Eurasian Elk (Moose)
Sweden has one of the highest moose populations in the world, with around 300,000 roaming its vast boreal forests each summer.
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Field Report
Sweden is a long, narrow country in northern Europe, tucked between Norway and Finland along the edge of the Baltic Sea. Its landscape is filled with deep forests, glittering lakes, and in the far north, reindeer and the dancing colors of the Northern Lights. Most of Sweden's ten million people live in modern cities like Stockholm, the capital, which is built across fourteen islands where a large lake meets the sea.
From the Field Notebook
Eurasian Elk (Moose)
Sweden has one of the highest moose populations in the world, with around 300,000 roaming its vast boreal forests each summer.
Arctic Fox
The Arctic fox turns from brown to snowy white in winter, blending perfectly into the frozen tundra of northern Sweden.
White-tailed Eagle
Once nearly extinct in Sweden, the white-tailed eagle has made a strong comeback and is now the largest bird of prey in the country, with a wingspan that can reach eight feet.
Swedish Meatballs (Köttbullar)
Small, tender meatballs served with creamy gravy, lingonberry jam, and mashed potatoes — a dish so beloved that Swedes eat them at home, at school, and at nearly every family holiday.
Crispbread (Knäckebröd)
This hard, thin rye flatbread has been baked in Sweden for over 500 years and appears on almost every Swedish table, often topped with butter, cheese, or smoked fish.
Cinnamon Bun (Kanelbulle)
Soft, lightly sweet, and swirled with cinnamon and cardamom, the Swedish cinnamon bun is a staple of the cherished daily coffee-and-snack tradition called fika.
Sweden has more than 220,000 lakes, which means nearly every family lives within a short drive of a place to swim or fish.
The Nobel Prize — awarded every year to people who make outstanding contributions to science, literature, and peace — was created by Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel and is presented in Stockholm each December.
In northern Sweden during summer, the sun never fully sets for weeks at a time, a phenomenon called the Midnight Sun, which means children can play outside in daylight at midnight.
Sweden invented the modern safety match, the adjustable wrench, the zipper, and the three-point seatbelt — four ordinary things that billions of people use every single day.
Sweden is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe, with forests and wilderness covering nearly 70 percent of its land even though it has ten million people.
Daily Life
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Years life expectancy
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Missions Field Report
Sweden is home to 74 distinct people groups — 24 of them haven’t yet heard about Jesus.
About half of Sweden's people follow Christianity (54.8%). Evangelical Christians make up about 5.7% of the population.
What People Believe
Unreached People Groups
These are communities of people who haven’t had the chance to hear about Jesus yet. They need missionaries — and they need kids like you to pray for them.
Arab, Iraqi
98,000 people
South Asian, general
65,000 people
Hazara
50,000 people
Somali
49,000 people
Turk
35,000 people
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