Swedish Culture
Swedish culture has evolved to a point where Swedes are mostly egalitarian, modest and find boasting, flashiness and excess unacceptable. In many ways, Swedes often prefer to listen to others as opposed to ensuring that their own voice is heard. When speaking, Swedes speak softly and calmly.
It is rare that you will witness a Swede demonstrating anger or a strong emotion in public as social behaviour leans strongly towards a state of ‘lagom’, which translates to ‘everything in moderation’.
Due to the strong sense of egalitarianism in Sweden, competition is not encouraged and children are not raised to believe that they are more special than any other child. The family unit in Sweden is extremely important and the rights of children are well protected.
The rights afforded to Swedish families, to ensure that they are able to adequately care for their children, are some of the best in the world and anyone travelling to Sweden, will notice the family friendly environment of most restaurants and other such establishments. Even trains have a toy and play area! Sweden is a tolerant, modern society with one of the highest standards of living in the world.
The rights afforded to Swedish families, to ensure that they are able to adequately care for their children, are some of the best in the world and anyone travelling to Sweden, will notice the family friendly environment of most restaurants and other such establishments. Even trains have a toy and play area! Sweden is a tolerant, modern society with one of the highest standards of living in the world.
For many years, Sweden has made it a key priority to secure minority rights through legislation and practical action. However, there is a zero tolerance drug policy, including cannabis. There is widespread drug testing and penalties range from rehabilitation treatment and fines, to a maximum ten-year prison sentence.
It is through the export of its culture that Sweden has had its greatest impact upon the world. From the strong, clean design sensibility of its furniture designers and international retailers which includes the ubiquitous IKEA, to the immaculate cinematic masterpieces of Ingmar Bergman and of course the ever popular ABBA , the unique cultural outlook of Sweden has gained an international currency that far exceeds what you might expect.
One source of this unusual cultural strength, paradoxically enough, has been Sweden's historical position at the margins of Europe. Relatively isolated from the main currents of continental European cultural change, many of Sweden's artistic traditions have developed their own rich and distinctive character.
Jokkmokks Municipality embodies the Swedish social culture, design and architecture which we now associate as much with modern life itself, as with Scandinavia and Sweden in particular.
