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 Sweden is a small country in the
North, only appr.
8,9 millions inhabitants,
and itīs rather cold during the Winter, at least in the northern parts.
I live in the south so we havenīt that cold Winters, and, Iīm sorry to say, more rain than snow. But I like to live in the south anyway because itīs closer to the continent, the middle of Europe.
Sweden is a kingdom, our king is Carl XVI Gustaf, and we have a prime minister.
For the time beeing, his name is Göran Persson.
Sweden is a democracy and I think we have a high standard of living here.But of course we have problems too, nothing is perfect, but Iīm happy to live here, even if I wish the climate to be warmer during the Winter.
The Christmas Eve, thatīs the day we have the gifts,
and everyone in Sweden believes in Santa of course :o)
But the roomer saying polar bears are running along the streets in Sweden, Iīm sorry, but thatīs not true.
I live in Gothenburg, on the West coust, my town is the second biggest in
Sweden.
I really like living in Gothenburg, itīs a convinient city, easy to explore and I love to live near the ocean, only a few minutes away from my home, and still having the city so close to me.
Our capitol city is Stockholm which is an incredible beautiful city.
You can find more facts
here
Sweden is
a member of the European Union, EU
A very
important and famous swede is Carl von Linné, 1707-78, Swedish botanist and taxonomist, considered the founder
of the binomial system of nomenclature and the originator of modern
scientific classification of plants and animals. InSystema naturae
(1735) and Genera plantarum (1737) he presented his classification system, which remains the basis for modern taxonomy. His more than 180 works also
include Species plantarum (1753), books on the flora of Lapland and
Sweden,
and the Genera morborum (1763), a classification of diseases.
In the
past the people in Sweden used to believe in "Troll" and maybe still do, one canīt be sure! If you take a walk in the wood late in the evening, well, maybe you can meet
a troll!īTrollī, denomination on overnatural ado in folklore everywhere in Sweden;
Norwegian and Danish goblin are foremost folklore fairy-tales and performs in medieval ballads and old fairy-tales. The Troll were supposed to live in the mountains beneath soil. In contrary to other, usually lonely ado in the nature as raw, they were often described as grotesquely
ugly.
Most fairy-tale describe the trolls as theeves, and kidnapping women and abduction by infants. The Scandinavian trolls have their nearest
relatives with the Kelts, and probably the folklore starts there.
*About Gothenburg, my
hometown
*Sweden,
almost all you want to know
*The
Official Gateway to Sweden
*National Atlas of Sweden
*Smorgasbord, the shortcut to Sweden
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