Sweden

There are 10 million people in Sweden.The capital of Sweden, Stockholm, is also the country’s largest city, with more than 850,000 inhabitants.

Other big cities are Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala.

Less than three per cent of Sweden’s land area is built up and forests cover 69 per cent of the country. Sweden is long – some 1,574 kilometres from top to bottom – and can be divided into three major regions: Götaland in the south, Svealand in the middle and Norrland in the north.

Swedish is the official language of Sweden.

Sweden is a member of the European Union, but has its own currency, the krona, or Swedish Crown.

The neighbouring countries are  Norway, Finland and Denmark.

 

 

 

Sweden is one of the world’s most innovative nations,

Generations of innovativeness have led to a long list of world-changing inventions like the three-point seatbelt, the pacemaker, the adjustable wrench and safety matches. More recent Swedish inventions include Spotify and Skype.

capital – huvudstad

inhabitants – invånare

less – mindre

area – område

cover – täcker

bottom –  botten

divided – delad

official – officiella

member – medlem

currency – valuta

major – stor

innovative – nyskapande

generations – generationer

adjustable  wrench – skiftnyckel

recent – nyligen

include – inkluderar