlife
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North Sweden
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Swedish Cake
A night sky over Sweden
Eddie Lee 李常生 2013/3/11 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. All photos were taken from internet.. [email protected]
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