Sweden

Sweden

1. climate/temperature

   • north east
     • winter temp. = -5 d.
     • spring temp. = 4 d.
     • summer temp. = 18 d.
     • autumn temp. = 6 d.
     • summer weather not extreme and humidity level low
     • winters very severe
     • summers suprisingly warm
   • north west
     • winter temp. = -10 d.
     • spring temp. = 1 d.
     • summer temp. = 17 d.
     • autumn temp. = 2 d.
     • summer weather not extreme and humidity level low
   • south
     • winter temp. = -1 d.
     • spring temp. = 9 d.
     • summer temp. = 22 d.
     • autumn temp. = 10 d.
     • winter average temp. = 0 d.
     • winters quite short and cold
     • summer like in southern England
       • many more hours of sunlight
     • winters shorter and milder
     • daytime summer temp. range 15 d. - 25 d.
     • air relatively humid
       • makes summer feel hotter
       • winter feels colder
     • even in winter, snow rare around southern coasts
   • Sweden divided into 3 sections for temp. : north east, north west, and central/south Sweden
   • far north winters also very severe
     • snow all year round in elevated areas
   • because high latitude long hours in summer and long nights in winter
   • central
     • few d. colder than south
     • temp. in Jan just below 0 d.
     • snowfall more common
   • north
     • few people live there
     • sub-0 temp. for months
       • winters are long, cold, and dry
     • LOTS of snow
     • summers short
       • rise up to 15 d. and peaks at 30 d.

2. swedish landscape

   • dotted with thousands of lakes, freshwater streams and rolling hills
   • in north, few villages, small
     • mostly nature
     • very dramatic, rolling hills turn to mountains
   • on way south, lots of lakes, streams and birch & pine trees
   • Baltic island of Gotland, limestone peaks rise from sea
   • see every thing from deep-green potato fields to richest apple orchards in Europe
   • Sweden has LOTS of open landscape

3. animals and plants

   • different plants in different regions, but mostly consistant
   • animals
     • most animals in Sweden are quite common in northern Europe
     • moose most common animal in Sweden
       • not big as American Moose but 2m high
     • other animals in Sweden wolves, wolverines, bears, lynxes
   • trees
     • Norway spruce
       • despite name, tree native to Sweden
       • largest spruce in the world
         • grow up to 200' tall and 40' wide
       • in good condition > grow 2'-3'/y
     • towards the north coniferous trees
     • towards the south deciduous trees
   • birds
     • in forest all types of birds
       • owls, hawks, eagles and more
     • near the coastline ducks, swans, pelicans and herons
     • some birds endangered like stork
   • fish
     • large fish industry, fish varied
     • trout, salmon, cod and carp
     • many fishing areas; lakes
     • catch LOTS of fish/y