Interesting facts about Sweden Bashny.Net

Sweden is an independent country in Northern Europe. The name of the state translated as "country sveev".

Swedish women prefer to have children at the age of 30 years. According to official statistics, this is the highest age in Europe. One of the main reasons is the desire of women to succeed in business or climb higher on the career ladder before having a child, is an interesting fact.

At the moment in Sweden has more than 10 nuclear reactors.





Sweden remained neutral during the First and Second world war.

Interesting fact: the country is not very popular "profession" housewife, so more than 75% of mothers shortly after childbirth go to work.

The ancestors of modern Swedes were Vikings militant and fearless people. They (in this case Swedish Vikings) have made sea voyages to other countries for profit and searching for new territories.

Interesting fact: the most popular sports in Sweden are football and hockey. The national hockey team won the gold medal at the winter Olympics in 2006. Football team is consistently performing at major world Championships.



Sweden boasts the highest number of fast food restaurants McDonald's in Europe.

Interesting fact: the most popular Swedish souvenir is the road sign warning about the possibility to see a moose on the road. Every year a huge number of these signs are stolen from Swedish roads.

In Sweden, there are more than 300,000 people with the last name Carlsson.

The working class of Sweden annually receives 34 days. According to this indicator the country ranks third in the world. More only in Italy and Finland, is an interesting fact.

The average age of students Sweden is a record 25.4 years!



Interesting fact: the average life expectancy is 80 years! In women is 83.4 years and for men 78.7 years. This is largely due to an excellent environment and a calm, measured life.

90% of the population of Sweden is concentrated in the southern region of the country.

The flora and fauna in Sweden are very carefully and, for example, for the murder of a Sparrow You can give up to 6 months of corrective works, — an interesting fact.

In Sweden it is not accepted after graduation immediately go to College. Typically, graduates initially start to live separately, go to work, and after a couple of years just go to University.

Polity – a constitutional monarchy.

Interesting fact: the so-called "Buffet" has been actively used over a century ago. It is known that the Swedes do not like to stand on ceremony with the preparation and serving of meals for their guests, so came up with this way of presenting food. Moreover, it significantly increased the time for socializing.



The capital and largest city of Sweden is Stockholm. The city's population is 871 thousand. Stockholm is also the cultural capital and economic center of the country. The city's name translates as "island Bay", is an interesting fact.

The area of the country is almost 500 thousand km2

Car seats for children first appeared in Sweden in the 60-ies of XX century.

Interesting fact: for 60 years from 1850 to 1910 more than 1 million Swedes migrated to the USA.

The "@" symbol in Sweden is called "trunk" or "elephant".

The population of Sweden is more than 9.5 million people.



In Sweden held the first census. It was in the distant 1749, is an interesting fact.

The world's first ice hotel was built near the village of Jukkasjärvi in the Kiruna district. It was one of the most unusual sights of Sweden, to the presentation which received a record number of tourists.

Interesting fact: more than 70% of the population are adherents of the Lutheran Church, more than 20% atheists. Also, there are more than 300 thousand Muslims.

Unofficially there are two varieties of the Swedish language: simple and complicated. As a rule, the complicated form of the language is not more than 25% of the population. If You are in your speech, in Swedish and English will use "difficult" words, such as "subject", "interpretation", "presumption" and the like, then You will count very erudite and intelligent man.

Interesting fact: Sweden has the highest percentage of personal computers per capita in Europe.



The official currency is the Swedish Krona.

Sweden is one of the most generous countries in the world. For several consecutive years of donations to poor countries exceed 1% of GDP. This is an absolute world record in fact.

Sweden gave the world such pop groups as Abba, The Cardigans, Roxette, Ace Of Base, and many other artists.

Lens for astronomical telescope was invented in Sweden.

Interesting fact: Swedish researchers and writers in the history of awarding the winners of the Nobel prize 30 times!

42% of parliamentarians in Sweden were women! This is a world record for the number of women legislators.



In 1862, Sweden became the first country where suffrage in local elections was introduced for married women, is an interesting fact.

In Sweden a law thanks to which by 2025 the country will cease from gasoline and switch to biofuels.

Interesting fact: Swedish inventors received more patents than inventors of any other country of Europe.

The average citizen of Sweden on average consume up to 6 cups of coffee a day!