sweden
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This is a presentation about Sweden!TRANSCRIPT
SWEDENSUECIA
SVERIGE
The Swedish Flag
The map of Sweden
Area: 450,000 km²
Longest north-south distance: 1,574 km
Quick facts
Capital: Stockholm
Population: 9,3 million
Religion: Protestant Evangelical Lutheran
Form of government: Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
Parliament: The Riksdag, with 349 members in one chamber
Life expectancy: Women 83 years, men 79 years
Languages
Official language is Swedish.
Official minority languages are Finnish, Jiddish, Sami, Romani Chib and Meänkieli.
Swedish words
Hej! Hi!Hur mår du? How are you?Bra GoodHejdå! Bye!Tack! Thanks!Jag heter Tove. My name is
Tove.
Climate
Cold? Dark?Also bright and warm.
Northern Sweden: -30°C to 25°CSouth of Sweden: -15°C to 25°C
The Northern Lights…
…and the Midnight Sun
Animals in Sweden
The Moose The Bear
A Famous Building
Stockholm Stadshus
Traditional celebrations
Påsk - Easter
Midsommar - Midsummer
Santa Lucia - Santa Lucia
Julafton - Christmas
Easter
We celebrate Easter eating eggs and candy.
Midsummer – the longest day
We celebrate the Midsummer in the end of June, when the night is very bright.
Santa Lucia – the shortest day13th of December we celebrate that the light soon
will come back. In the morning there is a procession with boys and girls singing.
ChristmasWe celebrate Christmas the 24th of December.
We eat traditional food, watch TV and Santa Claus is coming with gifts.
Famous Swedes…
Astrid Lindgren- author Pippi Långstrump
Zlatan Ibrahimović- football player
Ingmar Bergman- film director
Greta Garbo- actress
Companies and Industries
VOLVO – carsH&M – clothes IKEA – furniture
Forest – 55% of the area of Sweden is covered by forest
Iron – two big mines in Kiruna and Malmberget
Prime ministerFredrik Reinfeldt
The Royal Family
Me!
My name is Tove Dahlberg. I am 23 years old.
I am from Gothenburg but i lived in Umeå for the last two years.
I love to talk, dance and eat.
Ask me anything you want to know!
Do you want to know more?
Visit: www.sweden.sewww.visitsweden.comwww.umea.sewww.goteborg.com
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