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By Eddie 03/11/2013 1

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Area 449, 964 km 2 Population 9, 555, 893 Per capital $40, 393 3

Panoramic view of Ale‘s Stones in Scania, southern Sweden. This ship setting is a Vendel Period burial monument, most likely dating from the 7 th century AD. Pre-History 4

The Swedish Viking Age lasted roughly between the 8 th and 11 th centuries. 5

In 1397 Queen Margaret I of Denmark effected the personal union of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark through the Kalmar Union. 6

During the 17 th century Sweden emerged as a European great power. Stockholm in mid-17 th century. 7

Death of Gustav II Adolf at the Battle of Lützen，1702 8

Some countries did not join the war, but stayed neutral. Switzerland, Sweden and Spain were neutral countries. 9

Sweden joined the European Union on January, 1 1995. 10

Religion Year Population Church members Percentage 1972 8, 146, 000 7, 754, 784 95. 2% 1980 8, 278, 000 7, 690, 636 92. 9% 1990 8, 573, 000 7, 630, 350 89. 0% 2000 8, 880, 000 7, 360, 825 82. 9% 2005 9, 048, 000 6, 967, 498 77. 0% 2006 9, 119, 000 6, 893, 901 75. 6% 2007 9, 179, 000 6, 820, 161 74. 3% 2008 9, 262, 000 6, 751, 952 72. 9% 2009 – 6, 664, 064 71. 3% 11

Ingrid Bergman 12

1905 -1990 13

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf 1856 -1940 Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. 14

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National museum in Stockholm 16

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The Parliament House in Stockholm. 18

Nobel 19

A bird‘s eye picture of the 2012 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. 20

Immigrants(red) and emigrants(blue), Sweden 1850– 2007 21

Population by Ancestry, Sweden 2002 -2011 22

The official language of Sweden is Swedish, a North Germanic language, related and very similar to Danish and Norwegian, but differing in pronunciation and orthography. Distribution of speakers of the Swedish language 23