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Wildlife of Sweden. Located in the Scandinavian Peninsula, Sweden is a mountainous country dominated by lakes and forests. Its habitats include mountain heath, montane forests, tundra, taiga, beech forests, rivers, lakes, bogs, brackish, marine coasts, and cultivated land. The climate of Sweden is mild for a country at this latitude, largely ...
Comital families. Bernadotte of Wisborg (Luxembourgish title awarded to various members of the House of Bernadotte) Crapon de Caprona. Fouché d'Otrante ( Napoleonic nobility) von der Groeben (German nobility) von Hallwyl (Swiss nobility) Joussineau de Tourdonnet (French nobility) Lagergren (Papal/Italian nobility) Landberg.
Skogskyrkogården came about following an international competition in 1915 for the design of a new cemetery in Enskede in the southern part of Stockholm, Sweden. The entry called "Tallum" by the young architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz was selected.
By the end of the 15th century, the population in Stockholm can be estimated to 5,000–7,000 people, which made it a relatively small town compared to several other contemporary European cities. On the other hand, it was far larger than any other city in Sweden.
Forests of Sweden. Sweden is covered by 68% forest. [ 1] In southern Sweden, human interventions started to have a significant impact on broadleaved forests around 2000 years ago, where the first evidence of extensive agriculture has been found. [ 2] Recent studies describe a long-term process of borealization in south-central Sweden starting ...
This is a list of people connected to Stockholm, Sweden.. Carl Michael Bellman, 1779 Charles IX of Sweden Queen Christina, 17th C. Britt Ekland, 1972 Greta Garbo, 1931 Elsa Hosk, 1987 in Stockholm Johan Harmenberg, 1980 Magdalena Eriksson, 2016 Jenny Lind, 1850 Carl Lindhagen, ca.1900 Alfred Nobel, pre 1896 Anne Sofie von Otter, 2011 Olof Palme, 1984 August Strindberg, ca.1900 Greta Thunberg, 2020
Sámi peoples. The Sámi ( / ˈsɑːmi / SAH-mee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi -speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The region of Sápmi was formerly known as Lapland, and the Sámi ...
Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården(pronounced[ˈjʉ̌ː(r)ɡɔɳ]or[ˈjʉ̂ːrˌɡoːɖɛn]ⓘ) or, more officially, Kungliga Djurgården(Swedishfor 'The [Royal] Game Park'), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open ...