A presentation about leisure in Scandinavia.

1. Scandinavia By: Omar Al Mansoori

2. Content
• About Scandinavia
• Sweden
• About Sweden
• History of Sweden
• Best places to visit in Sweden

3. About Scandinavia
• Scandinavia is a historical and
geographical region covering
much of Northern Europe.
• The region includes:
• Norway
• Sweden
• Denmark
• Finland
• Iceland

4. • the languages spoken in Scandinavia are called
North Germanic Languages, and include Danish,
Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese.
• The major cities in Scandinavia are the capitals of
the five countries: Stockholm (Sweden), Oslo
(Norway), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki
(Finland), and Reykjavik (Iceland).

5. S W E D E N

6. About Sweden
• Capital: Stockholm
• Population: estimated
9,658,301
• Official name: Kingdom of
Sweden
• Official language: Swedish
• National holiday: Flag day,
June 6
• Currency: Swedish krona
• Flag:

7. • Sweden is a country located in Northern Europe
bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat
and Skagerrak.
• The geography of Sweden is mostly flat with
mountains in the west. The government system is a
constitutional monarchy. The chief of state is the
King and the head of government is the Prime
Minister.
• Sweden has a mixed economic system in which
there is a variety of pirate freedom, combined with
centralised member economic planning and
government regulation. Sweden is a member of the
European Union (EU).

8. History of Sweden
(Viking Age)
• Sweden became known to the
rest of the world through the
Vikings who emerged in the 9th
century to raid much of northern
Europe.
• The (Swedes Vikings) went east
across the Baltic Sea.
• They settled in Finland and
traded with Baltic countries.
• Their leader Rurik has found
Russia

9. Best places to visit in
Sweden

10. Stockholm Palace
• he Royal Palace is one of the
largest palaces in Europe. It’s
the official residence of His
Majesty the King of Sweden.
• The palace is built in baroque
style by the architect
Nicodemus Tessin and is
formed as a Roman palace.
• The palace has more than 600
rooms divided between seven
floors with a state apartment
facing the city and smaller living
rooms facing the inner
courtyard.

11. Gothenburg
• Gothenburg is the second
largest city in Sweden and the
fifth largest in the Nordic
countries.

12. The Stockholm
Archipelago
• One of the most fantastic parts
of Stockholm and Sweden is still
a secret for many — the
magnificent Stockholm
archipelago.
• This maritime landscape of
more than 30,000 islands, islets
and skerries, of which just some
one thousand are inhabited, is
unique in the world both in
summer and winter.

13. ICEHOTEL
• ICEHOTEL is the world’s first
and largest hotel built of snow
and ice and it is situated in
Jukkasjärvi, a small village in
Northern Sweden with 1,100
residents and 1,000 dogs.
• It covers 5,500 square meters
and is constructed from 1,000
tonnes of Torne River ice and
30,000 tons of “snice”, a mixture
of snow and ice that
strengthens the structure.

14. Visby
• Visby is one of Scandinavia's
preeminent medieval cities.
Every August, it hosts its
medieval week, complete with
authentic dress, feasts and
jousting.

15. Malmö
• Malmö is Sweden's third largest
city and home to the Øresund
Bridge, which connects Sweden
to Denmark over the Øresund
Strait.
• The city, once plagued by an
industrial past, is now known for
its university and green
buildings.