SWEDEN By Mark Power

SWEDENBY MARK POWER

MAP OF EUROPE SHOWING SWEDEN

swedenMAP OF SWEDEN

FLAG OF SWEDEN

National Anthem

POPULATIONOverall: 9,074,055 Capital City: ( stockholm ); 1,622,300Amount of Mobile Phones: 3.835 millionLife Expectancy: 80Population of Other Main Cities:Goteberg: 506,600Malmo: 245,300 Uppsala: 127,300

Currency; Krona

ETHNICITYIndigenous Population

Mostly Consists Of:SwedesFinnish and Sami minoritiesYugoslavsDanesNorwegiansGreeksTurks

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIESServices: 74 %

Industry: 24%

Agriculture: 2%Unemployment Rate: 9.3 %MAIN INDUSTRIESIron and Steel precision equipment such as : bearings, radio, and telephone partsWood pulp and paper productsProcessed foodsMotor vehicles Resources: ZincIron oreLeadCopperSilver TimberUranium

Main AgricultureAgriculture: 2%Arable Land; 6%Labour Force; 3.95 MillionThe main outputs include barley, wheat, sugar beets, meet , and milk.

BRIEF HISTORYSweden emerged as an independant country in the Middle Ages and during the 17th Century the Swedish empire expanded and became one of the strongest countries in EuropeThis empire weakened when the eastern half of Sweden was lost to Russia in 1809. Since then Sweden has been neutral in both World Wars and has developed a peace ethos, taking part in no war since 1814.Famous Swedish peopleThe Swedish international soccer team including IbrahimovicThe world known band Swedish House MafiaThe famous band ABBA