Who is the man behind the Nobel Prize? This is a course about the Swedish chemist who also was an inventor, entrepreneur, a global industrial magnate, linguist, philosopher and humanist. Read and learn about the man, official and private, who now is one of the most famous Swedes in the world.

Group Study Edition simply means that you will be studying with other students and classes include teacher from Sweden.

Literature (not included in course price) booklet is needed for the course and can be bought at www.swedenbookshop.com.

Who is the man behind the Nobel Prize? This is a course about the Swedish chemist who also was an inventor, entrepreneur, a global industrial magnate, linguist, philosopher and humanist. Read and learn about the man, official and private, who now is one of the most famous Swedes in the world.

Self Study Edition. Literature (not included in course price) booklet is needed for the course and can be bought at www.swedenbookshop.com.

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Anders Zorn is one of Sweden´s best-known artists. His fame is founded primarily on his nudes, as well as his genre pictures which mostly depict working people at work and play. Zorn is also well-known abroad, mainly for his portraiture.

Astrid Lindgren is far and away Sweden´s best-known author internationally. Her books have been translated into some sixty languages. Pippi Longstocking and Karlsson-on-the-roof is just two of her memorable characters. Astrid Lindgren was a cherished national icon, a public figure known for her conscience and integrity.

August Strindberg may have been the most Swedish of Swedish authors, but to achieve recognition and acceptance in his own country he was obliged to conquer foreign bastions. Living in France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and Austria, he wrote dramas such as Miss Julie, The Father and The Ghost Sonata.

Carl Larsson is mostly known for his water colour paintings and his pictures of his family in Sundborn. Together with his wife Karin, who also was a talented artist, he made his home to a very special place. More than 60.000 visitors come every year to their home in Sundborn, to admire the remarkable interior decoration of their house.

In Sweden, many customs are closely associated with the changing seasons. Swedes celebrates summer with an intensity that only can be found in a people who have just endured a long, dark winter. Read about Easter, Christmas, Midsummer and all the other Swedish traditions.

Study Dag Hammarskjöld. Who was this famous to be UN General Secretary from Sweden?

Self Study Edition. Literature (not included in course price) booklet is needed for the course and can be bought at www.swedenbookshop.com.

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