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Sweden Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the country of Sweden?
Quiz by alberici
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Last updated: September 20, 2018
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First submittedDecember 30, 2012
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Capital city
Stockholm
Second-largest city
Gothenburg
Currency
Krona
Most famous vodka brand
Absolut
Region that includes Sweden,
Norway, and Denmark
Scandinavia
Major car brands
that started in Sweden
Saab
Volvo
Blond tennis player
who won 5 straight Wimbledons
Björn Borg
Sweden's all-time bestselling
musical act
ABBA
Huge furniture retailer
IKEA
Swedish for "Sweden"
Sverige
Clue
Answer
International award for physics,
literature, medicine, etc...
Nobel Prize
Major city very close to Denmark
Malmö
Bridge that connects the above
to Copenhagen
Öresund Bridge
Type of fish that is commonly pickled
Herring
Largest island
Gotland
Person celebrated December 13th
Saint Lucia
Last name of actress Ingrid and
director Ingmar (no relation)
Bergman
Book series featuring Lisbeth Salander
Millennium
Gulf between Sweden and Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
The Church of Sweden is part of
this Protestant branch
Lutheran
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63 Comments
wolfcat95
+13
Level 66
Apr 4, 2014
My fiancee is Swedish, so this quiz was pretty easy, but since so many of the quizzes are very strict with English words and spelling, should not the currency be "crown?" When I wrote "crown," it was not even deemed acceptable. Krona is a Swedish word and can be acceptable, but in English it is a crown. When I speak English with her friends, crown is the word I use and they likewise say crown back.
Symmetrik
+7
Level 57
Apr 4, 2014
It may sound like they saw "crown", but they may actually be saying "Krone". Krone is the Danish currency, and I'm not sure which the other Scandinavian countries use. I've never heard anything other than Krona. I don't believe that any currency is changed when speaking in English. Peso isn't an English word, neither is Franc, or Rupee, but those are the words used in English.
giuliano78
+12
Level 60
Jun 7, 2014
I lived in Sweden and every time someone would speak in English with me, they would say "swedish crowns"
svaerflaesk
+11
Level 68
Jan 21, 2016
The pronunciation of "crown" is nowhere near that of "krone", which is pronounced with a guttural 'r', and a monophthongal 'o'.
Findlay
+5
Level 82
Aug 30, 2016
Crown should probably be accepted as an answer, but in all official English contexts the term goes untranslated and personally I have never heard it referred to in English as anything but krona. I think the most accurate answer here is krona.
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Feb 27, 2018
Crown will work now
Djilas
+4
Level 83
Mar 10, 2018
Unlike most other languages, this isn't translated, so it stays krone/krona/koruna/króna/kroon/...

English isn't famous for being consistent of course, so we have e.g. pounds in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria etc, but lira in Turkey, formerly Italy etc.

Sputnix
+2
Level 67
Dec 13, 2018
I can confirm that when Danes are speaking to foreigners we will always say 'crown'. I don't even know what the right English pronunciation of 'krone' would be. So I would definitely say it is translated when speaking English, at least in Scandinavia
CaritasInVeritate
+6
Level 91
Apr 4, 2014
Saint Lucia should really also include Saint Lucy for English speaking players.
Possums
+19
Level 30
Aug 29, 2016
That wasn't her name... So it shouldn't be
Findlay
+10
Level 82
Aug 30, 2016
I live in an English speaking country and the suburb next to mine is called St Lucia. The English-speaking nation of St Lucia is referred to as just that in its official language, not St Lucy. I don't think this is a translation issue.
CaritasInVeritate
+8
Level 91
Feb 27, 2018
I’ve checked the Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran Calendars of Saints and all of them give the Feast of Saint *Lucy*. Lucia is the Latin/Italian version of her name and while that may have been her original name we don’t use Saint Petrus, Saint Paulus, Saint Maria but rather the modern English equivalent (for English speakers of course)!
Hampus
+1
Level 56
Jan 14, 2022
Yes. Except it's the other way around. Lucy is the English version of her name.
Triffid
+1
Level 68
Mar 7, 2022
I agree, Lucy should be accepted.
TokyaCro
+2
Level 13
Apr 30, 2014
koenigsegg is second fastest car, and ist not in quiz? hmm...
joeythelemur
+2
Level 83
Jul 15, 2014
Probably figured no one could spell it!
joedimaggio
+5
Level 72
Dec 13, 2018
And it says "major" brand, which Koenigsegg isn't
LynnZxZ
+4
Level 49
Apr 21, 2015
lingonberry deserves a place on this quiz
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jan 13, 2022
Then so do fish!
silvestra
+5
Level 72
Apr 20, 2016
I am ashamed. I'm Finnish, born and raised, lived there all my life, and I got 100 % on this quiz. I missed a few on the Finland quiz.
Vege
+3
Level 80
Feb 27, 2018
Easy!

