The history of Sweden is so amazing!
Did you know that Sweden has stayed out of war for more than 150 years!
I know, that is really cool!
Sweden has had a land name for a really long time! Sweden's land name was and still is "Land of Enchantment"
In the early times, Sweden was one of the last regions to loose the ice that covered most of Europe thousands of years ago. The ice had melted from the southern tip of Sweden by 8000 B.C., and groups of people that hunted and fished began to move from south of the Baltic Sea into this region. People settled farther north as the climate improved.
Beginning about 50 B.C., the people traded with the Roman Empire. They exchanged furs and amber for glass and bronze objects and silver coins. The Romans were the first people to make written records about the Swedes.