I've been researching Sweden ever since I applied for the GROW program...and I've compiled a list of my favorite "fun facts" about the country I will call home for three months!
-Sweden is the third largest European country in land area, after France and Spain.
-Swedish people have the longest life expectancy in Europe (80.51 years in 2006).
-Swedish women have their first child on average at 30 years old, the oldest in Europe along with Ireland and the Netherlands.
-The world-famous discount furniture chain IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943.
-School lunch is free for all students in Sweden.
-The Nobel Prizes were founded by the Swedish inventor and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite in 1866.
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