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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
Works cited