Göthenburg, Sweden - 02/13/18

The capital

I figured we shoud learn a bit more about Sweden before we visit Gothenburg, not no be too overwhelmed with our experiences there.

Sweden's COA

Firstly, Sweden is the third-largest country in the EU by area, with 450.255km² (173.8mi²) and a total population of 10 million, the highest concentration being in the south, just like we've seen in Norway. - Also similar to Norway, Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, with Carl XV Gustav as the current king. 
The capital, as you may know, is Stockholm, the most populous of the nordic countries. Again, as we have learned about the "Scandinavian Model" Sweden also maintains a social welfare system like Norway, and ranks highly in numeral metrics of national performance; quality of life, health, education and so on. -What we still don't know is how they affort it, in Norway's case we know is the petrol, but what do they sell here:?

Interesting Fact: Feudalism never developed in Sweden as it did in the rest of Europe, slavery also was practically nonexistent. Slavery was abolished by King Magnus IV as early as 1335 in Sweden.

We are now on the other side of the conflict between Sweden and Norway, as we got indtroduced by Fredrick III (of Denmark and Norway) and Charles X of Sweden in our last stop, Halden.
 Sweden was the 3rd largest country in Europe (after Russia and Spain) under the rule of Carolus Rex's grandfather, after the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 which Sweden imposed over Denmark, conquering 1/3 of the land.

Interesting Fact:

• In the early 20th century more Swedes lived in Chicago than in Göthenburg (Sweden 2nd largest city)

• The country joind the EU in 1995.

• The country's border with Norway  (1.619km) is the largest whitin Europe.

• In the capital Stockholm, daylight lasts +18 hours in late June, and around 8 hours in late December

Sweden has brought up many important people, whitout whom the world as we know it would probably not exist, including: Alfred Bernhard Nobel; Inventor of dynamite and creator of the Nobel Prize, Anders Celsius; Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1741, and in 1742 proposed the Celsius temperature scale which bears his name. Lars Magnus Ericsson; entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson. Carl Linnaeus; astronomer, physicist and mathematician. formalised the modern system of naming organisms called 'binomial nomenclature'. He is known by the epithet "father of modern taxonomy" Nils Gustaf Dalén: founder of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. In 1912 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Jonas Wenström; "Edison's new invention of electric light: a glowing carbon strip, is the same thing that I discovered a year ago ... If I had his laboratory, and resources, I would have done the same and better ... a graphite strip between two mica plates provide a more effective light than Edison's."  - Jonas Wenström was an early pioneer in alternating current and is along with Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla credited as one of the inventors of the three-phase electrical system.

So now we know, most of the Swedish economy is based on the export of technical inventions and engineering, i.e:Tetra Pak.

Turning Torso - the world’s first twisting skyscraper and Scandinavia’s tallest tower at 190 metres.

Göthenburgis probably the second most 'important' and visited city in Sweden, specially the park in the city center, which is the most popular atraction in the country

Regarding recent bands and music, Sweden also presents many interesting figures, the most famous probably being the group ABBA, one of the first internationally well known popular music bands from Sweden. Other bands include: Roxette, Ace of Base, Europe, A-teens, The Cardigans, Robyn, The Hives and Soundtrack of Our Lives.

Most importantly, many heavy metal bands such as: Opeth. Bathory, Amon Amarth and Ghost, also come from Sweden!

SWEDISH ARCHITECTURE : 

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