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SWEDEN: By SimoTheFinlandized - 2021 CE
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Sweden (Swedish: Sverige) is a Nordic country in the
part of Europe called Scandinavia. Its neighbors are
Finland and Norway. Sweden is also connected to
Denmark in the south by a bridge. It is a developed
country. It is famous for its welfare state. People who
live in Sweden are called Swedes. The population
of Sweden is about 10 million people. Sweden's
capital city is Stockholm, which is also Sweden's
largest city, with almost one million people. Other
large cities are Gothenburg and Malmö. These cities
are all in the southern half of the country, where it is not
as cold as in the north. Swedes drink filmjölk, it is a
traditional fermented milk product from Sweden. It is
made by fermenting cow's milk. Glogg, is spiced mulled
wine. It normally contains red wine, sugar, orange peel,
and spices. Swedes eat yellow pea soup with pork (or
pork sausages) along with mustard. Sweden is a
constitutional monarchy because it has a king, Carl
XVI Gustaf, but he does not have any real power.
Sweden is a parliamentary state meaning that the
government is elected by the parliament which is
appointed by the people. The country is democratically
ruled by a government headed by an elected prime
minister. Stefan Löfven was elected Prime Minister in
September 2014. He took office in October 2014.
Sweden has an official majority language, Swedish
(the Swedish word for the language is Svenska).
Sweden has five official minority languages: Finnish,
Yiddish, Sami, Meänkieli, and Romani. Sweden became
a member of the European Union (EU) on 1 January
1995. Unlike most countries in the European Union,
Sweden is not a member of the Eurozone and has not
begun to use the euro as currency. This is because the
people have voted against using the euro. The currency
remains the Swedish krona (Swedish crown).
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