I have been told that I am going on a trip soon. I am to visit Aunt Karen's friend in Göteborg, Sweden. I am looking forward to this trip. I don't know that much about Sweden. However I have been told the following ten facts about Sweden
- The population of Sweden is 9.2 million. The urban population of Sweden is almost 85 %.
- A popular souvenir is the road sign for moose-crossing. Every year a huge number of these signs are stolen from Swedish roads.
- Between 1850 and 1910 more than one million Swedes migrated to the USA.
- The Nobel Prize Ceremonies are held in Sweden and Norway every year on December 10th.
- IKEA and H&M are both modern Swedish retail shops.
- On an average, Swedish women have their first child at 30 years.
- Sweden has the highest number of McDonald restaurants, per capita, in Europe.
- The first ice hotel of the world was built near the village of Jukkasjärvi, in Kiruna district of Sweden.
- The largest shopping mall of Europe is ‘Nordstan’, in Gothenburg.
- Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden.
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