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Fun fact 2 about Sweden

A Vendel-era helmet, at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities
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Sweden's prehistory begins in the Allerød oscillation, a warm period around 12,000 BC.

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Sweden

Population
10.6M
Area
450,295 km²
Capital
Stockholm
Continent
Europe
93rd most populous country in the world

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east, and shares a maritime border with Denmark to the south.

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Photo: Ola Myrin/Statens historiska museum · CC BY 2.5