Tourism in Sweden comprised a relatively small part of the Swedish economy in 2011 at 2.9% of the country's GDP; at this time, tourism generated 264 billion Swedish krona, 98.8 billion of which was foreign-visitor expenditure in Sweden. 7.1% of Swedish household income is spent on domestic tourism.
View from southern Öland
Tanumshede rock carvings
The Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi
Gamla stan (Old town) in central Stockholm
Vasaloppet is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in the central part of the province. It is the oldest cross-country ski race in the world, as well as the one with the highest number of participants.
Jørgen Aukland, Norway, winning the 2013 men's event
Ernst Alm, first winner, 1922
Kransmas Erik Smedhs and Vibeke Skofterud, 2012
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