Its mysteries uncovered
with the initiative Swedish Number , the Scandinavian country becomes the first in the world to have its own telephone number **(+46 771 793 336) **, which anyone can call to be connected with a Swede from anywhere in the country, who will will solve your doubts and will allow check if all those topics that help us make a composition of reality are true or not, reports Verne.
This initiative, which he started last April 6 and will be in operation for three more months, has been driven by the Swedish Tourism Association to commemorate that 250 years ago, in 1766, it was the first country to abolish censorship . In addition, this campaign aims to spread knowledge about this territory outside its borders and generate curiosity about it, they explain on the official website.
On the other end of the phone, citizens who have decided to sign up freely to work as ambassadors of your country . They will be in charge of answering questions such as if they live surrounded by the northern lights, if they are all tall and blonde, if the balance between work and family life is as good as they paint it, what happens with the IKEA furniture...
Since its launch four days ago, Swedish Number has received 36,434 calls , coming mainly from USA (40%) , United Kingdom (9%) , Turkey (8%) , Netherlands (7%) and Australia (5%) . It should be noted that the call is not free and that it has the cost of an international connection.
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