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A short presentation of Sweden, Bråhögsskolan/Borggårdsskolan and Staffanstorp

ABOUT THE COUNTRY ABOUT THE SCHOOL ABOUT THE TOWN

SWEDEN - Sweden
Swedish map

Swedish flag

The capital city

Stockholm

Population

Size: 8,8 million
Stockholm/surroundings: 0,7/1,6 million inhabitants.
Göteborg/surroundings: 0,5/0,8 million inhabitants.
Malmö/surroundings: 0,25/0,5 million inhabitants
Non-Swedish citizens: 6%.
Citizens born outside Sweden: 10,6%.
Population density: 20 inhabitants/km2.
Average life expectancy: Men 76,1 years, women 81,1 years.
Language: Swedish
Religion: 87% Lutheran church.

Climate
Average temperature: January/July:
Stockholm: -2,8°C/ +17,2°C.
Malmö: -0,2°C/+16,8°C
Kiruna: - 16,0°C/+12,8°C.

State
State: Constitutional monarchy.
Head of State: King Carl XVI Gustaf (since 1973).
Prime Minister: Göran Persson, Social Democratic minority government since March 1996

Geography
Size: 449 964 km2( 281,227 sq. miles), of which is 54% forested, 16% mountainous, 8% agricultural land and 9% water).
Length: 1574 km.
Width: 499 km.
Highest peak: Kebnekaise 2111 metres.


 

Bråhögsskolan/Borggårdsskolan

School:

Borggårdsskolan
Borggårdsallén 1

Pupils between age 6 - 9

Bråhögsskolan
Skolgatan 3

Pupils between age 6 – 12

 STAFFANSTORP ,

1875, the railroad arrives to the old village called Stanstorp, spelled Stafnsthorp. The name of the railroadstation is modernized and becomes Staffanstorp.
The municipal of Staffanstorp is established when twelve parishes with a total of 5 800 inhabitants are merged.

The center of Staffanstorp becomes an area consisting of one family houses built in groups of identical houses.

The residental areas are surrounded by parks and has high roadsafety especially ment for the children. Daycarecenters and schools are beeing built. The total population reaches 17 500.

In the center of Staffanstorp shops, postoffice and banks are opened but the suburban feeling is keept intact.

Structure and connection, small town and locality are keywords for the draft. Safe streets for pedestrians and bikers does not exclude the accessibility for cars.

A traditional small town centre with streets, squares and blocks of houses built in a typical regional way is completed.
The total population reaches 19 000.

The new bridge that connects Denmark and Sweden.

 

 

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