I present to you a new series! Sweden: Facts & Stuff, where I share (amusing?) true facts about Sweden!
Sweden: Facts & Stuff {Part 1}
1: Sweden is the third largest European Union country in terms of land area, just behind France and Spain.
2: Sweden has the highest proportion of personal computers per capita in Europe, with 500 computers for every 1,000 people.
3: Learning to speak Swedish is frustrating because everyone in Sweden already speaks better English than you will ever speak Swedish
4: As of 2004, you can pay your taxes here in Sweden by sending an SMS message from your cellphone.
5: As of 2004, all employers are required to provide free massages for their employees.
6: American textbooks are far more cheaper here than in the United States itself.
7: The world-famous discount store, IKEA was founded here in Sweden in 1943.
8: Europe's largest shopping mall is called Nordstan which is located in Gothenburg. It has approximately 180 shops and 150 offices on 320,000 square meters of area.
9: In 1862, Sweden was the first country to allow married women to vote, although only for their local elections.
10: Between the years 1850 and 1910, more than one million Swedes migrated to the United States.
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Hope you learned something!
The second part of this series will be published on Saturday, November 9.
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