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SWEDEN – AN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRY

SWEDEN – AN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRY 

Sweden is a Nordic country in the part of Northern Europe. It is surrounded by Norway and Finland. There is a bridge called Oresund Bridge that connects Sweden and Denmark over the river by two track rail. The largest city in Sweden is Stockholm which is the capital of Sweden that has around population of 2 million.  2^nd and 3^rd largest cities are respectively Gothenburg & Malmo.  

Sweden has registered their European Union membership at 1995. With the area of         4, 00,000 square kilometer, Sweden has been listed as the third largest country in European Union. Though the population reaches about 9.2 million, there is a less population density as 20 people per square kilometer whilst the southern half has a little bit higher density. Even though it has no official language, Swedish is the language spoken by majority of Sweden People as 90%. Similar to Switzerland, it is a neutral country during the period of war in the middle of 20^th century. . 

Sweden economy is highly industrialized and modern. Economy of Sweden primarily depends on the export market economy. Because of its neutrality and peace, it has deserved a high standard of living with a system of high tech markets. As it is well known for high-tax, it has been ranked as second country that has highest tax revenue after Denmark. Unlike other countries in European continent, Sweden holds the unemployment rate as less as 2 to 3 %.  

Education system in Sweden has been classified by age group. Children from 6 to 16 years must have the comprehensive school. There are only a few countries that offer high quality education environment such as United States, Canada and Japan. Together with few countries in Europe, Government of Sweden offers the best tuition to students from the international level. There are numerous institutions that can be indexed for oldest and largest which are situated in Stockholm, Uppsala, Lund and Gothenburg.  

Being a modern industrialized nation, it has the strong record in science and inventions. Anders Celsius, Carolus Linnaeus and Alfred Nobel are some of the famous scientists from Sweden.