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Three beautiful members of the royal family 

Princess Madeleine of Sweden

Princess Madeleine's full name is Madeleine Therese Amelie Josephine Bernadotte. She was born on June 10th, 1982. She is the youngest daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. She is third in line after her brother and sister for t...

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland , Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée Bernadotte; born 14 July 1977 is the heiress apparent to the Swedish throne. She is currently the world's only female heir appar...

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden

Prince Carl Philip is the only Prince of Sweden. His two sisters are Princesses Victoria and Madeleine. It is said that the Prince is shy and like to keep in the outskirts of fame. He was born on 13 of May 1979. His full name is Carl Philip Edmund...

Some of the Sweden and the Swedes - lenses 

Stockholm, Sweden

The Castle Three crowns was built in the 1100 century When I was just a little girl I still remember that Stockholm celebrated its 700 years as a city. Some of the very first houses are still there to see. The old town has alleys so narrow you can ac...

af Chapman - youth hostel in Stockholm

af Chapman is a steel full-rigged ship moored on the western shore of the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, Sweden, now serving as a youth hostel. After a major renovation the beautiful ship is back in Stockholm. Here is Restaurant and Coffee...

Boeing 747 as a youth hostel close to Arlanda airport, Stockholm, Sweden

An old Boeing 747 is youth hostel close to Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden. Today in the news we read that it is for sale! This means you can buy your own Jumbo jet now. Here is the link: /Jumbo hostel for sale Book your bed here The Hostel...

Stieg Larsson the writer of the Millennium serie

Stieg Larsson was born 1954 and was a Swedish writer and journalist. Prior to his sudden death of a heart attack in November 2004 he finished three detective novels in his trilogy "The Millenium-series" which were published posthumously; "The Girl Wi...

Cranes in Sweden

They come in thousands and rest at Hornborgasjön. There they dance in a beautiful choreography, throwing sticks into the air and make this trumpetlike sounds. To see them you have to go to Sweden and then drive to Hornborgasjon. They have fanta...

Stockholm, Sweden

The Castle Three crowns was built in the 1100 century When I was just a little girl I still remember that Stockholm celebrated its 700 years as a city. Some of the very first houses are still there to see. The old town has alleys so narrow you can ac...

Hedningarna

I discovered the Swedish group Hedningarna more than 10 years ago, when a friend of my roommate came back from archeological digs in the Gotland (a Swedish island). She spent her summer listening to Hedningarna and bought my roomate one of their CD (...

Archipelago

Archipelagos means many islands outside a coast line. The five largest modern countries that are mainly archipelagos are Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Indonesia (the world's largest archipelagic state). The largest a...

The Swedish smörgåsbord

The Swedish Smorgasbord (smörgåsbord) is world famous. It is a rich way of offering a meal. Many restaurants have this feature especially around christmas time. This lens will present the Swedish smorgasbord on the ferries cruising between Sweden an...

Polar World, Orsa Sweden

Today is a great day, not only for all animal friends in Dalecarlia, Sweden and around the world, but also for all polar bears. Polar World is the largest polar bear park in the world, and is the first of its kind to have a breeding program for polar...

Swedish inventions

Sweden is the home country of unusually many inventions considering its small population. Read more about Sweden here: irenemariassweden Americans might be interested in knowing that a Swede invented the Coke bottle. Swedish-American Alex Samuelson...

Stockholm, Sweden

The Castle Three crowns was built in the 1100 century When I was just a little girl I still remember that Stockholm celebrated its 700 years as a city. Some of the very first houses are still there to see. The old town has alleys so narrow you can ac...

Norrköping, Sweden

This is a lens about my city. I was born here and now I live here. Norrköping is located in the county Östergötland to the east in Sweden by the Baltic Sea. Read more about Sweden here: irenemariassweden 1384 King Albrekt af Mecklenbur...

Famous Swedes

ABBA - Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA) - Lars Magnus Ericsson (Ericsson telephone systems) - Niklas Zennström (Skype) - Hans Rausing (Tetra pak) - Stefan Perssons (H&M) - Volvo - Saab - Roxette - Janne Schaffer - Robert Wells - Lasse Hallström - Per Hallberg -...

Pianoaccordion

A Piano Accordion brings lots of memories to me. Here I will share some of them with you. This is about one specific player. He started to play the accordion when he was 9 years old. He could hardly carry it to the lessons. After years of playing at...

