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 * Sweden** borders Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast and it is connected to Denmark by a bridge in the south.

[|Midsummer Eve - aka midsommar] is celebrated between June 20th-25th.

Time (CET) and Weather in Stockholm
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Planeta.com
[|Sámi Markan Jukkasjarvi] https://planeta.com/allemansratten https://planeta.com/dostadning

Headlines
[] [|Marknadsdags: "Här i Jukkasjärvi siktar vi högt" (Market Day: "Here in Jukkasjarvi We aim high")] [|Sweden mulls future of Arctic sleeper trains - Rail Journal] [] [|The wreck of Vasa, a brilliant disaster] [|My Swedish habits that foreigners just don't get] [|Responsible Travel Week, dag 1: Kreativitet] [|Responsible Travel Week, dag 2: Generositet] [|Responsible Travel Week, dag 3: Uppmärksamhet] [|Responsible Travel Week, dag 4: Nyfikenhet] [|Responsible Travel Week, dag 5: Empati] [| Kiruna was not built in uninhabited wilderness (Kiruna byggdes inte i obefolkad vildmark)] [|Looking Back on the Greatest Twitter Experiment Ever] [|sweden-rated-as-worlds-greenest-country] [|Tourism adrift in national parks (Turism vind för våg i nationalparker)] [|Kiruna: How to move a town two miles east - BBC] [] [] [|The right of public access, Everyman's right] [|Jedermannsrecht – die (beinahe) unbegrenzte Freiheit in Skandinaviens Wildnis]

Recommended listening
[|Radio Sweden] - [|‎@radiosweden] [|Sustainable Development in Sweden - Steve Henry] [|Sweden is showing the way in renewable energy and energy efficiency]

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Wiki
europetour ikea naturalstep sami Swedish Lapland Swedish

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Currency
Sweden is within European Union but has its own currency "Swedish krona" SEK. Exchanges can be made at banks, airports, train stations and most hotels. Scandinavian currency is not interchangeable between countries as each has a different exchange rate value. Major credit cards are widely accepted throughout Scandinavia.

**Language**
Swedish is the official language, but also Sámi, Finnish, Romani chib and Jiddish are accepted as minority languages. English is Sweden's second language and is spoken throughout the country. We encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to speak the native tongue. Phrase books, dictionaries and Swedish language apps are a great help.

FYI
By the early 1900s, 1.2 million Swedes had emigrated to USA. Today there are about 10 million people of Swedish heritage in the USA.

Upcoming events
[|Events-in-Sweden]

Flickr
[|Nutti Sami Siida] - [|Reindeer Lodge] [|Swedish National Heritage Board]

Flickr Groups
[|Sweden before 1945] [|Thematic Sweden] [|Sweden Countryside]

Tourism Portals
[|Visit Sweden] [|Follow VisitSweden] []

http://www.vastsverige.com/en/west-sweden [|@WestSwedenTB] http://www.visitaswede.com/

http://bloggar.visitsweden.com/oas/ http://twitter.com/#!/OutdoorInSweden https://www.facebook.com/OutdoorInSweden
 * Outdoor in Sweden**

itbw award
2010 Winner - [|Nutti Sami Siida] in the heart of Lapland. Adventures based on indigenous Sámi culture.

Facebook
[|Visit Sweden] [|The Swedish Fika = Coffeebreak] [|Nutti Sámi Siida] [|ICEHOTEL]

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/swedens-endangered-ancient-language

Twitter
[|@anderskarr] [|@gronaturisten] [|@TheLocalSweden] [|@Sweden] [|@ICEHOTEL_Sweden] [|@radiosweden] [|@swedense] [|@OutdoorInSweden] [|@VisitSwedenUK] [|@raa_se] [|@LolaAkinmade] [|@slowstockholm] [|@NBCSweden] [|@Fair_Travel_Swe] [|@Unescosverige] [|@Vastarvet] [|@raa_se] [|@RomanusMika] https://twitter.com/swedeninusa https://twitter.com/jowwen https://twitter.com/SwedenUN

YouTube
[|Sweden official] [|Nutti Sámi Siida]

Wikipedia
[|Sweden] [|Midnight_sun]

Community of Sweden
[|Pictures] [|Things you didnt know that you wanted to know about Sweden]

Archaeology
[|Välkommen att söka i Fornsök!]

Parks
http://www.swedishepa.se http://www.swedishepa.se/Enjoying-nature/Protected-areas/National-Parks [|National parks - Visit Sweden] [|National parks of Sweden - Wikipedia]

Created in 1909-1910 along with a few other national parks in Sweden, Sarek National Park is the oldest national park in Europe. Sarek is home to 100 glaciers and six of Sweden’s thirteen highest peaks.
 * Sarek National Park**

[] [|Sarek National Park] [|Trekking Sarek National Park]

[|Stora Sjöfallet National Park - Wikipedia] [|Stora Sjöfallet National Park]
 * Stora Sjöfallet National Park**

Universities
[|Lund] [|Uppsala]

Laponia world heritage
[|Laponia]

