Brief 4 - WAVEN -Swedish Heritage

I researched into the country of Sweden to gather some more information about the type of country it is, and thought about how I could link the Swedish Heritage/Spirit. I have highlighted a few that I think are quite interesting.

-The country is known as the Kingdom of Sweden as is on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

-The glad is blue with a below cross - the colours are taken from the Swedish Coat of Arms

-The capital city of Stockholm - which is made up of 14 Islands

-The currency is Swedish Krona (SEK)

-The total population of Sweden is around 9.3million

-85% of Sweden live in urban areas.

-It is a country of parliamentary democracy.

-It covers an areas of 450,000km2

-53% forests

-11% mountains

-8% cultivated land

-9% lakes and river

-15 % of Sweden lies north of the Arctic Circle

-Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural with increasing forest coverage northward.

-It is the land of the midnight sun. (colour scheme)

-It is divided into 21 countries

-It is a neutral country at peace - peacetime and neutrality in war time.

-People have the medieval right "The Right to Public Access'.

-The Swedish National Day is on June 6th.

-It is the Land of the Vikings - 'Rus'

-Northern Lights - The best viewing areas in Sweden are above the Arctic Circle between September and March - they are caused by the energy from the Sun carried towards Earth on solar winds.

-Sweden have special signs that Bargin Hunters look out for:

    -REA - means Sale

   -Extapris - used along side red labels indicates discounts of at least 10%

   -Fynd - special offers

-''Swedes like fashion. However, they avoid standing out in glitzy attire and will never abandon their jeans for too long''

-The country can be divided into 3 types of climate

   -southernmost part - oceanic climate

   -central part - humid continental climate

   -northernmost part - subarctic climate

I quite like the idea of using the the divisions of the country as the 'story', such as...

-the 4 areas - forest, mountains, cultivated land, lakes and river (could be used as imagery)

-3 types of climate

-Stockholm 14 Islands (Capital)

-21 countries of Sweden