We are living in Linköping, Sweden. Since most people aren't up on
their Swedish geography, you might not actually know where this is. So
here's a quick guide.
First, where is Sweden? One would hope that all Americans/Canadians
would be well-educated enough to find Sweden on a map. However, I must
admit that when we found out we would be moving to Sweden we had to get
out the map to remember exactly which order the Scandanavian countries
went in. So here's a map to refresh your memory. (Click on the map to
get a larger version.) Sweden is right up top, between Norway and
Finland.
When I say "up top", I mean it -- Stockholm is just below
60°N lattitude -- that's the border between most of Canada's
provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia) in the
South and the territories (Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon) in the
North. For comparison, the US/Canadian border is at 49°N. So we're
way up north. Fortunately the climate is more like the Northern U.S.
than Northern Canada.
So now that we all know where Sweden is, where is Linköping? We're
about two-thirds of the way from the southern tip of Sweden to
Stockholm. If you can find Stockholm on the map to the left (click on it
for a larger version), look down and to the left and you should see
Norrköping and then Linköping.
Linköping is a city of about 135,000 people -- the fifth largest
city in Sweden. Over 10% of those study at the local
university. Another 20% are
children/youth. [Note: Statistics might be out of date.]
The largest employer is Saab Aircraft.
