Sweden Culture

Karliyah Baxter & Tiffany Corona

Map of Sweden

Food
Mofon (Muffin)
Onyon Reng (Onion Ring)
Blanabba (Banana)
Gurps (Grapes)
Peesh (Peach)
Mogno (Mango)
Mork (Milk)

Clothing
The Swedish fashion industry has gone from
strength to strength over the past six years, with
doubled exports. Known for its character of
understatement, it is now maturing, daring to build
a stronger profile. The foundation is simple lines as
a reflection of Swedish design on the whole
functional and clean

Religion
Lutheran Christianity is officially the largest religion in Sweden, with 6.3 million
Swedish citizens being members of the Church of Sweden. Other Christian
Churches include the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Despite that, religiosity in Sweden plays a limited role compared to the
European average. In a Eurobarometer Poll in 2010, just 18% of Swedish
citizens responded that "they believe there is a god", although a further 45%
answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force".

Traditions/Celebrations
Swedish Celebrations and Traditions. January 1, New
Year's Day, is a public holiday, as is the 6th of January
for the Epiphany (Trettondagen). According to Swedish
tradition, the Christmas tree is thrown out on the 13th,
twenty days after Christmas. The second Tuesday of
February is the last day before Lent.

Technology
Of the 9.7 million people living in Sweden, 2 million
are under the age of 18. Most of them take for
granted the fact that they can enjoy free schooling,
an active social life, as well as easy access to
nature and the internet

Language
Swedish language, member of the North Germanic,
or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily
of the Indo-European family of languages. It is the
official language of Sweden and one of the official
languages of Finland, and it is spoken by about 9
million people.

Family Life
Some 90 per cent of children in Sweden start off
living with their mother and father, who may or
may not be married and tend to have one or two
children on average. But separation is not unusual.
Today 74 per cent of children under 18 live with
both their birth parents, while 27 per cent have a
stepfather or stepmother.
About one in five children in Sweden has a family
with roots in another country. Most children living
in Sweden who were born abroad, or whose
parents were born abroad, come from Iraq,
Somalia, Poland or Thailand. About 14,000 of these
children were adopted from another country.
Almost 60 per cent of children live in detached
houses, 28 per cent live in blocks of flats and 12
per cent live in row houses

Works Cited
https://sweden.se/quick-facts/?orderby=latest
http://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions/sweden-s.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Swedish_language.aspx
http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/SE
http://www.similarweb.com/country/sweden