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Which city is the centre of Sjuharadsbygden?

Boras. Boras is also the centre for the textile industry, and has a basketball team where Magic Johnson made a surprising comeback in 1999.

Stockholm lies on the border of two Swedish 'landscapes' (old regions). Which two?

Sodermanland and Uppland. Uppland is to the north and Sodermanland to the south. The border goes just south of Gamla Stan (Old town).

Which of these Swedish cities has the largest population?

Uppsala. Uppsala has grown a lot the last 50 years and has since then more than doubled its population to about 130,000. Thereby is Uppsala the fourth biggest city. Note that the population is counted based on the city, not the 'kommun'.

Which Swedish city was founded as a base for the navy?

Karlskrona. Karlskrona is built on islands in the inner part of an archipelago. The old navy base is well preserved and was recently registered as a World Heritage by Unesco.

In which Swedish city do the highways E4 and E6 split up?

Helsingborg. Helsingborg is also called 'Pearl of the Sound', referring to Oresund, the sound between Sweden and Denmark.

Which Swedish city is also called 'Match town' (Tandsticksstaden) and 'Jerusalem of Smaland', referring to the strong religiousness?

Jonkoping. Today there is no match industry, and the city is becoming more and more secular.

Which city is the northernmost?

Pitea. Mikael Renberg with many seasons in NHL comes from Pitea.

Which city of these does NOT have a university?

Malmo. They will probably get one sooner or later, being the third largest city with 250,000 inhabitants.

Which of these cities is NOT a part of metropolitan Stockholm?

Landskrona. Landskrona lies between Helsingborg and Malmo in the very southern part.

In which city does the archbishop live?

Uppsala. Uppsala has been the centre for religion in Sweden since before Christianity came.