Interesting Facts about Sweden

Interesting Facts about Sweden:

• Sweden has the second highest proportion of women in its national parliament, 45.3 per cent, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

• Sweden’s Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally. Over 1,000 networks in 140 countries utilize network equipment from Ericsson and 40 percent of all mobile calls are made through Ericsson’s systems.

• Sweden is the third largest music exporter in the world, after the U.S. and Britain.

• Sweden is the number one nation in environmental protection and sustainability policies and aims to be the first country in the world to become oil independent by the year 2020.