Q 01/05

Stockholm's centre is spread across how many islands?

A) 7

B) 14

C) 21

D) 28

Answer · why

B) 14

The islands sit where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic, which is why so many of the city's motorways run through tunnels and over bridges.

Q 02/05

Which Swedish city, at the mouth of the Göta älv, has the largest port in the Nordic countries?

A) Malmö

B) Gothenburg

C) Helsingborg

D) Norrköping

Answer · why

B) Gothenburg

It is Sweden's second-largest city and sits on the west coast about 400 km from the capital.

Q 03/05

What is Sweden's third-largest city?

A) Uppsala

B) Malmö

C) Västerås

D) Linköping

Answer · why

B) Malmö

It sits at the Swedish end of the Öresund crossing and is the seventh-largest city in the Nordic region.

Q 04/05

The Öresund Bridge carries road and rail from Sweden across the strait to which foreign capital?

A) Reykjavik

B) Copenhagen

C) Amsterdam

D) Helsinki

Answer · why

B) Copenhagen

The bridge itself ends on the artificial island of Peberholm, and a four-kilometre tunnel completes the link.

Q 05/05

Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost city, decided in 2004 to move its town centre. Why?

A) Repeated flooding of the Torne

B) Avalanche risk from nearby peaks

C) Melting permafrost under the roads

D) Ground subsidence from its iron mine

Answer · why

D) Ground subsidence from its iron mine

The relocation was planned to happen gradually over the following decade, with buildings shifted piece by piece.