SWEDISH CULTURE

SWEDISH CULTURE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A SELF RELIANT ASPECT OF ASSOCIATED SWEDISH MENTALITY.  THEY HAD ABOLISHED SLAVERY BY THE 14TH CENTURY.  ABOUT 40% OF THE POPULATION WAS PEASANTS.

DENMARK, NORWAY AND ENGLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES INFLUENCED SWEDEN  THEY HAVE 25 PRINCES EACH WITH A SPECIFIC HISTORY.  EACH HAS DIFFERENT DIALECTS.  SOME HAVE BEEN PART OF ANOTHER COUNTRY

SWEDISH FOOD IS PRACTICAL AND SUSTAINING WITH POTATOES A MEAT OR FISH  AND VEGETABLES  THEY LIKE COFFEE.  THEY MAKE VARIOUS CIDERS AND THEY ALSO ENJOY BEER.  THEY HAVE A MONOPOLY ON ALCOHOL HOWEVER.

SOME CINEMAS IN SWEDEN ARE WIDELY KNOWN.  INGMAR BERGMAN WAS A WELL KNOWN FILMMAKER IN THE 1950'S.  THEY HAD A VARIETY OF FAMOUS ACTRESSES AND ACTORS.

SINGING IS POPULAR IN SWEDEN AND 6000,000 FOLKS BELONG TO CHOIRS.  THEY SING MOSTLY POPULAR JOYFUL SONGS SOME BANDS PLAY " OR HEAVY METAL.  THEY ALSO ENJOY OPERAS.

THEIR MEDIEVAL BUILDINGS ARE OF STONE FROM THE 11TH CENTURY.  IN PREHISTORIC TIMES THE HOUSES WERE OF WOOD.  BRICKS WERE MADE IN THE LATE 13TH CENTURY.   MANY CHURCHES ARE OF LUND.  SOME CATHEDRALS TOOK `145 YEARS TO BUILD.  BY THE 1500'S THE KING HAD A PROGRAM OF BUILDING LARGE MANSIONS TO REPRESENT HIS MONARCHY.  CASTLES WERE INCLUDED AS WELL. 

TRADITIONAL SWEDISH CLOTHING IS VERY INTERNATIONALLY INFLUENCED  BUT TRADITIONALLY THEY DRESSED LIKE OUR PILGRIMS WITH .  THE WOMEN WOPRE LONG SKIRTS  AND MEN HAD TOP HATS AND SHORT OR LONG PANTS AND BOOTS AND LEATHER SHOES..

THEIR OLDEST ART IS FOUND IN CHURCHES- FRESCOES, ALTAR PIECES, AND MOTIFS.  THEY REPRESENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

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