Your brief guide to Swedish films and series. Find out how Alexander Skarsgård, Trollywood and Young Royals make Sweden a ...

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Sweden has long been a pioneering promoter of gender equality. The overarching Swedish principle is that everyone, regardless of gender, has the right to work and support themselves, to balance career ...

1. Schooling Ever since 1842, children in Sweden have had the right to go to school, by law. Today there are ten years of compulsory schooling, divided into four stages: förskoleklass (‘pre-school ...

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2. Armand Duplantis – pole vault supremo Born to an American father and a Swedish mother, pole vaulter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis grew up in the US. He may hold dual citizenship, but Sweden happily ...

4. Who can vote? To vote in parliamentary elections in Sweden, you have to be a Swedish citizen aged 18 or more, who is or have been registered in Sweden. But in local and regional elections, it is ...

Queen Silvia In 1972, the then Crown Prince Carl Gustaf met his German–Brazilian future wife, Silvia Sommerlath, who was born in 1943 in Germany. They met in Munich during the Olympic Games, where ...

Key facts about Sweden Sweden is part of the Nordic region in northern Europe, together with the countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. Sweden is large in size, small in population.

Jansson’s temptation, or Janssons frestelse − a creamy potato and sprat casserole − is said to have been named after Pelle Janzon, a food-loving Swedish opera singer of the early 1900s. In any case, ...

Education and research Sweden’s long-term focus on education and research has had a major impact on the capacity for innovation. In 1842 the country introduced compulsory schooling for 7- to ...