What does IKEA stand for? In 1943, a 17-year-old named Ingvar Feodor Kamprad (1926–2018) got some money from his father for doing well in school, despite being dyslexic. Kamprad used the money to ...

A balanced budget. Sweden's national debt to GDP ratio has mostly fallen since 1995, and has remained lower than the Euro Zone average. All three leading credit agencies give Sweden the highest credit ...

Raoul Wallenberg – biography in brief. Born: 4 August 1912 Place of birth: Lidingö, Stockholm Education: Architecture degree from the University of Michigan, 1935 Arrival in Budapest: July 1944 ...

Västerbotten cheese quiche recipe. Ingredients (8 servings) Quiche dough: 3 dl wheat flour 125 g butter 0.5 tsp salt 1 tbsp cold water Filling: 3 eggs 2 dl cream 2 pinches coarsely ground black pepper ...

Sweden is the country up north where great ideas grow. Sweden.se has the stories. Welcome to the official website of Sweden!

There are many different kinds of taxes in Sweden. Most people pay only local tax on their annual income. This tax rate varies depending on the local authority and ranges, roughly, from 29 to 35 per ...

Walpurgis Night – Valborg in Swedish – is a kick-off for spring. On the last day of April, people sing songs of spring and bonfires are lit across the country. The Walpurgis celebrations are not a ...

Christoffer Carlsson and his slow-burn crime novel, Under the Storm.Photo: Thron Ullberg and Hogarth 2. Under the Storm, by Christoffer Carlsson (Järtecken) Translated by Rachel Willson Broyles ...

1. Separation of church and state. The Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan) is Evangelical Lutheran and has its secretariat in Uppsala, a city that has been the centre of religion in Sweden since the ...

6. Lagom – the word aiming for perfect calibration. It might not be the first word of Swedish you learn, but you are bound to come across the word lagom at some point if you settle down in Sweden..

The Swedish health system performs well in general, life expectancy in the country is high and the general health among the population is good. Reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the ...

Some say the switch to the summer house is a ritual deeply engrained in the Swedish psyche. Before there was cheap and accessible international travel, many Swedes took advantage of something else ...