Moose, booze & jam on meatballs

PARTY TIME Swedish fans in Russia A DOZEN things you didn’t know about Sweden and the Swedes:

1. Every car must take a test to ensure it will not flip over when swerving to miss a moose on the road.

2. Swedes frown on weekday daytime boozing but at weekends they party as if to cure a century of thirst.

3. Lingonberry jam replaces mustard and mayo and goes on any dish from meatballs to porridge.

4. Population is just 9,982,709, but right now most seem to be in Russia.

5. No need for Google Translate – 90% of Swedes speak fluent English.

6. They’re famous for 40% spirit Aquavit which means “water for life”. 7. A pint will set you back £5. Skål! 8. A detached house in capital Stockholm costs around £550,000. 9. Tax is up to 61.85%. Ouch. 10. Roughly 600,000 sing in choirs, the highest proportion in the world.

11. Swedes pioneered legal change of gender identity in 1972.

12. They live off coffee, consuming 8.2kg per head per year.