SWEDEN HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS LUTHERAN AND SELF RELIANT. BY THE 14TH CENTURY SWEDEN FINALLY ABOLISHED SLAVERY.PEASANTS WERE ABOUT 40% OF THE POPULATION. DENMARK AND NORWAY AND ENGLAND WERE THE GREATEST INFLUENCES HERE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. THERE ARE 25 PROVINCES IN SWEDEN EACH WITH VARIOUS CULTURES. THEY HAVE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, THEY DIFFERENT DIALECTSAND ABOUT 9 MILLION FOLKS.HAVE DIFFERENT DIALECTS. SWEDISH FOOD IS PRACTICAL AND SUSTAINING. THEIR TYPICAL MEAL IS MEAT AND POTATOES AND VEGIS. THEY DRINK LOTS OF COFFEE! FISH IS A BIG DEAL HERE. BEER AND CIDER ARE ENJOYED. THEY HAVE A STATE MONOPOLY ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. THEY HAVE MANY SWEDISH FILMS AND THIS COUNTRY HAS MANY POPULAR MUSICIANS. THE OLDEST BUILDINGS ARE MADE OF STONE. THE EARLIST BUILDINGS DATE FROM THE 13TH CENTURY. WEOOD WAS USED IN PREHISTORIC TIMES.. A SET OF SYMBOLS IS LINKED TO SWEDEN'S AGRARIAN PAST. THEY HVE MAYPOLES, DANCES, PAINTED HORSES, AND CHRISTMAS FEASTS.THEY HAD DESIGNED SUBURBS AND IN CORPORATIONSPROJECTS OF GREAT ACCURACY. BY THE 1960'S SWEDEN LED FOREIGNERS TO NEW SWEDEN AS A FORERUNNER OF THE FUTURE.
IN SWEDEN PREHISTORIC SITES DATE TO 12 TO 10,000 YEARS B.C THEY HUNTED REINDEER AND DEVELOPED STONE AND IRON TOOLS. VIKINGS PLUNDERED AND TRAVELED BY SHIP UP THE RUSSIAN RIVER INTO WEST EUROPE BETWEEN 800 AND 1050 AD. BY THEN THE PROVINCES BEGAN TO BE UNITED INTO A SINGLE FEDERATED KINGDOM. THEY HAD A KING ELECTED IN 1523. HE PROMOTED LUTHERAN REFORMATION AND BULT A GERMAN SDMINISTRATION. THEIR ECONOMY WAS PRIMARILY AGRICULTURAL WITH IRON AND COPPER MINING.IN THE NEXT 250 YEARS SWEDEN HAD TRADE WITH DENMARK, RUSSIA, POLAND, AND NORWAY.
THE 19TH CENTURY BROUGHT PEACE AND MASS EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA. BY 1940'S THEIR ECONOMY ATTRACTED WORKED FROM EUROPE. THEY GAINED CITIZENSHIP. MANY PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO ESCAPED FROM WARS CAME HERE - FOLKS FROM HUNGARY, CHILE, VIETNAM AND OTHER PLACES WERE GRANTED A SAFE HAVEN. SOME OF THE THE 'NEW SWEDES' ARE CALLED IMMIGRANTS. SOCIAL CONCERNED CITIZENS AVOID DISTINCTION. THEY DESIGNED VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, HEALTH CLINICS, AND SHOPS. THEY HAVE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING.
MOST PEOPLE BY 1965 LIVE IN APARTMENTS IN CITIES, WHILE ONLY A MINORITY OWN THEIR OWN HOUSE. MANY HAVE SUMMER COTTAGES. THEIR FURNITURE DESIGN FEATURES SIMPLICITY PRACTICALITY. AND USE OF WOOD AND NATURAL FIBERS.
IN PUBLIC SPACES THEY RESPECT PEOPLES PUBLIC SPACES . THEY LIKE TO REMOVE SHOES BEFORE ENTERING A HOME . THEY HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF CULINARY CHOICES AS PARTICULARLY SWEDISH. HOMELY FARE REFERS TOBASIC DIET OF POTATOES, MEAT OR FISH WITH SAUCE. THEY CAN ALSO USEA SMORGASBOARD. THEY HAVE BUFFETS OF HERRING, MEATS CHEESES AND VEGIS. HOT OR COLD LUNCHES ARE FOLLOWED BY EVENING SUPPER. DURING CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS THEY ALCOHOL.
LESS THAN 1/10TH OF THE LAND IS DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE. THEY HAVE A LAW THAT ANYONE CAN CAMP ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. OWNERS CANNOT BARRACADE THEIR ESTATES. NATURAL RESOURCES REMAIN IMPORTANT. THEY HAVE A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE. THEIR GREATEST STRENGHTH IS IN HIGH TECH AND ENGINEERING. MANUEL LABOR IS HIGHLY PAID AND EDUCATION HAS SMALL MONEY OVER THAT.
THEY HAVE AN OMBUDSMEN WHO HEARS COMPLAINTS AND ENSURES THE LAW OF CITIZENS IS FOLLOWED. EVEN CHILDREN HAVE SPECIAL RIGHTS. VIOLENCE IS CONDEMNED AND GUNS ARE CAREFULLY REGULATED. THEY DO HAVE A WEAPONS INDUSTRY. 1000'S ENGAGE IN PEACEMAKING EFFORTS. THIS COUNTRY HAS THE LOWEST RATE OF POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION. THEY HAVE A STRONG MEANS TO RESPOND TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE A BIOG FEMALE MOVEMENT.
MARIAGE S BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CHOICE. MANY PARTNERS DON'T MARRY. PRTNERS RECEIVE PAIS LEAVE FROM WORK DURING PREGNANCY.
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