{"id":1093,"date":"2019-05-25T14:39:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T14:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkwsdmc.com\/blog\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2019-05-25T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T14:39:14","slug":"interesting-facts-about-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkwsdmc.com\/blog\/interesting-facts-about-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts About Sweden; Must Read!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Interesting Facts About Sweden:<\/strong> <\/span><\/em>If you are reading this article then you must be surely looking out for interesting facts about Sweden and you are at the right place. Here are the amazing interesting facts about Sweden that you would like to know for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the fun part, we have also collected some more general facts about Sweden, such as about its population, biggest lake, highest mountain, land area and much more. <a href=\"https:\/\/tkwsdmc.com\/blog\/hidden-gems-in-europe\/\">Hidden gems in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Interesting Facts About Sweden-<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Population<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are about 10 million people in Sweden, out of which around 2 million are under the age of 18. Eighty-five percent of them live in cities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweden is a very multicultural country<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sweden is also a multicultural country in a great extent as 15 percent of Swedes were born in another country, while on the other hand, about one in five children in Sweden has a family with roots in another nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fifth Biggest Country in Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talking in terms of area, the total land area is 447 435 km2 m but even after that, Sweden has the second lowest population per square kilometer in all of Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/3 OF Sweden\u2019s Land Area is Covered by Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many people are almost certainly aware that Sweden has a lot of forests, but in fact, most people don\u2019t know that the total land area of Sweden is 2\/3rd covered by forests with a total area of 280 650km2. Half of the land is owned by private people, as well as 1\/4 is owned by private companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sweden is one of the world\u2019s most innovative nations all around the globe. The country has also been called the most digitally connected economy across the world. Swedes are also the early adopters of new technology as well as the country\u2019s non-hierarchical society create a fertile atmosphere for new ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A large number of Moose roaming freely in the woods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Sweden, there are around 300000 to 400000 moose who roam freely in the woods. There are lots of Swedish moose, and the total number depends on every year as well as how many that are being killed by hunters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The highest number of Vat in the World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sweden is also considered to be one of the nations having the highest number of Vat in the world with a total of 25% as standard VAT. The Swedish VAT is among the highest in the world together with nations such as Croatia, Norway, and Denmark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Country in the World to Ban Smacking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the year 1979, it\u2019s not allowed to smack your children, which in other term means that Sweden was the first ever country in the world who made a law against beating or smacking. After this ban, an additional 35 nations around the world have done the same.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1097\" src=\"http:\/\/tkwsdmc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/stockholm_sweden_evening_lights_of_the_city_59565_1920x1080-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"SWeden DMC in India\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Highest Number of Mcdonald\u2019s Restaurants in Europe Per Capita<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s also a fact that Swedes are not known for being unhealthy or obese, but on the other hand, you can still find the highest number of Mcdonald\u2019s restaurants per capita in all of Europe. <a href=\"https:\/\/tkwsdmc.com\/iceland-dmc\">Iceland DMC.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sweden is home to five official national minority languages, as well as numerous additional languages are spoken by Sweden\u2019s diverse population. The largest, after Swedish, are Finnish, Serbo-Croatian, Arabic, Kurdish, Spanish, German and then Farsi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting Facts About Sweden: If you are reading this article then you must be surely looking out for interesting facts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interesting Facts About Sweden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Interesting Facts About Sweden; What to do in Sweden? Amazing things\/ information about Sweden. 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