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The Kingdom of Sweden is on the Scandinavian Peninsula, in the northern portion of Europe. It is bordered by the countries of Norway and Finland and is at the same time connected to Denmark via a long bridge. Swedish is the official main language spoken in this Nordic country. On July 1, 2009 the Swedish government created a language law to protect and promote its official language as well as the country’s minority languages, namely Finnish, Romani, Yiddish, Meänkieli or Torne Valley Finnish, and all the Sami dialects. Sweden ranks eighth with the highest per capita income in the world, with a total GDP/PPP in 2011 of around $ 381.719 billion. It was one of the great powers of Europe during the 17th century and early part of the 18th century and is now one of the world’s richest countries.
What come to mind when we think of Sweden?
· Meatballs
· Absolut
Vodka
· Automobile
manufacturer Volvo
· The
Swedish Chef in the Muppets
· Home
furniture store IKEA
· Ericsson,
one of the largest is telecom companies in the world today
· Nobel
Prize
Some famous Swedes are:
· Alfred
Nobel, the chemist who invented the dynamite, but also gave us the Nobel Prize
· Professional
golfer Annika Sörenstam
· Poet
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
· Poet/Novelist
Verner von Heidenstam
· Stieg
Larsson, author of novel turned movie, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
· Niklas
Zennstrom, the co-founder of Skype
