Scandinavia By: Omar Al Mansoori

Content

• About Scandinavia

• Sweden

• About Sweden

• History of Sweden

• Best places to visit in Sweden

About Scandinavia

• Scandinavia is a historical and

geographical region covering

much of Northern Europe.

• The region includes:

• Norway

• Sweden

• Denmark

• Finland

• Iceland

• the languages spoken in Scandinavia are called

North Germanic Languages, and include Danish,

Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese.

• The major cities in Scandinavia are the capitals of

the five countries: Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo

(Norway), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki

(Finland), and Reykjavik (Iceland).

S W E D E N

About Sweden

• Capital: Stockholm

• Population: estimated

9,658,301

• Official name: Kingdom of

Sweden

• Official language: Swedish

• National holiday: Flag day,

June 6

• Currency: Swedish krona

• Flag:

• Sweden is a country located in Northern Europe

bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat

and Skagerrak.

• The geography of Sweden is mostly flat with

mountains in the west. The government system is a

constitutional monarchy. The chief of state is the

King and the head of government is the Prime

Minister.

• Sweden has a mixed economic system in which

there is a variety of pirate freedom, combined with

centralised member economic planning and

government regulation. Sweden is a member of the

European Union (EU).

History of Sweden (Viking Age)

• Sweden became known to the

rest of the world through the

Vikings who emerged in the 9th

century to raid much of northern

Europe.

• The (Swedes Vikings) went east

across the Baltic Sea.

• They settled in Finland and

traded with Baltic countries.

• Their leader Rurik has found

Russia

Best places to visit in

Sweden

Stockholm Palace

• he Royal Palace is one of the

largest palaces in Europe. It’s

the official residence of His

Majesty the King of Sweden.

• The palace is built in baroque

style by the architect

Nicodemus Tessin and is

formed as a Roman palace.

• The palace has more than 600

rooms divided between seven

floors with a state apartment

facing the city and smaller living

rooms facing the inner

courtyard.

Gothenburg

• Gothenburg is the second

largest city in Sweden and the

fifth largest in the Nordic

countries.

The Stockholm

Archipelago

• One of the most fantastic parts

of Stockholm and Sweden is still

a secret for many — the

magnificent Stockholm

archipelago.

• This maritime landscape of

more than 30,000 islands, islets

and skerries, of which just some

one thousand are inhabited, is

unique in the world both in

summer and winter.

ICEHOTEL

• ICEHOTEL is the world’s first

and largest hotel built of snow

and ice and it is situated in

Jukkasjärvi, a small village in

Northern Sweden with 1,100

residents and 1,000 dogs.

• It covers 5,500 square meters

and is constructed from 1,000

tonnes of Torne River ice and

30,000 tons of “snice”, a mixture

of snow and ice that

strengthens the structure.

Visby

• Visby is one of Scandinavia's

preeminent medieval cities.

Every August, it hosts its

medieval week, complete with

authentic dress, feasts and

jousting.

Malmö

• Malmö is Sweden's third largest

city and home to the Øresund

Bridge, which connects Sweden

to Denmark over the Øresund

Strait.

• The city, once plagued by an

industrial past, is now known for

its university and green

buildings.