About sweden 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   - Capital                : Stockholm, 1.67million

   - Population          : 8.9million

   - Area                   : 449,964 km2

   - Major Cities        : Goteborg, Malmoe

   - People               : Nothern Germanic Race(95%), Lapp (0.2%)

   - Language          : Swedish, Finnish, Lapp

   - Religion             : Luth eranism(95%), Catholicism(1.5%)

   - Political System : Consititational Monarchy

   - Prime Minister   : Goran Persson

   - Monetary Unit    : SWEDISH KRONA, SEK

   - Denomination

      - Coin : SKr 10, 5, 1,50Øre
      - Bill    : SKr 1000, 500, 100, 20
      - Subsidiary Coins : Øre 1SKr=100Øre

   - Time Difference
      There is a 8 hour's difference Korea and Sweden time.

   - Voltage
      220V 50Hz

   - Telephone
      In the city Base rate : 2SKr

   - Business hours

      - September ~ March : 9:00am ~ 5:00pm
      - April ~ August          : 8:00am ¡­ 4:00pm

   - Holiday
     - Most people haue a month holiday between the end of June and        the beginning of August.

   - Postal Service

   - Business Hours :  
         9:00am ~ 6:00pm (Monday~Friday)
       10:00am ~ 1:00pm (Saturday)
 
   - Mailbox is yellow.
     Stamp and postcard are available in post office and bookstores.
     It costs 8kr to post a letter or a postcard to Korea.

   - Festival

      - New year's day ............................... January 1

      - Epiphany......................................... January 6

      - Good Friday........................................... April 5

      - Easter Monday...................................... April 8

      - May Day................................................ May 1

      - Asension Day....................................... May 16

      - Whit Monday........................................ May 27

      - Midsummer Holiday............................. June 22

      - For All Saintsday........................... November 2

      - Christmas................................... December 25

      - Boxing Day................................. December 26


      - Embassy of Republic Korea in Sweden
              Tel. 46) 08 660033040 12 33
              Add.  (P.O.Box 27237, 102 53 Stockholum, Sweden
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