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30 flashcards on the geography, history, government and culture of Sweden. Study material written for practice, not an official test.

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Capital of Sweden
Stockholm, on the Baltic coast and Lake Mälaren.
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Form of government
A constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The king is head of state with a ceremonial role.
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The Riksdag
The Swedish parliament with 349 members in one chamber, elected every four years.
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Sweden and the EU
Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995. It still uses its own currency, the krona.
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Sweden and NATO
Sweden joined NATO in March 2024 after applying in 2022.
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Gustav Vasa
Elected king in 1523 after leaving the Kalmar Union. He founded the Vasa dynasty.
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The warship Vasa
Sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm in 1628. Raised in 1961 and now shown in a museum.
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Union with Norway
From 1814 to 1905, when Norway became fully independent.
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Finland and Sweden
Finland was part of Sweden until 1809, when it passed to Russia.
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Swedish neutrality
Sweden stayed out of both World Wars and has not been at war since 1814.
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Olof Palme
Social Democratic Prime Minister, shot in Stockholm on 28 February 1986.
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Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish UN Secretary-General from 1953. He died in a plane crash in 1961.
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Freedom of the Press Act, 1766
One of the oldest laws of its kind, and the basis of public access to official documents.
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Ombudsman
An office created in Sweden in 1809 to watch over how authorities follow the law.
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Largest lakes
Vänern is the largest, Vättern second and Mälaren third.
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Highest mountain
Kebnekaise, in the Scandinavian Mountains of Swedish Lapland.
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Largest island
Gotland. Ă–land is the second largest.
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Three largest cities
Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
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Ă–resund Bridge
Links Malmö in Sweden with Copenhagen in Denmark. Opened in 2000.
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Three lands of Sweden
Götaland in the south, Svealand in the middle and Norrland in the north.
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Allemansrätten
The right of public access: people may walk, camp briefly and pick berries on most land.
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The Sami
The indigenous people of northern Sweden, traditionally herders of reindeer.
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Alfred Nobel
Invented dynamite in 1867. His will created the Nobel Prizes, first awarded in 1901.
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Carl Linnaeus
18th-century botanist who created the modern system of two-part scientific names.
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Anders Celsius
Astronomer who proposed the Celsius temperature scale in 1742.
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Astrid Lindgren
Author of Pippi Longstocking, published in 1945.
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Selma Lagerlöf
First woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1909.
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ABBA
Won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with Waterloo.
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Fika
A coffee break with something sweet, a social custom in Sweden.
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Lucia
Festival of light on 13 December, with a procession of candles.

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