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 Henning Mankell is best known for his series of detective stories featuring police officer Kurt Wallander. He was the husband of Eva Bergman, daughter of director Ingmar Bergman. [([[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/henning-mankell-the-special-relationship-2098590.html|Independent]])]
-{{tag>geography travel people history}}
+==== Recycling ====
+Sweden is so good at recycling that it has run out of garbage and imports 80,000 tons a year from Norway. [([[https://www.trtworld.com/europe/swedish-recycling-so-successful-it-is-importing-rubbish-24491|TRT World]])]
+==== Speed Camera Lottery ====
+Sweden tested a "Speed Camera Lottery" in which drivers who obeyed speed limits were automatically entered into a drawing to win a prize pool funded by fines paid by people who speed and got tickets. [([[https://medicalfuturist.com/swedish-speed-camera-lottery-healthy-living/|Medical Futurist]])]
+==== Unique flora ====
+The islands of Gotland and Öland, as well as part of the Scandinavian mountain range, thanks to their limestone-rich rocks and favorable climate, have a unique flora that includes numerous varieties of orchids. [([[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X20308621|Science Direct]])]
+==== National parks ====
+In 1910, Sweden was the first European country to establish national parks, mainly in the mountainous areas of Norrland. This helped save some of Europe's last wildlife from exploitation. [([[https://www.grandbaltics.com/sweden-travel.html|Grand Baltics]])]
+==== Human rights ====
+Sweden legalized homosexual orientation in 1944, and in 1972 became the first country in the world to allow a change of metric sex, or gender entry, on documents. [([[https://sweden.se/life/equality/gay-rights-in-sweden|Sweden]])]
+==== Mine craft ====
+The globally popular game Minecraft was a one-man hobby project by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson. [([[https://www.forbes.com/profile/markus-persson/?sh=523a847869aa|Forbes]])]
+==== Reindeers ====
+There are 260,000 reindeer in Sweden. They eat mushrooms, lichens, grass, and herbs. Suovas is a word in the language of the indigenous Sámi people that refers to smoked fillets of reindeer meat. [([[https://www.backpackadventures.org/sami-food-in-lapland/|Backpack Adventures]])]
+==== Volvos and North Korea ====
+North Korea owes Sweden 300 million euros for about 1,000 Volvo cars and Sweden sends them the payment reminders every 6 months. [([[https://www.newsweek.com/2014/09/05/north-korea-owes-sweden-eu300m-1000-volvos-stole-40-years-ago-still-using-267043.html|Newsweek]])]
+==== Text alert ====
+Sweden has introduced a nationwide program where citizens can sign up to receive text messages when a heart attack victim is nearby, allowing them to reach them faster than an ambulance. [([[https://qz.com/138334/text-messages-are-saving-swedes-from-cardiac-arrest/|QZ]])]
+==== Paid to learn ====
+Sweden pays students per month to go to high school. [([[https://steemit.com/news/@steemmaster/why-sweden-pays-a-monthly-salary-to-high-school-students|Steemit]])]
+==== Blood donors ====
+Blood donors in Sweden receive a text message every time their blood is used to save a life. [([[https://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/sweden/news/news/2016/06/blood-connects-us-all-blood-donation-text-message-service-in-sweden|World Health Organization]])]
+==== Seat belt ===
+Volvo, a former Swedish car company, invented the seat belt, a device that has saved many lives. [([[https://www.media.volvocars.com/us/en-us/media/pressreleases/18405|Volvo Cars]])]
+==== Lappis scream ====
+In Stockholm, Sweden, just north of Stockholm University, there is a housing development that has a tradition of having residents open their windows at 10 p.m. every Tuesday and scream for a few minutes to relieve the stress of university exams. [([[https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lappis-scream|Atlas Obscura]])]
+==== Coffee break ====
+The word "fika" means a coffee break in Sweden. Swedes drink more coffee than any other nation except Finland. [([[https://www.swedishfood.com/fika|Swedish Food]])]
+{{tag>geography travel people history culture}}

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