The Sweden Report (One page, basic version)
Overview |History | Geography | Economy | People | Current Event
Star Player | World Cup Information | Links | Sources

Overview
.  Sweden is a contry in Northern Europe between Finland adn Norway.  Sweeden also borders the Batlic Sea, the Gulf o Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak.  Sweden has not fougth in any war in two centuries.  It's armed forces were neutral in both World Wars.  weden had a long-successful economic capitalistist system that is becomming more and more unsuccessful recently due to high unemployment, rising maintenance costs, and declining postions on world markets.
History
         Sweden had a lot of military strength in the 17th century.  Sweden has not participated in a War in 2 years. It's capital just celebrated it 750th anniversary

Geography

• Capital:  Stockholm
• Other Cities:  Kiruna,  Tarnaby, Lulea, Umea, Sundsvall, Hudiksvall, Gavle, Uppsala, Karlstad, Orebro, Norrkoping, Linkoping, Jonkoping, Goteborg, Kalmar, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Karlskrona, Solvesborg, Malmo
• Landforms:
• Neighbors:  Norway, Finland
• Climate:  temperate insouth with col, cloudy, winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subartic in north

• Currency: Swedish Krona
• GDP (per capita):  purchasing power parity- $22,200
• Labor force breakdown: agriculure 2%, industry 24%, sevices 74%
• Inflation rate:  1.2%
• Major exports:  machinery  35%, motor vehicles, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
• Other industries:
• Trading partners:
• Debt: $66.5 billion

• population: 8,875,053
• Population growth rate: 0.02%
• Birth rate: 9.91 births/1,000 population
• Death rate: 10.61 deaths/1,000 population
• Ethnic groups: indigenous population: Swedes and Finnish and Sami

               minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants:
               Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
• Religions: Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist,

               Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
•  Languages: Swedish
• literacy: age 15 and over can read and write

               total population:  99% (1979 est.)

Current Event
      Title: Power restored at Stolckholm Anniversary
       Author of atricle: The Associated Press
       Date of Article: June 1, 2002
       Source: Washingtonpost.com
       Locations: Stolkholm, Sweden

           The power was lost in a fire on Wednesday afternoon.  The fire took out elcricity to 20,000 household adn bussineses.  The black o tlastad 3 days before pwer was restored just in time for Stolckhom's 750th anniverary.  Birka Energi said that all customers had their power back by Saturday morningwhch allowed the weeklong celebrations to go on.

Star Player: Freddie Ljungberg

• jersey number #9
• Birth Date:  16 April 197
•  Height:  176 cm
• Weight:  75 kg
• Position:  MF (wing)
• Current Club:  Arsenal (ENG)
• Int'l Goals:  2 (as of 27 May 2002
• Int'l Caps:  32 (as of 27 May 2002)
• First Int'l Cap:  USA (24 January 1998)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Links

• Wahington Post :  the current ecnt article

• CIA World Factbook (Sweden) :  flag, geography, economy, and people section.
• Sports Illustrated May 27, 2002
• Ask. Jeeves