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4. Area 449,964 km2 Population 9,555,893 Per capital $40,393 3

5. Panoramic view of Ale‘s Stones in Scania, southern Sweden. This ship setting is a Vendel Period burial monument, most likely dating from the 7th century AD. 4 Pre-History

6. The Swedish Viking Age lasted roughly between the 8th and 11th centuries. 5

7. In 1397 Queen Margaret I of Denmark effected the personal union of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark through the Kalmar Union. 6

8. Stockholm in mid-17th century. During the 17th century Sweden emerged as a European great power. 7

9. Death of Gustav II Adolf at the Battle of Lützen ， 1702 8

10. Some countries did not join the war, but stayed neutral. Switzerland, Sweden and Spain were neutral countries. 9

11. Sweden joined the European Union on January,1 1995. 10

12. YearPopulation Church members Percentage 19728,146,0007,754,78495.2% 19808,278,0007,690,63692.9% 19908,573,0007,630,35089.0% 20008,880,0007,360,82582.9% 20059,048,0006,967,49877.0% 20069,119,0006,893,90175.6% 20079,179,0006,820,16174.3% 20089,262,0006,751,95272.9% 2009–6,664,06471.3% Religion 11

13. Ingrid Bergman 12

14. 1905-1990 13

15. Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf 1856-1940 Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. 14

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17. National museum in Stockholm 16

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19. The Parliament House in Stockholm. 18

20. Nobel 19

21. A bird‘s eye picture of the 2012 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. 20

22. Immigrants(red) and emigrants(blue), Sweden 1850–2007 21

23. Population by Ancestry, Sweden 2002-2011 22

24. The official language of Sweden is Swedish, a North Germanic language, related and very similar to Danish and Norwegian, but differing in pronunciation and orthography. Distribution of speakers of the Swedish language 23

25. Capital S t o c k h o l m 24

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36. The Stockholm Central Station 35

37. Sweden Brand 36

38. Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden by population and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. 37

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40. The Gothenburg Opera 39

41. Clarion Hotel Post 40

42. Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg 41

43. Turning Torso building, Malmö, Sweden 42

44. IKEA world wide 43

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47. Sweden beach architecture 46

48. Sweden castle architecture 47

49. Beautiful Country Church In Sweden 48

50. Sweden Lighthouses 49

51. Sweden Lighthouses 50

52. Winter 51

53. 52 Sweden Windmills

54. River of Sweden 53

55. 54 Castle of Sweden

56. Cityscape 55

57. Swedish beauties 56

58. North Sweden 57

59. North Sweden 58

60. Sweden wildlife 59

61. 60 North Sweden

62. 61 Swedish Cake

63. A night sky over Sweden Eddie Lee 李常生 2013/3/11 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. All photos were taken from internet.. leechangsheng6666@gmail.com 62