Sweden is the biggest country of all North lands according number of citizens. Sweden is a country of marvelous nature and modern IT, here are a lot of lakes (about 100000) and thousands islands. Archeologies say, that here first people lived 12000 years ago.
Sweden exports cars, electronical equipments, IT, paper's production and steel.
Revolution in scientist sphere here was in the XVIIIth century, technical progress related with active craftsmen, merchants and other profession's people from Germany, Schotland, France and Olandia.
In 1996 Sweden entered into European Union.
Sweden's flag with yellow cross and blue background has reached us from about the XVIth century, but reliable facts about the flag is from 1620 year.
Anthem "Du gamla, du fria" was created by Richard Dybeck (1811-1877).
Great scientists Anders Celsius (1701-1744), Carlas von Linne (1707-1778), Anders John Engstrom (1814-1874), Carl Richard Nyberg (1858-1939), Balthasar fon Platen (1898-1984), L.M. Ericsson (1846-1926) and nowadays scholars are trying to create more and more technique, cure which would lighten people's lives.
Its representative souvenir - deer's figure (here are a lot of these animals), also personages from Astrid Lindgren's books. Good present for family or your-self are warm patterned sweaters, socks and gloves.