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Sweden and the US have some holidays in common! Sweden celebrates Christmas, which is a very popular holiday in the US, rivaled only by Chanukah. Swedes also celebrate Easter, another big holiday here in the US.

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Sweden’s official minority languages are Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli. That's certainly more than the US!

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Sweden has won 7 Nobel Prizes in literature, and one of them is Selma Lagerlof. One of her novels has been printed in 50 languages. Want to read it? I doubt you'll be able to pronounce the title!

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Sweden is a very connected country. 91.5% of Sweden’s population has access to and uses the Internet. That’s just over 9,000,000 people!

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Sweden has many minority religions, such as Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist. These many religions only make up 37% of the country’s population.

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Sweden’s first king, or the supposed first king, was Olof Skutkonung. There supposedly were kings of Sweden before him, but they are unknown.

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Sweden has a long list of imports and exports. Sweden imports machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel, foodstuffs, and clothing. They export machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, and chemicals.

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Stockholm is Sweden’s largest city and capital. It has a population of 2.2 million people. That’s 0.5 less than Chicago, one of the biggest cities in the world!

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Sweden might celebrate some of our holidays, but they also have some of their own. Sweden celebrates Epiphany, which is the 13th day of Christmas. Another new holiday is Ascension Day, which is the day 40 days after Easter.

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Sweden’s official language is Swedish. Makes enough sense to me! The language has only been around since after the country was formed.

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Sweden’s newest pop sensation is Zara Larsson. She has been a massive success so far in Sweden, and she hopes to continue.

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The average life expectancy in Sweden for men is 80.2 years. Women are supposed to live 84.1 years. Right now, the middle of the population age-wise for men is 40.2 years. It’s 42.2 women. They seem to be a bit older than the men!

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The majority of Sweden’s population belongs to the religion Church of Sweden. It is a Lutheran religion and it makes up 63% of the country.

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Back in the 17th century, Sweden was a major military power. They haven’t now fought in a war since then, being 2 centuries. Therefore, they couldn't have fought in any World War.

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The Swedish krona is the currency in Sweden. One American dollar is worth 7.97 Swedish krona. Krona have been Sweden’s official currency since 1873.

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Sweden’s government establishes two leaders. One is the monarch, currently King Carl XVI Gustaf. He has very limited powers and cannot do very much involving the government. The other is the Prime Minister, Stefan Lofven. The position is very similar to President. He has more control than the monarch.