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Swedish Art
Swedish culture is characterized by a constant longing for greatness
and a refusal to be content with the role of a small backwater far from
the main highway. This applies to literature, art, opera and theater,
cinema, classic and modern music, dance, architecture, art handicrafts,
design and many other cultural expressions.
During the past decade, Swedish creative culture has undergone a rebirth
and opened its doors wide to other countries. The phenomenon of contemporary
Swedish creativity has attracted attention internationally, in traditional
cultural genres such as literature and art, and perhaps especially in
more recently recognized art forms such as design, fashion, pop music
and gastronomy.
Folk Artists
Carl Larsson is one of Sweden's most beloved artists from 1800's.
A man who found success at his farm in Sundberg where he painted only
members of his large family. His wife, Karin, was a successful textile
artist.
Facts
- Land Area: 450,000 km2 (174,000 sq. mi.), third largest country
in Western Europe
Forests: 53%
Mountains: 17%
Cultivated land: 8%
Lakes and rivers: 9%
Longest north-south distance: 1,574 km (978 mi.)
Longest east-west distance: 499 km (310 mi.)
- Capital Stockholm
- Population 9 million inhabitants
- Languages: Swedish; recognized minority languages: Sami (Lapp),
Finnish, Meänkieli (Tornedalen Finnish), Yiddish, Romani Chib (a
Gypsy language).
- Form of government: Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy.
- Parliament: The Riksdag, with 349 members in one chamber
- Religion: 82% belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden
- Average life expectancy: men 77 years, women 82 years.
- Most important export goods: Paper products, electrical and computer
equipment, motor vehicles, machinery, chemical products, pharmaceuticals,
iron and steel, foodstuffs
- Most important imported goods: Petroleum products, motor vehicles
and accessories, machinery, electrical and computer equipment, foodstuffs,
textile products,
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