SWEDEN: Facts & Stuff {Part 2}

I present to you a new series! Sweden: Facts & Stuff, where I share (amusing?) true facts about Sweden!

Part One of SWEDEN: FACTS & STUFF is here!

Sweden: Facts & Stuff {Part 2}


1: Daycare cost is based on your total family income, with a government imposed maximum fee.

2: The sun rises at 3.30 in the morning in summer, and it sets at 3.30 in the afternoon in winter.

3: You can take a sick leave if you are ill during your vacation.

4: In the field of technological advancement, Sweden ranks second, just after Finland.

5: The Stockholm Globe Arena {Globen}is the world's largest hemispherical building, with a diameter of 110 meters and an inner height of eighty-five meters.

6: As of 2006, Sweden has been the most generous country in the world in regarding and giving aid to poor countries. It is the only nation where donations exceed 1% of the total GDP.

7: Privacy is taken very seriously that putting up video cameras in laundry rooms to catch vandals is illegal.

8: All non-military property that is not fenced in, or is not a farm or someone's personal garden is open to anyone for hiking through or camping for a single night.

9: Sweden is set to become the first country in the world to phase out petrol for biofuel.

10: As of late 2012, Sweden had obtained 30 Nobel prizes (which includes 5 Peace Prizes). This is the fifth highest number of laureates in the world.

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Part 3 of Sweden: Facts & Stuff will be out on THURSDAY, 14 November.

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SWEDEN: Facts & Stuff {Part 1}

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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