Photo: Per Pixel Petersson/imagebank.sweden.se
Since 1901, the
has been awarded 579 times
To
laureates
The prize is the legacy of
inventor of dynamite
Renewable sources account for
of the Swedish energy production
Of this, almost
comes from hydropower
Sweden has won
Olympic medals in total
are from the summer Olympics (one gold shared with Denmark)
are from the winter Olympics
Every month
of food waste is gathered by the city of Stockholm
The waste is turned into
of gas, which buses and taxis use as fuel
Sweden has
inhabitants
How many swedes are there?
are younger than 20
were born in another country
Between
moose roam the Swedish woods
This despite the fact that
are shot during the yearly hunt
About
people take part in the hunt
Sweden is the world’s
exporter of chart music in relation to GDP
Between 2001 and 2007
chart entries around the world came from Sweden
The Swedish three-point seatbelt is claimed to have saved
It was launched in
by Volvo
This invention is found in
vehicles
Only
of all household waste in Sweden ends up in a rubbish dump
More than
of all aluminium cans are recycled
In 1944 Sweden
homosexual relations
Partly thanks to the work of
– an association for sexuality education founded in 1933
The average tourist in Sweden spends
Swedish krona (SEK) a day
Tourists brought in
billion SEK in 2012
Most tourists say they come for
(hopefully not Viking helmets)
Have you ever tried a semla?
of delicious, cream-filled bun
Every year
semlas are consumed in Sweden
That equals a mind-boggling
kilocalories of national indulgence
Sweden banned the smacking of children in
– a world first
Since then,
other countries have done the same
Ever since the
crayfish have been popular in Sweden
Fishermen caught
kilos in 2015
Many are eaten at a
– the traditional party in August
Every day, an average of
meatballs are eaten...
...in all of IKEA's
furniture stores worldwide
Perhaps most are eaten by
– the most frequent IKEA shoppers
Selma Lagerlöf is one of Sweden’s
Nobel Prize winners in literature
Her bestseller 'Gösta Berling’s Saga' is available in
different languages
Over the years, Swedish film work has won
With her 3 awards,
is one of the top Oscar winners
Her namesake Ingmar (Bergman) directed
that went on to win Oscars