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SWEDISH

QUI Z 200

Q UEST IONS

AB O U T SW EDEN

RULES

SVAR

Take a card and read the question aloud. The degree of difficulty can be adjusted by choosing which of the four questions on the card is read out (use just one question per card if counting the cards as points).

Take turns answering the questions. The correct answer gives one point. Note down the points on paper or let the player who answers a question correctly keep the card before the next player begins their turn.

The player with the most points (cards) at the end of the game has won!

SWEDISH QUIZ QUESTIONS

Which city near Stockholm was Sweden’s first capital: Enköping, Sigtuna or Strängnäs?

• Which is the most common surname in Sweden: Andersson, Pettersson or Nilsson?

• What film director has been on the 200 Swedish kronor banknote since 2016?

• The three kingdoms of Sweden, Norway, and Finland meet at the northernmost point in Sweden.

What is it called?

SWEDISH QUIZ ANSWERS SVAR

Sigtuna was Sweden’s first capital.

The city is over 1,000 years old.

• Andersson is the most common surname.

• Ingmar Bergman is on the 200 Swedish kronor banknote.

• Sweden’s northernmost point is called the Three-Country Cairn (Treriksröset).

SWEDISH QUIZ QUESTIONS

Which Swedish city is sometimes called the ’Gateway to Lapland’ and is famous for its annual snow festival?

• Which is the most popular holiday destination for Swedes: Greece, Spain or Denmark?

• In Sweden, how many inhabitants need to live in an area for it to be called a city: 10,000, 15,000 or 20,000?

• Where should you go for the best chance of seeing the aurora borealis: northern or southern Sweden?

SWEDISH QUIZ ANSWERS SVAR

Kiruna. The city is Sweden’s largest city by surface area.

During the popular snow festival, a snow sculpture competition is organised which attracts artists from all over the world.

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Spain is the most popular holiday destination.

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10,000 inhabitants or more.

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Northern Sweden. You have the best chance of seeing the aurora borealis (northern lights) there.

SWEDISH QUIZ QUESTIONS

If you travel from Lake Vättern to Lake Vänern by boat, which canal will you travel on: Göta Canal, Gösta Canal or Gustav Canal?

• How long is the Swedish cross-country ski race Vasaloppet?

• In Sweden there are two names for the fish herring: sill and strömming. What you call it depends on where it is caught.

Do you catch ’sill’ on the east or west coast of Sweden?

• How old was Carl XVI Gustaf when he became King of Sweden: 27 years, 31 years or 35 years?

SWEDISH QUIZ ANSWERS SVAR

You travel along the Göta Canal.

• The ski race between Sälen and Mora is 90 kilometres long.

• Sill is caught on the west coast.

• He was 27 years old.

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