Here are some really FUN and SHOCKING facts about Sweden!
1. An average of 1,836,000 meatballs are eaten daily in all of Ikea’s 313 stores worldwide. Ikea was founded in Sweden in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad
2. Sweden was the first country in the world to ban the smacking of children in 1979. Since then, 35 other countries have followed suit
3. Sweden has the highest number of McDonald’s restaurants per capita in Europe, with 227 restaurants. Only the United States has more McDonald’s per capita in the world.
4. The world’s first ice hotel was built in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, in the 1980s by architect Yngve Bergqvist. The hotel has 60 rooms and is carved out of 4,000 tons of densely packed snow and ice with occupancy available between December and April. Guests are issued thermal jumpsuits of “beaver nylon” upon check-in, and their air-lock cuffs help the wearers survive the interior temperatures as low as (-22° C).
5. Having already written his name large in the country’s sporting history, Zlatan’s name can also now be found in the pages of a Swedish dictionary.
In Sweden’s forthcoming way of honouring their enigmatic footballing hero and icon, the Swedish Language Council in 2012 added the verb, “Zlatanera” - which in English means “to dominate” in its national dictionary.
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