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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden 00:04:44 1 Etymology 00:06:25 2 History 00:06:33 2.1 Prehistory 00:09:06 2.2 The Vikings 00:11:19 2.3 The Kingdom of Sweden 00:20:10 2.4 Swedish Empire 00:26:50 2.5 Modern history 00:30:25 2.6 World War I and World War II 00:32:52 2.7 Post-war era 00:35:04 2.8 Recent history 00:39:20 3 Geography 00:43:07 3.1 Climate 00:50:36 3.2 Vegetation 00:55:05 4 Politics 00:55:14 4.1 Constitutional framework 01:00:27 4.2 Political parties and elections 01:04:18 4.3 Administrative divisions 01:07:09 4.4 Political history 01:12:48 4.5 Judicial system 01:15:22 4.6 Foreign relations 01:19:16 4.7 Military 01:22:47 5 Economy 01:32:14 5.1 Energy 01:34:42 5.2 Transport 01:40:23 5.3 Public policy 01:48:18 5.4 Science and technology 01:51:52 5.5 Taxes 01:53:11 5.6 Pensions 01:53:48 6 Demographics 01:57:16 6.1 Language 02:00:38 6.2 Religion 02:05:47 6.3 Health 02:06:37 6.4 Education 02:08:50 6.5 Immigration 02:13:07 6.6 Crime 02:14:54 7 Culture 02:17:37 7.1 Music 02:22:13 7.2 Architecture 02:24:36 7.3 Media 02:27:22 7.4 Literature 02:29:56 7.5 Holidays 02:31:28 7.6 Cuisine 02:32:58 7.7 Cinema 02:33:31 7.8 Fashion 02:34:09 7.9 Sports 02:37:33 8 International rankings 02:37:56 9 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.8458349396564632 Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Sweden (Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] (listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige ), is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country. Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats (Swedish Götar) and Swedes (Svear) and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested. Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in general very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence, that in spite of this still retains warm continental summers. Today, the sovereign state of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as head of state, like its neighbour Norway. The capital city is Stockholm, which is also the most populous city in the country. Legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag. Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister. Sweden is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities. An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the Hanseatic League threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian Kalmar Union in 1397, which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years War on the Reformist side, an expansion of its territories began and eventually the Swedish Empire was formed. This became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly in ... |