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Nothing Like Witches on Easter
Swedens flag was adopted on June 22, 1906
Flag Day in Sweden is celebrated each year tommorrow
ICE HOTEL
Jukkasjarvi 200 miles from the Artic Circle Right Near Kiruna
• Sweden’s Capital is Stockholm.
•Two Cities I picked were Jonkoping and Uppsala.
Europe Famous for the song “Final Countdown”.
• Sweden took over Denmark and Norway
•Thirty Years War Took Place
3 Wars Great Northern War, Pomeranian
War,Hat’s Russian War. Most of these were Sweden fighting for
Civil Rights. However none of these wars
accomplished that. Just fatalites and famine, bringing their
society down
Norway joined forces with Sweden to go against Napoleon.
Norway then declared its inderpendence, making Sweden mad.
Sweden invaded Norway, but ended up making a Treaty with Norway.
Agricultural Economy increased, but population was increasing to much at once. Most Swedes immigrated to the US during Industrial Revolution.
Neutral Matches, Ball Bearings, Wood Pulp, Steel. Remained Non-Aligned Prosperity was high, and helped provide
foundations for welfare in Sweden.
Neutral....however helped both parties by selling Sweden products to them.
Many people upset that Sweden sold products to the Nazis.
Big thing was that Sweden turned over all Germany’s POW in 1946, to the Soviet Union.
The soldiers ran out of Germany into Sweden, where Sweden detained them.
Remained Neutral One of first to join the United Nations.
20% of Swedens Police is off during the Summer.
There is no right turn on red. Ikea is from Sweden Pastel Fish
Infoplease 2 Feb. 2008. Pearson Education Inc. 4 June. 2008. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108008.html
CVA. 15 April. 2004. David Black-Schaffer. 4 June. 2008. http://cva.stanford.edu/people/davidbbs/swedish_facts.html
Geographia 11 November. 2008 . InterKnowledge Corp. 4 June. 2008. http://www.geographia.com/sweden/history.html
EuroDocs. 28 April. 2006. Hacken Inc. 4 June. 2008. <http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Sweden:_Primary_Documents>
http://www.imeem.com/people/Dld7A5P/music/NcYa51qI/europe_the_final_countdown/
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