Culture of Sweden

Swedish culture is generally seen as egalitarian and tolerant in nature, and since the early 1970s, the Swedish establishment has very deliberately embraced feminist, anti-racist, progressive and anti-fascist stances and views. Swedish society and its culture is concerned with the welfare and well-being of others, both within and outside Sweden; (See also; Income inequality in Sweden).

Prehistoric Sweden was the source of Viking culture, which was dominant in all of Scandinavia for many hundreds of years, and the Temple at Uppsala in Sweden was a site of pilgrimage and worship for all the Scandinavian peoples who worshipped the Aesir gods. Though western culture mostly recall the Vikings from present day Norway and Denmark who invaded France, England, Scotland and Ireland, the Swedish Vikings left huge marks on Byzantine culture (where they were known as Varangians) as well as being the founders of the Kievan state.

Swedes have a tradition of informal coffee-break get-togethers known as Fika.

Although Sweden did not formally abolish slavery until the middle of the 14th century, it also did not have serfdom in the Middle Ages; peasant freeholders constituted about 40% of the population, and were one of four estates (together with nobles, clergy, and burghers) in the Diet.

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