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Area 449,964 km2 Population 9,555,893 Per capital $40,393 3

Panoramic view of Ale‘s Stones in Scania, southern Sweden. This ship setting is a Vendel Period burial monument, most likely dating from the 7th century AD. 4 Pre-History

The Swedish Viking Age lasted roughly between the 8th and 11th centuries. 5

In 1397 Queen Margaret I of Denmark effected the personal union of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark through the Kalmar Union. 6

Stockholm in mid-17th century. During the 17th century Sweden emerged as a European great power. 7

Death of Gustav II Adolf at the Battle of Lützen ，

Some countries did not join the war, but stayed neutral. Switzerland, Sweden and Spain were neutral countries. 9

Sweden joined the European Union on January,

YearPopulation Church members Percentage 19728,146,0007,754, % 19808,278,0007,690, % 19908,573,0007,630, % 20008,880,0007,360, % 20059,048,0006,967, % 20069,119,0006,893, % 20079,179,0006,820, % 20089,262,0006,751, % 2009–6,664, % Religion 11

Ingrid Bergman 12

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. 14

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National museum in Stockholm 16

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The Parliament House in Stockholm. 18

Nobel 19

A bird‘s eye picture of the 2012 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. 20

Immigrants(red) and emigrants(blue), Sweden 1850–

Population by Ancestry, Sweden

The official language of Sweden is Swedish, a North Germanic language, related and very similar to Danish and Norwegian, but differing in pronunciation and orthography. Distribution of speakers of the Swedish language 23

Capital S t o c k h o l m 24

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The Stockholm Central Station 35

Sweden Brand 36

Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden by population and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. 37

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The Gothenburg Opera 39

Clarion Hotel Post 40

Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg 41

Turning Torso building, Malmö, Sweden 42

IKEA world wide 43

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Sweden beach architecture 46

Sweden castle architecture 47

Beautiful Country Church In Sweden 48

Sweden Lighthouses 49

Sweden Lighthouses 50

Winter 51

52 Sweden Windmills

River of Sweden 53

54 Castle of Sweden

Cityscape 55

Swedish beauties 56

North Sweden 57

North Sweden 58

Sweden wildlife 59

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A night sky over Sweden Eddie Lee 李常生 2013/3/11 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. All photos were taken from internet.. 62