- Sweden pays students every month to attend high school.
- 99% of Sweden's waste is recycled.
- 99% of Denmark's Jews survived the Holocaust because the Danish organized a massive evacuation to Sweden, who was neutral.
- In 1972, Sweden was the first country in the world to allow for a legal change of gender identity.
- All companies are legally required to offer their workers free massages while at work.
- Swedish wasn't made an official language of Sweden until 2009.
- Gay Relationships have been legalized in Sweden since 1944. Despite this, homosexuality was classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes protested by calling in sick to work, claiming they "felt gay."
- Sweden banned spanking and other corporal punishments of children in 1979.
- In 2011, a 31 year-old Swedish man was arrested for attempting to split an atom in his kitchen.
- 89% of people in Sweden speak English.
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Countries
RandomThis book contains weird and random facts about multiple different countries. Personally, I like getting to know more about countries and their people so I decided to write these for anybody who is bored or curious.
