Culture of Sweden - Regions

Dark forests, red cottages, ABBA, Volvo and Ikea? The Culture of Sweden is arguably what has made Sweden known in the world. In the outskirts of Europe the country developed its style isolated from the main cultures in the world. When Sweden's culture began spreading in the world, it was through the traditions of the century old flavours, which had been fostered and nourished and now sprung into a crescendo. The distinguished and honoured 20th century artists in Sweden have all been marked by th ...

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The parts of Sweden, being rather large and hard to travel through, each have a distinguished culture. Historically this was noted through the Swedish provinces that once (around 1,000 years ago) constituted separate countries. For brevity, one can make a crude distinction into six areas. From north to south: Northern part: Norrland, number 1 and 2. This part was historically unexplored for centuries. For large parts wilderness dominates. The Scandinavian mountain range occupies its western part. Th ...

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The oldest remains of Swedish art are found in the churches: frescos, altar pieces and baptismal founts. Little unique beauty is generally attributed to these, except for occasional. The motifs evolve around religious beliefs, focused on purgatory, the devil, Jesus Christ, and Virgin Mary. In the 19th century, the painter Carl Larsson (1853-1919) shaped the image of the idyllic countryside home ...

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Before the 13th century most buildings were made of wood. But a shift began towards stone. Early Swedish stone buildings are the Romanesque churches on the country side. As so happens, many of them were built in Scania and are in effect Danish churches. This would include the magnificent Lund Cathedral from the 11th century and the somewhat younger church in Dalby, but also many early Gothic churches built through influendes of the Hanseatic ...

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Swedes are comparable to elves: Tall, blonde, with blue eyes who like to sing. The Swedish music is a melodic happy-music of purity and innocence. This "melodic" rhythm has been attributed to the rhythm of the Swedish language, with terms such as sing-songy. Singing is popular in Sweden, and of its 9,000,000 inhabitants, 600,000 belong to various choirs. ([2]) In popular music, the group ABBA became the essence of Swedish music during the 70's and early 80's. Later emerged Roxette, where singing happy music into the 80's, and t ...

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The Swedish people are often described as tall, blonde and blue-eyed. They are among the tallest people in the world (although the Dutch people have the honor of being tallest), men being average 179 cm and women 165.5, in the ages 18-40. [1] The ethnicity varies. Racial studies that were conducted between 1890-1950, but are now not politically correct, showed several variations among the population. So that people from the west Swedish province Bohuslän historically were darker than the east-Swedes. There is a folklore that the isla ...

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Swedish cinema is one of the most widely-known national cinemas in the world. This is much thanks to its early days. Sweden had a large scale film industry that spewed out low-quality movies every so often, just like Hollywood. Soon, however, some quality was discovered in people like Mauritz Stiller and Victor Sjöström, who eventually sought fame in Hollywood. Ingmar Bergman, whose father was a harsh vicar, had his share of the dogmatic protestantism which outlined Sweden in the 19th century. His life was filled with shame and dece ...

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