- The geographical region that includes Sweden, Norway and Denmark is known as Scandinavia.
-Swedish Lapland is home to The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, which are lights in shades of green, red and blue caused by activity on the surface on the sun, that can be seen shimmering in the night sky during winter.
- The currency used in Sweden is the Swedish Krona.
- One of the world's most famous pop groups, ABBA, hail from Sweden.
- Swedish residents are known as Swedes (not to be confused with the vegetable).
- Sweden is home to roughly 100,000 lakes.
- Both of Sweden’s coasts are home to a large collection of archipelagos.
- Sweden has roughly 270,000 islands.
- Swedish Lapland is home to the Brown Bear.
- The famous traditional Swedish lunch, containing lots of little bites to eat, is known as a Smorgasbord and is a must when journeying here.
