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Sweden Country Quiz

Name these facts about the country of Sweden.

Quiz by alberici

Last updated: September 20, 2018

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Clue	Answer
Capital city	Stockholm
Second-largest city	Gothenburg
Currency	Krona
Most famous vodka brand	Absolut
Peninsula on which Sweden lies	Scandinavia
Major car brands that started in Sweden	Volvo
Major car brands that started in Sweden	Saab
Blond tennis player who won 5 straight Wimbledons	Björn Borg
Sweden's all-time bestselling musical act	ABBA
Huge furniture retailer	IKEA
Swedish for "Sweden"	Sverige

Clue	Answer
International award for physics, literature, medicine, etc...	Nobel Prize
Major city very close to Denmark	Malmö
Bridge that connects the above to Copenhagen	Öresund Bridge
Type of fish that is commonly pickled	Herring
Largest island	Gotland
Person celebrated December 13th	Saint Lucia
Last name of actress Ingrid and director Ingmar (no relation)	Bergman
Book series featuring Lisbeth Salander	Millennium
Gulf between Sweden and Finland	Gulf of Bothnia
The Church of Sweden is part of this Protestant branch	Lutheran

wolfcat95

level 51

Apr 4, 2014

My fiancee is Swedish, so this quiz was pretty easy, but since so many of the quizzes are very strict with English words and spelling, should not the currency be "crown?" When I wrote "crown," it was not even deemed acceptable. Krona is a Swedish word and can be acceptable, but in English it is a crown. When I speak English with her friends, crown is the word I use and they likewise say crown back.

Symmetrik

level 58

Apr 4, 2014

It may sound like they saw "crown", but they may actually be saying "Krone". Krone is the Danish currency, and I'm not sure which the other Scandinavian countries use. I've never heard anything other than Krona. I don't believe that any currency is changed when speaking in English. Peso isn't an English word, neither is Franc, or Rupee, but those are the words used in English.

giuliano78

level 56

Jun 7, 2014

I lived in Sweden and every time someone would speak in English with me, they would say "swedish crowns"

svaerflaesk

level 55

Jan 21, 2016

The pronunciation of "crown" is nowhere near that of "krone", which is pronounced with a guttural 'r', and a monophthongal 'o'.

Findlay

level 70

Aug 30, 2016

Crown should probably be accepted as an answer, but in all official English contexts the term goes untranslated and personally I have never heard it referred to in English as anything but krona. I think the most accurate answer here is krona.

Quizmaster

level ∞

Feb 27, 2018

Crown will work now

Djilas

level 72

Mar 10, 2018

Unlike most other languages, this isn't translated, so it stays krone/krona/koruna/króna/kroon/...

English isn't famous for being consistent of course, so we have e.g. pounds in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria etc, but lira in Turkey, formerly Italy etc.

Sputnix

level 58

Dec 13, 2018

I can confirm that when Danes are speaking to foreigners we will always say 'crown'. I don't even know what the right English pronunciation of 'krone' would be. So I would definitely say it is translated when speaking English, at least in Scandinavia

CaritasInVeritate

level 82

Apr 4, 2014

Saint Lucia should really also include Saint Lucy for English speaking players.

Possums

level 34

Aug 29, 2016

That wasn't her name... So it shouldn't be

Findlay

level 70

Aug 30, 2016

I live in an English speaking country and the suburb next to mine is called St Lucia. The English-speaking nation of St Lucia is referred to as just that in its official language, not St Lucy. I don't think this is a translation issue.

CaritasInVeritate

level 82

Feb 27, 2018

I’ve checked the Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran Calendars of Saints and all of them give the Feast of Saint *Lucy*. Lucia is the Latin/Italian version of her name and while that may have been her original name we don’t use Saint Petrus, Saint Paulus, Saint Maria but rather the modern English equivalent (for English speakers of course)!

TokyaCro

level 14

Apr 30, 2014

koenigsegg is second fastest car, and ist not in quiz? hmm...

joeythelemur

level 76

Jul 15, 2014

Probably figured no one could spell it!

joedimaggio

level 62

Dec 13, 2018

And it says "major" brand, which Koenigsegg isn't

LynnZxZ

level 53

Apr 21, 2015

lingonberry deserves a place on this quiz

Haaolto

level 55

May 19, 2015

There is no peninsula called Scandinavia. Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Norway, Sweden and Finland is on the Fennoscandian peninsula

sulfuratus

level 63

Dec 13, 2018

There absolutely is. The Scandinavian peninsula is part of the larger Fennoscandian peninsula, specifically the part west of the line between the northernmost point of the Gulf of Bothnia and the Varangerfjord.

silvestra

level 66

Apr 20, 2016

I am ashamed. I'm Finnish, born and raised, lived there all my life, and I got 100 % on this quiz. I missed a few on the Finland quiz.

DonTheLamplighter

level 70

Feb 14, 2017

What, no Max von Sydow?!!

fitheach

level 56

Dec 13, 2018

Evidently not!

Vege

level 65

Feb 27, 2018

Easy! - A Finn

brianbohn

level 83

Feb 27, 2018

good quiz thanks. Had no idea the dragon series had a different name, but it accepted the 1st books title, appreciated

KoljiVriVoda

level 68

Feb 28, 2018

Is not Scania like one of the major automitive brands of Sweden?

viktoraxel

level 29

Dec 14, 2018

Scania and Koenigsegg should both be on this list.

Arp2600

level 77

Mar 1, 2018

Got everything but the vodka, which is a totally uninteresting question anyway.

POOCH

level 77

Jun 5, 2018

In your opinion. To others it may be of paramount interest. You just can't beat a good "tater whiskey".

jmellor13

level 58

Dec 13, 2018

Pretty good. Or, as their most famous expat would say, "Svindi vergi mergi svergi. Bork, bork, bork."

Sifhraven

level 45

Dec 13, 2018

Ugh typed molmo (think that might.be how we write it). And did a single random guess for the saint and guessed lucius. No idea where that came from! Dont know any saints besides nicholas.

xarnac

level 66

Dec 13, 2018

SANTA! You know him?

Walacama

level 71

Dec 13, 2018

Can you give him this letter I wrote? I lost his address.

Veeti

level 36

Dec 13, 2018

I'm a Finn and got 18/21 so I guess it's fair disclose that I know my neighbor pretty well.

ander217

level 75

Dec 13, 2018

Couldn't figure out why Bjorg wasn't being accepted. Had my "duh" realization before time ran out.

WillemLAif

level 68

Dec 13, 2018

I recommend seeing Gotland. Perhaps during the medieval week, if you don't mind a bit higher prices, but much more to see and do.

JoshuaHines

level 51

Dec 13, 2018

I've been to Sweden twice and I'm only 13 (and an American)! The first one doesn't exactly count because I went to the Swedish embassy to the United States

hamsep

level 55

Dec 13, 2018

Svedka should count for the vodka brand. Maybe it's just because I'm a college student, but Svedka is way more common than Absolut

humangps17

level 42

Dec 14, 2018

This quiz is missing Zlatan

Kontio100

level 46

Dec 15, 2018

As a Finn i got 18/21. Didn't know fish, book and vodka. I don't drink alcohol!