Rail Travel
[|Sweden mulls future of Arctic sleeper trains - Rail Journal] http://www.scandinavianrail.com/scenicrail/sweden/arctic-circle-train http://www.eurail.com/europe-by-train/night-trains/sj https://www.sj.se

Tourism Industry
[|Nature's Best] [|Nature's Best Sweden] - https://www.facebook.com/NaturesBestSweden [|TRIP network for tourism] (page in Swedish use Google translator) excellent example of broadcasting seminars on the Web [|Swedish Tourism Awards] [|Konkurs & springnota vid Fulufjället]

Environment
[|Tällberg foundation] [|sei-international]

Waste - to - Energy
[|sweden-imports-trash] [|forbranning] (PDF)

News
[|The Local: Sweden's News in English] [|Travel News]

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Swedish National Heritage Board] - [] [|Swedish Ecotourism Society] [|Reindeer Portal] [] - [] [] [] [|Anna Martinez] [|Swedish national anthem] [] [] [] - [|@gronaturisten]

Baseball
[|Baseball] http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBasebollochSoftbollForbundet/InEnglish https://www.facebook.com/pages/Svenska-Baseboll-och-Softboll-F%C3%B6rbundet/176722862344243 http://www.thelocal.se/48204/20130530

Editing
[|Sweden]

Recent Events
http://www.travelreport.se/2012/10/29/rapport-fran-travel-tourism-and-sustainable-development-2012 March 21 - 24 [|Swedish International Tourism Fair] - [|Facebook] [|Event calendar from Visit Sweden] [|Live broadcast from Swedish tourism investment day]
 * October 25** [|Tourism, Travel and Sustainable Development]

Ikea
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Maps
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Abisko
http://www.auroraskystation.se http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g774912-Abisko_Norrbotten_Lapland-Vacations.html [|Abisko National Park] - [|Wikipedia]

Åre
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Fulufjället
http://www.panparks.org/newsroom/news/2012/boosting-wilderness-protection-in-sweden [] http://www.dt.se/nyheter/alvdalen/1.4983657-nationalpark-jubilerar-samtidigt-som-stugby-gatt-i-konkurs

Jukkasjärvi
[|Jukkasjärvi - Wikipedia]

Jokkmokk
jokkmokk

Kiruna (Swedish Lapland)
http://www.kirunalapland.se - https://twitter.com/KirunaLapland http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/02044.html http://www.kirunalapland.se/en/Home/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiruna

Nikkaluokta
http://www.nikkaluokta.com/index.php?id=1511

Rensjön
[|Rensjon.com] [|Google Map]

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Stockholm
Stockholm

[|Torsång - Wikipedia]
 * Torsång **

Umea
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People
[|Carl Linnaeus] (1707-1778) was a botanist, physician and zoologist and laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclatur (family name and species) plants and animals which today is used all over the world.

Seasons
September: moose hunting and autumn colours

Food
Flatbread is a speciality from the cuisine of northern Sweden. It can be both soft and crisp and is most commonly baked from rye or barley. []

Swedish Chef
[|What Do Swedes Think of the Swedish Chef?]

Embedded Tweets
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Quotes
He who views only the products of his only country may be said to inhabit a single world while those who see and consider the productions of other climes bring many worlds in review before them. - [|Carl Linnaeus] (1754), cited by Roger Fyfe, [|Macmillan Brown Lecture #1, 2010]

FYI
In modern [|Sweden], [|Midsummer's Eve]<[| and][|Midsummer's Day][|(][|Midsommarafton] [| and][|Midsommardagen][|)] were formerly celebrated on June 23 and 24, but since 1953 the celebration has been moved to the Friday and Saturday between June 19 and 26 with the main celebrations taking place on Friday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_crane http://www.blataget.com

Sveriges nationaldag
June 6 is the National Day of Sweden (//Sveriges nationaldag//) and is a public holiday. Celebrated previously as Flag Day, June 6th is thought to be the day Gustav Vasa became Sweden's first king in 1523

misc Sweden is the first country in the world with its own phone number. Dial +46771793336 to talk to a random Swede.

Translating*: What happened in Sweden last night?
http://planeta.com/1702sweden Afrikaans: Wat gebeur in Swede gisteraand? Chinese: 昨晚在瑞典发生了什么？ Estonian: Mis juhtus Rootsis eile õhtul? French: Que s'est-il passé en Suède hier soir? German: Was geschah in der letzten Nacht in Schweden? Hawaiian: Ka mea hiki i Kuekene i keia po? Maori: Eaha tei tupu i roto i te Sweden whakamutunga po? Russian: То, что произошло в Швеции прошлой ночью? Spanish: ¿Qué pasó en Suecia anoche? Swedish: Vad hände i Sverige i går kväll?

Translating with Google, so local suggestions/corrections requested https://twitter.com/i/moments/833296965240774658 https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/833342405185269760 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sweden-idUSKBN15Y0QH http://www.aftonbladet.se/a/WP0KG https://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2017/feb/24/trump-fox-news-and-the-truth-about-in-sweden-in-data

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https://twitter.com/i/moments/834728558975127552 ‪⚡️ “What is actually happening in Sweden? ”‬

‪https://twitter.com/i/moments/834728558975127552‬

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