Symbols of Sweden

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Symbols of Sweden
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Elk

• The Elk is the biggest deer in Europe.
• We have a season for elk hunting in the autumn.

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A little red wooden house.
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Winter and skiing

• Sweden is a very long country from north to
  south, with both hot and cold weather.
  
• We have a lot of snow in the winter, at least in
  the northern part.
  
• It is very common to go cross country skiing. The
  most famous race is the Vasa Race which is 90
  kilometers and has more than 15 000
  participants.

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Dala horse

• A well known symbol for Sweden is the
  Dalahorse
  
• It is made in only one place in the world, and
  that is in the village Nusnäs, just by the lake
  Siljan, east of the city Mora, in the middle of
  Dalarna in Sweden.

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• IKEA is a privately-owned, international home
  products retailer that sells flat pack furniture,
  accessories, bathrooms and kitchens at retail
  stores around the world.
• IKEA was founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad in
  Sweden and it is owned by a Dutch-registered
  foundation controlled by the Kamprad family.
  
• The name IKEA is formed from the founder's
  initials (Ingvar Kamprad) plus the first letters
  of Elmtaryd (E) and Agunnaryd (A), the farm and
  village where he grew up.

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• Another famous Swedish business is Hennes
  Mauritz AB (operating as HM). It is a Swedish
  clothing company, known for its inexpensive and
  fashionable clothing for women, men, teenagers
  and children. HM has more than 1,500 stores in
  28 different countries and has more than 68,000
  employees.

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ABBA

• A well known pop-group from Sweden is Abba.
• They were active between 1972 and 1982.
• They topped the charts worldwide from the
  mid-1970s to the early 1980s. The name "ABBA" is
  an acronym formed from the first letters of each
  of the group members given names (Agnetha,
  Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid).
• The most well known Abba songs are probably
  Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen.

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Famous Athletes

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a well known football
  player from Sweden.
  
• Today he plays for the Swedish national team and
  the Italian club Internatzionale. Inter has taken
  three straight Scudetto victories. Zlatan scored
  the two goals in the final and decisive match
  against Parma.

• Carolina Klüft is a Swedish athlete. She has for
  a long time been the most successful participant
  in the heptathlon. She is the current Olympic,
  World and European champion.
• Today she only participates in long jump and
  triple jump.

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Holiday cottages

• Many Swedes have a holiday cottage of their own.
  Either close to the sea or in the countryside
  often close to a lake. Some people also have a
  holiday cottage in the mountains. There are about
  675 000 holiday cottages in Sweden overall.