Sweden is the fifth largest European country, in terms of land area. Sweden is a constitutional monarchy. Its capitol, also its largest city is Stockholm. 22 % of the population lives in the Stockholm and the total population of Sweden is 9.2 million people. Their native language is Swedish. Sweden is also known as “the land of the midnight sun”.
Some other interesting facts about Sweden, is that the citizens have the longest life expectancy out of all the countries in Europe. The currency Sweden uses is Krona. The two colors of the Sweden flag are blue and yellow. Sweden has the highest rate of McDonald’s restaurants per capita in Europe. The refrigerator, computer mouse, and pace maker were all invented in Sweden.
Sweden has also received 27 Noble prizes, including 5 peace prizes as of 2006. Every year a large amount of ‘moose crossing’ signs are stolen as this is a very popular souvenir. The largest hemispherical building in the world, the Stockholm Globe Arena is located in Sweden. Also Sweden has the highest percentage of mothers that work, and women lawmakers in the world. The world famous “IKEA” was also founded in Sweden. And Europe’s largest shopping mall, the Nordstan, is also located in Sweden.
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Good summary but be sure to always include personal thoughts.