Sweden is the 2 nd finger

1. Sweden is the 2nd finger By, Abby Thomas

2. North, East, South, West The reason why Sweden is called the 2nd finger is because there is Finland, Sweden, and Norway. Sweden is northern from the southern tip. Sweden is about 1,000 miles long but only 310 miles wide. Mountains from the northwest, but Sweden's actually a flat except for some small hills. Sweden is mostly filled with forest ,and lakes. This is easy for Swedes to find jobs because most of them work inside. But there is not really farming there. How is their geography ,climate, and natural resources connected to their daily lives and or jobs.

3. The clothing style They dress presentable when they go out. They dress like European fashion. Some of the people are forced to were the clothes of there religion. They dress warm there.

4. Time to eat  • Lingo berry — Sweden’s favorite sauce • Pickled herring — center of the smorgasbord • Crisp bread — hard to beat • Pea soup and pancakes • Prinsesstårta — a royal indulgence • They are Crazy for crawfish • Surströmming — foul-smelling fish • Lördagsgodis -Saturday candy

5. The story of history It was the end of the Ice Age that brought the first inhabitants to Scandinavia more than twelve thousand years ago. As the receding glaciers and the warming climate turned barren permafrost into lush plains and vast forests. The first is person Gustav Vasa, whose leadership established the foundations of the Swedish nation state in the early sixteenth century. The second is Gustav II Adolf, a figure perhaps better known as GustavusAdolphus, the "Lion of the North."

6. Continue Although lacking the resources of other, larger European states. Sweden under Gustav II Adolf won a stunning series of campaigns that catapulted the kingdom to great power status within just a few decades. In 1632, the by-then legendary commander was killed at the battle of Lützen, leaving Sweden a troubled legacy of vast possessions, great influence, and a century of almost constant war. One result of that experience has been a deep commitment to neutrality in subsequent European conflicts, including both World Wars.

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8. The Easter traditions Easter - Maundy Thursday On the Thursday before Easter in Sweden the prettiest little “Easter Witches” appear. Young girls dress up with scarves over their heads and make-up on their faces. They roam from house to house delivering Easter cards, singing and asking for sweets to fill their coffee pots before departing on their broomsticks towards the Brocken! While Australian children hunt for hollow chocolate Easter eggs, Swedish children receive Easter eggs filled with lollies on Easter Eve. A birch twig decorated with colored feathers is the Easter symbol and as the long awaited Easter holidays approach, these colorful charms fill the markets while children set up Easter decorations and paint eggs in a rainbow of different colors.

9. He walpurgis night April 30th marks the official end of winter and declares the beginning of spring with an evening of grand bonfires where smoke and choir music waft through the air. This celebration originally hails from Germany. Walburga, the German abbess in the 8th century, has now become Sweden’s Valborg. Lighting bonfires in Sweden is nothing new, especially in the eastern parts where as an ancient custom it was done to scare off predators making it safe for sheep and cattle to graze. It was also part of a custom protecting people against witches, who were believed to gather on this very night in worship of satan. Traditions surrounding Walpurgis Night are particularly strong in university towns like Uppsala and Lund. Instead of witches, you’ll find choral singing, speeches and students wearing white-topped graduation caps. It is simply a time to sing out the winter and sing in the spring and of course, get rid all the winter debris!

10. Sweden's National Day Until as recently as 1983, Sweden was one of few countries not to celebrate a national day. But since as far back as June 6 1916, they have celebrated Swedish Flag day, which ultimately became National Day. Today, celebrating Sweden’s national day is an all out affair, with almost every town having their own speeches, festivities, music and generous dishing out of Swedish flags. The biggest and grandest of these celebrations takes place at Skansen, an open-air museum in Stockholm where the royal family meet together with oh say 15,000 of their “closest” friends, the public. The 6th of June was chosen to celebrate Swedish nationalism as it marks the anniversary of Gustav Vasa being elected King of Sweden in 1523. It is also the day that Sweden’s constitution was signed in 1809. If you’re expecting a lazy National Day in Sweden, you’ll find it’s business as usual however the blue and yellow flag and banners abound.

11. Crawl fish party In Sweden August nights are warm and the perfect time to savor one of the most celebrated sea foods, the humble crayfish. With August being the perfect crayfish month, preferably around full moon, Swedes everywhere adorn their tables with bright colorful tablecloths, candles and big bowls of steamed crayfish, bread, cheese and schnapps. With small paper hats and matching bibs, children belt out odes to the crayfish after which grown-ups throw back the schnapps and everyone enjoys a feast of crayfish. At some parties, guests even get to pick out the crayfish of their choice from a box in the corner of the room. C Unfortunately crayfish are out of season in Australia until 15th of November, when all Australians can enjoy catching them from our beautiful ocean. The second half of August is also the time for the Baltic herring premier. Not quite as embraced as the crayfish party by non-Swedes, fermented and rather pungent to smell, herring is simply eaten out of the jar, often with boiled dill potatoes!

12. Santa Lucia Brings Light The Lucia ceremony has developed into an event of national importance in Sweden. Lucia, whose “name-day” is the 13th December, was a saint from Syracuse who was martyred for her Christian beliefs. How Lucia came to Sweden from Syracuse, no one knows. It seems that at some point, the idea of Lucia, meaning light, merged with a legend from Värmland, a province in Western Sweden. There it is related that during a time of great poverty, a young woman appeared out of nowhere and sailed round the lake in a huge ship filled with food which she distributed to the starving people. The blonde Lucia, the Lady of Light, dresses in a long white robe tied with a broad red sash and with a crown of flickering candles on her head, she brings with her a tray full of special Lucia bread. “Bread for hunger, and candles to lighten the darkness”  Now, Lucia appears throughout Sweden - in the family circle, at the office, at school, in the hospitals and, often in a public parade through town. Accompanied by “star boys” with tall hats, singing the traditional Lucia song, special loose buns are passed around.  

13. Pictures of the holiday Sweden's National Day Santa Lucia Brings Light Easter

14. 3- 13 What do we need to know about these people the understand what makes there culture unique?

15. The economic data Their gdp growth rate is 4.0% Their gdp per capita is $381.7million Their industry is 22.3% Their services is 70.9% Their agriculture is 1.8% And their unemployment rate is 7.5% I think that their a developed country and a high living one because all of their data is about the same to the U.S.A’s data. What does their economic data reveal about their quality of life?

16. US and Sweden Approximately 1200 American airmen would ultimately be interned in Sweden. But as the number of American airmen "overtook" any reasonable number of possible "exchanges,“. While Sweden remained neutral throughout World War II, they did allow emergency landings by both Allied and Axis aircraft, mostly bombers that were too damaged and too distant from their home base to make it back safely. How does this event affected the US? Or how has the Us affected this event?