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Swedenfinnish school
Upplands Väsby
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Vikings in Upplands Väsby For 1000 years ago your
ancestors may have encountered Vikings. Upplands Väsby was inhabited by Vikings. They were a people who traveled far away to trade. But they also plundered coastal cities. They were feared by the Europeans.
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The Runestones The vikings used to carve in
stones to tell about their travels at sea, and to show how great they were, They loved to brag. Upplands Väsby has the most runestones in the whole Country.
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Gunnes gård Gunnes gård is one of our most
popular sights in Upplands Väsby. Gunnes gård is a reconstruction of a Viking village, that was located there almost 1000 year ago.
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Marabou chocolate factoryHere in Upplands Väsby we have a chocolate factory called Marabou, and it’s the only Marabou factory in Sweden. In Marabou chocolate factory we produce chocolate, sold all over Sweden and other countries. Marabou makes very tasty chocolates in many different tastes.
The factory is top secret,
but the king of Sweden
was allowed to visit.
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EuropeEurope is a rock band originated from Upplands Väsby. They are known world wide and are the most famous people from our town. You may have heard their most famous song ”The final countdown”.
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The Sweden-Finnish school in Upplands Väsby
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Bilingual studiesOur school was founded in 1993 by Swedenfinnish parents. Our School is Bilingual. Because we teach in both Swedish and Finnish.
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LearningOur classes are very small compared to regular Schools in Upplands Väsby, therefore we get much help and attention from our teachers. This makes the lessons more fun and we learn more. We have classes from grade 1 to 9.
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Excursions and projectsThe pupils in our school especially like that we arrange many excursions. And they appreciate that they get to use both their Swedish and Finnish languages. Canooing in Kairo, our beach
We are excited about the
Comenius project!
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LandmarksOur school is located just 28 km from
Sweden’s capital Stockholm. It only takes 30 minutes by commuter train Iron treeto get there.
Pyramid building New College, built 2011