Travel Destinations Sweden

The two main spectator sports are football (soccer) and ice hockey. Second to football, horse sports have the highest number of practitioners, mostly women. Thereafter follow golf, athletics, and the team sports of handball, floorball, basketball and bandy. American sports such as baseball and American football are also practiced but have no widespread popularity.

Facts, Icons and Landmarks

Sweden is the 55th largest country in the world and the 5th largest in Europe. The country is somewhat larger than the U.S. state of California, and in 2006 it had a population of 9.1 million people.
Sweden has a low population density except in its metropolitan areas, with most of the inland consisting of forests. The country has large natural resources of water, timber, and iron ore. Its citizens enjoy a high standard of living in a country that is generally perceived as modern and liberal. The award winning Turning Torso skyscraper in Malmö, is 190 meters tall and is the highest skyscraper in Sweden and the second-highest residential one in Europe.
Swedish cuisine, like that of the other Scandinavian countries (Denmark and Norway), is traditionally simple. Fish, meat and potatoes play prominent roles. Spices are sparse. Famous dishes include Swedish meatballs, plättar (Swedish pancakes), lutfisk, the smörgås (open-faced sandwich), and the famous 'Smörgåsbord'or lavish buffet.