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Country Quiz: Sweden 🇸🇪

Situated in Northern Europe; this is the territorial nation of Sweden 🇸🇪 Instead of having knowledge of a few countries - Why not all of them?
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sweden/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17955808
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Last updated: February 6, 2024
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History
Year of Independence
1523
Between 1630-1635, Sweden entered this war to help their German allies
30 Years War
Between 1650-1663, Sweden colonised this African country, and went under the name Swedish Gold Coast)
Ghana
Between 1700-1721, Sweden would lose their position as the Northern leader, after coming up short against this country, in this war
Great Northern War
Russia
Between 1784-1878, Sweden ruled this modern-day French Caribbean island
Saint Barthelemy
Between 1814-1905, this country was ceded to Sweden, and became a union for almost a century
Norway
During these two wars (1914-1918 & 1939-1945), Sweden remained neutral
World War
In 1986, the most famous leader (1969-76 and 1982-86) in Swedish time was assassinated on a public street in Downtown Stockholm
Olof Palme
Society
Language and Nationality
Swedish
Main Religion
Christianity
National Animal
Moose / Elk
National Sport
Football / Ice Hockey
National Dish
Meatballs
World-renowned Swedish furniture enterprise that has stores in more than 60 countries
IKEA
Famous People from the country
1. Inventor of the dynamite, founder of the Nobel prize, engineer, industrialist
2. The founder of IKEA
3. Legendary tennis player; considered one of the five greatest of all time
4. World-renowned author; Pippi Extra Long-Stocking
5. One of the greatest modern football players in history
6. Scientist and astronomer; invented the 100 degree thermometer scale
7. Actress with three oscars to her name (Casablanca etc)
8. Legendary actor (Good Will Hunting, Avengers, Chernobyl Diaries)
9. The son of the latter; also an actor (True Blood, King Kong, Handmaid's Tale)
10. Renowned author and journalist; created the Millennium novel suite
11. Arguably the most renowned Youtuber in history
12. An architect who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from extermination camps
13. Female actress (Ninotchka, Queen Christina, Anna Karenina)
14. The father of modern taxonomy
Alfred Nobel
Ingvar Kamprad
Björn Borg
Astrid Lindgren
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Anders Celsius
Ingrid Bergman
Stellan Skarsgård
Alexander Skarsgård
Stieg Larsson
Pewdiepie
Raoul Wallenberg
Greta Garbo
Carl Linnaeus
Geography
Capital
Stockholm
Second-Largest City
Gothenburg
Bordering Seas
Baltic sea
Bordering Gulf
Gulf of Bothnia
Climate
Temperate
Temperature System
Celsius
Main Lake
Vanern
Highest Point / Main Mountain
Kebnekaise
Time zones
1 (UTC+1)
Bordering Countries
Finland
Norway
Politics
State-Condition
Monarchy
Type of Government
Constitutional
Parliamentary
Unitary
Founding Father
Gustav Vasa
The Second Secretary General of United Nations (1953-1961)
Dag Hammarskjold
Member of this Western fiscal / Political union
European Union
Renowned Foreign Minister who was stabbed to death in a mall , in 2003, in one of Stockholm's most prominent shopping malls
Anna Lindh
Economy
Currency
Krona
Main Economic Sector
Tertiary / Service
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