Having lived in Sweden for about a half year and visited a few other times (study abroad and lots of family there), geographically the whole country kind of reminds me of the midwest (barring the more frozen part way far north where the trees get smaller). The more wooded and snowy parts of the north remind me of the upper midwest, the south more akin to the large rolling fields of the farming parts of the midwest. Vänern feels like a Great Lake. The archipelago filled Baltic coastlines remind me a bit of the rockier Lake Superior coastlines of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. I could see why my grandpa and many other Swedes felt comfortable emigrating to this part of the country about a century ago.
Wow such long text post, thanks for nice words about sweden. I hope you come visit again, it is very strange that the two would be similar with how far south the american midwestern region is comparatively to sweden.
Jag planerar att resa till Sverige igen under jul :) (förlåt - min svenska är inte så bra)
Jag har läst att klimatet är liknande på grund av “The Gulf Stream” (not sure what you call it in Swedish, it’s the warm water current in the Atlantic Ocean)
What would be Sweden’s Midwest? Norway?
Depends on the definition of midwest
Having lived in Sweden for about a half year and visited a few other times (study abroad and lots of family there), geographically the whole country kind of reminds me of the midwest (barring the more frozen part way far north where the trees get smaller). The more wooded and snowy parts of the north remind me of the upper midwest, the south more akin to the large rolling fields of the farming parts of the midwest. Vänern feels like a Great Lake. The archipelago filled Baltic coastlines remind me a bit of the rockier Lake Superior coastlines of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. I could see why my grandpa and many other Swedes felt comfortable emigrating to this part of the country about a century ago.
Wow such long text post, thanks for nice words about sweden. I hope you come visit again, it is very strange that the two would be similar with how far south the american midwestern region is comparatively to sweden.
Jag planerar att resa till Sverige igen under jul :) (förlåt - min svenska är inte så bra)
Jag har läst att klimatet är liknande på grund av “The Gulf Stream” (not sure what you call it in Swedish, it’s the warm water current in the Atlantic Ocean)
Okidoki, golfströmmen är det svenska namnet