Birding in Sweden with Grandma

Take the kids to Sweden Never-ending Days of Fun for the Whole Family Keep your bird book handy as you will see plenty of birds too. Sweden is one of the most child-friendly destinations you’re likely to visit, filled with attractions for the w...

Travel Sweden's Great Outdoors

The people of Sweden have a reputation of being strong and adventurous.  Whether you are a rugged explorer or you prefer adventure on the soft side, you will never run out of things to do in Sweden.  Have you stayed at the world famous Ice...

Mamma Mia! The Movie

Mamma Mia is being described as the feel good cinema event of the summer. This highly anticipated movie musical is already generating Oscar buzz for Meryl Streep. Mamma Mia, the film, is an adaptation of the worldwide production of the smash hit mus...

Travel to Sweden - a Beautiful Nation

Watch the video and you will want to go to Sweden! Sweden has 97.500 lakes larger than 2 acres, which add to the beauty of the varied Swedish landscape.  Dala Horse has become a symbol of authentic Swedish handicraft and is one of Sweden's mos...

Mamma Mia! The Movie

This is the feature-film adaptation of the musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Producer Judy Craymer, writer Catherine Johnson and director Phyllida Lloyd, the three women who cre...

Alice Babs and Charlie Norman

Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilsson in January 26, 1924) is a singer and actor from Kalmar in Sweden. While she has worked in a wide number of genres, she is best known internationally as a jazz singer. Making her breakthrough in Swing it magister...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovich (born October 3, 1981 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Swedish football striker of Bosnian heritage who played for Italian Serie A club Internazionale and the Swedish national team. Now F C Barcelona bought him to play there. At the age of...

The Nobel Prize 2008

At December 10th we will have the yearly ceremony to give the prize winners their rewards. Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, started a fund to give prizes to deserving scientists. The areas are: Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Litterature, Peace...

Posters and Photos of wonderful Sweden

Since Sweden is a very old country threre are much to see that you cannot see anywhere else in the world. Scandinavia has a long history back to the Vikings and further. Stockholm is over 700 years old and is far from the oldest. Norrköping whe...

Greta Garbo - a Swedish actress

Greta Lovisa Gustafsson or more known as - Greta Garbo - was born 18 September 1905 - and died 15 April 1990. She was a Swedish-born actress during Hollywood's silent film period and part of its Golden Age. Regarded as one of the greatest and most i...

Summernight lilac

The sun never sets and the smell of lilacs is in the air. In Sweden we have lilacs in different colours. The deep blue ones are cultivated but the smooth purple once are often growing wild. I love the smell of lilacs. That is summertime for me when...

The World´s Biggest Moose - Stoorn

Inventor of the idea to build the world's largest moose is Thorbjorn Holmlund, founder and owner of Svansele Wild Life Centre Inc. Svansele Wild Life Centre was founded in 2001. Latest news 25 of January is that the Environmental Court of Sweden...

Sami - Sápmi a people in the north

Original people of the north. A story worth telling. The Laplanders are Scandinavia's aboriginal people. They were nomads who wandered freely over all of Scandinavia with their reindeer herds. They brought their own culture, traditions and lang...

The Nobel Prize in Litterature

Alfred Nobel - Who was he? Alfred Nobel - The Man Behind the Nobel Prize Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been honoring men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and for work...

Robert Wells

Robert Wells plays classic and boogies with the same easy going smile. He was born 1972 in Solna, Sweden. Every summer there is a tour in Sweden. I have attended many of these. I alwasy go home with sore palms. The joy and skill these shows present...

Henrik Sedin - Vancouver Canucks (NHL)

Henrik "Hank" Sedin is a Swedish professional ice hockey player with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently playing Centre as NUMBER 33. His identical twin brother Daniel Sedin also plays for the Vancouver Canucks....

Runestones in Sweden

Literally hundreds of These stones can be found in many places in Sweden. The letters are carved into the stone. Somebody did want us to read and remember a person or an event. The use of Runes started about 2000 years ago. The Runes were used al...

How I met my husband in an MMO

I thought it would be fun to share the crazy story about how my husband and I met, since he lived in Sweden and I lived in California. It couldn't have happened any other way.