Sweden is a Scandinavian nation in Europe. It is known for its clean streets, successful welfare and a high percentage of non-religious people. Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in general mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence. Despite the high latitude, Sweden often has warm continental summers, being located in between the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, and vast Russia. The general climate and environment vary significantly from the south and north due to the vast latitudinal difference, and much of Sweden has reliably cold and snowy winters. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested and includes a portion of the Scandinavian Mountains. One of the key characteristics of Swedish culture is that Swedes are egalitarian, humble and find boasting unacceptable. After being founded in 1905, now its population has reached 1.02 crores in 2019. Let us have a look at some amazing facts about Sweden.
1. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous.
2. Highest number of internet users
Sweden has the highest number of internet users i.e. 75 per cent of the total population.
3. Celsius is a gift from Sweden
Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician who invented the Celsius scale (often called the centigrade scale).
4. The Icehotel of Sweden
The Icehotel is a hotel rebuilt each year with snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjarvi, in northern Sweden, about 17 kilometres from Kiruna. It is the world's first ice hotel.
5. The ghost station of Sweden
A ghost station is a disused train station through which revenue-service passengers train but at which they do not stop.
6. Northern lights of Sweden
The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis appear during the beginning of September in and around Kiruna in the far north of Sweden. On a clear evening is the best time to see northern lights in Sweden is between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
7. Valborg Festival
Valborg. Celebrated throughout Sweden, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe, the Valborg festival has become one of the most anticipated events of the year. Also called Walpurgis Night, it celebrates St Walpurgis and the coming of All Hallows Eve six months before Halloween on April
8. Eje's chocolate
Eje's Chocolate – a chocolate and confectionery business founded in 1923 – is one of Sweden's oldest and most prominent family businesses.
9. Svaneholm Castle
Svaneholm Castle lays claim to several ghosts, including a love-lorn 16th-century Danish king, the helpful Grey Monk, and a few random ladies who waft about the place looking ethereal. Located in southern Sweden, ghost hunters who have investigated the place haven’t discovered any evidence of a haunting. However, that doesn’t stop people from believing and reporting sightings.
10. Science and Technology
Sweden's high-quality scientific and technological development is renowned throughout the world. Technological products invented or developed by Swedish firms include the self-aligning ball bearing, the cream separator, the three-phase electric motor, and the refrigerator without moving parts. Sweden's more recent applications of sophisticated technology range from powder metallurgy to the Hasselblad camera and the Viggen jet fighter. Six of Sweden's largest industrial corporations are engineering companies: Volvo, SAAB-Scania, ASEA, Electrolux, SKF, and L.M. Ericsson. In 1998, high-tech exports were valued at $13.7 billion and accounted for 20% of manufactured exports.
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