Sweden is a large (geographically) country in northern Europe. It forms part of Scandinavia, which also includes Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland. Sweden has a lot of forests, iron/steel industry, car manufacturers and hi tech producers. And just over 9,000,000 inhabitants.

Many myths and misunderstandings are quite common about Sweden;
Free sex on the streets - false, Swedish people are usually quite liberal about nudity, but not about sex.

There are polar bears and penguins in Sweden - false, but there are a lot of elks in the Swedish forests.

Sweden is a communist country - false, Sweden has a labour government, like Tony Blair's England. Sweden is part of the European Community.

Sweden has really attractive females - absolutely true.

Sweden has a lot of Alps - false, you're thinking of Switzerland, Sweden has some high mountains in the very north but nothing like the Alps.

Swedes drink a lot of coffee - true, Sweden shares first place with Finland as the biggest coffee-drinking nation in the world.

Sweden is famous for the watches, cheese and banks - false, sigh, again this is Switzerland.

Swedes spend half their life in a sauna - false, although they spend a lot of time there, it is really the Finns that invented it.

Santa Claus lives in Sweden - true, his official address is in Lapland.

A lot of popular music comes from Sweden - true Sweden is the third highest exporter of music after USA and UK. ABBA, Roxette and The Cardigans are three examples, Soundtrack of our lives and the Hives are two great rockbands.