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The Eurasian blackbird is the national bird of Sweden. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Sweden. The avifauna of Sweden included a total of 554 confirmed species as of June 2023, according to BirdLife Sveriges (BLS) with supplemental additions from Avibase. [1] Of them, one has been introduced by humans, one is extinct, and three ...
Skansen (Swedish: [ˈskǎnːsɛn]; "the Sconce") is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.
Swedish art. Swedish art refers to the visual arts produced in Sweden or by Swedish artists. Sweden has existed as a country for over 1,000 years, and for times before this, as well as many subsequent periods, Swedish art is usually considered as part of the wider Nordic art of Scandinavia. It has, especially since about 1100, been strongly ...
The world's largest Dalecarlian horse, made of concrete and located in Avesta, Sweden The world's largest Dalecarlian horse painting, painted by Shai Dahan in New York City 2019. A Dalecarlian horse ( / ˌ d ɑː l ə ˈ k ɑːr l i ə n / DAH -lə- KAR -lee-ən ) [ 1 ] or Dala horse ( Swedish : dalahäst ) is a traditional carved, painted ...
The history of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, for many centuries coincided with the development of what is today known as Gamla stan, the Stockholm Old Town. Stockholm's raison d'être always was to be the Swedish capital and by far the largest city in the country.
Bruno Andreas Liljefors ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbrʉ̌ːnʊ ˈlɪ̂lːjɛˌfɔʂ] ⓘ; 14 May 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially with dramatic situations. He was the most important and probably most influential Swedish wildlife painter of the late nineteenth ...
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 ...
Stockholm. / 59.32944°N 18.06861°E / 59.32944; 18.06861. Stockholm ( Swedish: [ˈstɔ̂kː (h)ɔlm] ⓘ) [ 10] is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, [ 11] with 1.6 million in the urban area, and ...