Swedish History A-Z

Can you guess these people, places, and things from Sweden history starting with each letter of the alphabet?

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Last updated: January 12, 2021

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	Hint	Answer
A	Pop group that became the first Swedish Eurovision winners	ABBA
B	This Swedish tennis player became the first to win five consecutive Wimbledons	Björn Borg
C	Swede who invented an international temperature scale	Anders Celcius
D	Most notable foundation of the chemist Alfred Nobel	Dynamite
E	A 2003 referendum failed to replace the Swedish Krona with this currency	Euro
F	Then-a-region-of-Sweden that became a grand duchy of Russia after a 1809 war	Finland
G	This king won the final Swedish secession from the Kalmar Union 1523	Gustav
H	The second Secretary-General of the United Nations	Dag Hammarskjöld
I	Main export of Sweden to Germany during World War II	Iron
J	Term for the Swedish noblemen	Jarl
K	City that was the site a 1397 treaty joining Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under one king	Kalmar
L	Name of the saint celebrated every December 13th before most students go home to their families for Christmas	Lucia
M	The tallest building in Sweden was built in 2005 in this city	Malmö
N	This country had a personal union with Sweden from 1814 up until 1905	Norway
O	God for whom Wednesday in Sweden is named	Odin
P	This prime minister was assassinated in 1986	Olof Palme
Q	Position held once by Ulrica and Christina	Queen
R	Sweden lost the Great Northern War against this country i 1721 - thus losing its major European power status to it	Russia
S	Political party that ruled Sweden the most in the 20th century	Social Democrats
T	543 Swedes died as a result of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunamis in this country	Thailand
U	The first university in northern Europe was opened in this city in 1477	Uppsala
V	Royal house that ruled over Sweden from 1523 until 1654	Vasa
W	German royal house that ruled Sweden between 1654–1720	Wittelsbach
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Y	One of the officially recognized minority languages that was declared in 1999	Yiddish
Z	Device of clothes Gideon Sundbäck invented in 1917	Zipper

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