Photos from Sweden (Svealand)

The word for Sweden in Swedish, Sverige, comes from 'Svea Rike', the kingdom of the Svear, a North-Germanic tribe based in the region around Uppsala (still called today Svealand). Their religious center and political centre was in today's Gamla Uppsala, whose archeological heritage testifies from these ancient times. As the influence of the Svear grew over the centuries, their land slowly evolved into the modern Swedish nation.

See also the photos from northern Sweden (Norrland).

Uppsala castle
(see more castles pictures)

Along the river near Uppsala

Uppsala cathedral

Little red house in the snow near Uppsala

Another example of traditional wooden house in the snow near Uppsala

Lake Ekoln (northern end of Lake Mälaren) frozen in winter, near Uppsala

The Archipelago just outside Stockholm

Can it be more swedish ?
(who said "... what about the surströmming..." .. ?..)

Dark clouds over a sunlit field near Uppsala

Sunset light on snow with trees shadows

Sunset colours  on a snow field

Sunset from my flat, one evening...

House and trees in the swedish autumn...

Valborg or Walpurgis (30th April) in Uppsala :
students build some rafts and race down the Fyris river
(see more celebrations from around the world here)

Frost on stigs

Forest footpath  

Gripsholm castle
(see more castles pictures)

Forsmark

Forsmark

Stockholm : the old town (Gamla Stan)

Stocka

Osthammar

Quiet lake in the Falun area

Falun mining town, where the red paint, based on a copper residue, comes from.

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