- A Finn

brianbohn
+3
Level 95
Feb 27, 2018
good quiz thanks. Had no idea the dragon series had a different name, but it accepted the 1st books title, appreciated
ouishdvoojaf
+2
Level 28
Apr 20, 2021
The original name in Swedish was "The Man Who Hates Women" but they had to change it for an international audience
KoljiVriVoda
+3
Level 77
Feb 28, 2018
Is not Scania like one of the major automitive brands of Sweden?
viktoraxel
+1
Level 30
Dec 14, 2018
Scania and Koenigsegg should both be on this list.
Roevhaal
+1
Level 16
Jul 28, 2024
Yes but Scania doesn't make cars.
Arp2600
+6
Level 86
Mar 1, 2018
Got everything but the vodka, which is a totally uninteresting question anyway.
POOCH
+5
Level 72
Jun 5, 2018
In your opinion. To others it may be of paramount interest. You just can't beat a good "tater whiskey".
jmellor13
+6
Level 67
Dec 13, 2018
Pretty good. Or, as their most famous expat would say, "Svindi vergi mergi svergi. Bork, bork, bork."
Sifhraven
+2
Level 71
Dec 13, 2018
Ugh typed molmo (think that might.be how we write it). And did a single random guess for the saint and guessed lucius. No idea where that came from! Dont know any saints besides nicholas.
xarnac
+6
Level 73
Dec 13, 2018
SANTA! You know him?
Walacama
+3
Level 82
Dec 13, 2018
Can you give him this letter I wrote? I lost his address.
Veeti
+2
Level 58
Dec 13, 2018
I'm a Finn and got 18/21 so I guess it's fair disclose that I know my neighbor pretty well.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Dec 13, 2018
Couldn't figure out why Bjorg wasn't being accepted. Had my "duh" realization before time ran out.
WillemLAif
+2
Level 76
Dec 13, 2018
I recommend seeing Gotland. Perhaps during the medieval week, if you don't mind a bit higher prices, but much more to see and do.
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 75
Dec 13, 2018
I've been to Sweden twice and I'm only 13 (and an American)! The first one doesn't exactly count because I went to the Swedish embassy to the United States
3nchiladas
+2
Level 69
Dec 24, 2021
It doesn't count at all...
hamsep
+3
Level 64
Dec 13, 2018
Svedka should count for the vodka brand. Maybe it's just because I'm a college student, but Svedka is way more common than Absolut
humangps17
+6
Level 56
Dec 14, 2018
This quiz is missing Zlatan
bn9043
+1
Level 61
Nov 8, 2023
Zlatan is not Swedish. Sweden is Zlatanish
Kontio100
+4
Level 52
Dec 15, 2018
As a Finn i got 18/21. Didn't know fish, book and vodka. I don't drink alcohol!
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 90
Sep 30, 2020
I don't drink alcohol either so I missed that question.
TitanJazza
+1
Level 22
Jan 8, 2019
Great
SgtMac
+1
Level 55
Feb 21, 2019
For the Salander books I tried to go with The Girl Who---didn't work.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Aug 4, 2020
TGWTDT worked for me
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 18, 2021
"The girl who" will work now
SgtMac
+1
Level 55
Feb 21, 2019
No Anita Ekberg, nor Ann-Margret? Two hot Swedes.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Aug 4, 2020
Swedish fish aren't pickled?
NORDIQUE
+2
Level 33
Aug 13, 2020
Jo
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Sep 30, 2020
Seems to me like these European country quizzes are way harder than most of the African and Asian, etc country quizzes (which are often comically simple). Like we are expected to know much more specific and esoteric information about Europe.

Anyway, I'm sure the Bergmans are related. I mean, Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are 8th cousins.

JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jan 29, 2021
Distantly related perhaps.
elefmout
+1
Level 67
Jan 3, 2024
They're related through cinema: Autumn Sonata, a great movie!
daraconn
+1
Level 58
Sep 30, 2020
Delighted to get 100% on this one. I lived in Sweden 20 years ago and it still has a special place in my heart.
0xGG
+3
Level 67
Oct 1, 2020
Since this is a Sweden quiz and not a Denmark quiz, you should probably use the Swedish spelling "Öresund" for the bridge.
Sofie9001
+3
Level 26
Jan 14, 2021
I agree.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Oct 18, 2021
Okay
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jan 29, 2021
13th December is incidentally my birthday 😁
superquizzer
+1
Level 64
Apr 12, 2021
Denmark is not part of Scandinavia, it's part of the Nordic nations.
SveinnUllarson
+3
Level 48
May 12, 2021
It definitely is. I think you're getting confused with Finland which is famously mistaken as a Scandinavian country... the three countries that make up Scandinavia are: Norway, Sweden and Denmark...

But Finland, Norway and Sweden can be called "Fennoscandia" or the term "Nordic countries" can also include Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands with those mentioned above.

FSLiudger
+2
Level 59
Jan 13, 2022
Denmark isn't part of the Scandinavian Peninsula and therefore sometimes not included in (geographic) definitions of Scandinavia.

However most definitions include Denmark and especially the Danish Isles as they're between the Scandinavian and the Jutish Peninsula.

Also the term Scandinavia is not purely defined through geographic means, but also by historical and cultural terms. Denmark, Norway and Sweden have characteristic connections and similarities on a cultural and historical level, which they only partially share with other nordic countries and regions like Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Finland and in certain definitions Estonia and parts of northern Germany.

SeaNomad
+2
Level 78
Jul 5, 2023
Never heard Estonia being included in "Scandinavia". In the "Nordic Countries" sometimes, although personally (I'm Finnish) cannot see even it justified.

Northern Germany? That was also new to me, although it might make some sense.

MapGuy123
+1
Level 16
Mar 27, 2023
It's krona ;-;
KJ30
+1
Level 63
Oct 9, 2023
Not including Koenigsegg😭
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