According to localcollegeexplorer.com, Sweden is located in Northern Europe, bordering Norway to the west, Finland to the northeast and the Baltic Sea to the east. The country is made up of a mainland and an archipelago of thousands of islands, making it one of the most stunning landscapes in all […]
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According to top-engineering-schools, the first Swedish sound film, Säg det i toner (1929, Tell in melody) directed by Edvin Adolphson and J. Julius (pseudonym of the famous operator Julius Jaenzon), was produced by Svensk Filmindustri and was a great success. It was actually a musical without dialogue: the sound was […]
The Sweden population amounts to 8,692,013 residents (1993), distributed over an area of 410,934 km 2 (449,964 with inland waters), for a density of about 21 residents / km 2. The demographic increase, on the whole equal to 0.6% per year (1987-92), is positive in the counties where the population concentration is higher and which […]
Airplane: Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is the main Swedish airline. Sweden is the destination of most of the major airlines. European companies that offer flights to and from Sweden include Lufthansa (LH),British Airways(BA), Air France (AF), SAS (SK), Finnair (AY), KLM (KL), Icelandair (FI) and Ryanair (FR). There are direct flights […]
Economy Welfare state Sweden Sweden is a wealthy country. The people earn a lot, but they also pay high taxes, i.e. contributions to the state. Social benefits are paid for and money is used in good education. The state supports its citizens in emergencies. This is also called a welfare […]
Sweden’s nature Large parts of Sweden, especially in the north of the country, are barely populated. There are extensive forests here that belong to the taiga. This is also called boreal (northern) coniferous forest. Especially conifers grow here. Mushrooms and berries like blueberries also sprout from the ground here. To […]