Swedish Culture
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is so well known in Swedish culture that a picture of Nils Holgersson, on the back of a goose flying over the plains of Scania, is printed on the reverse side of the Swedish 20 krona banknote. Nils is also depicted in the logo of the digital map company Tele Atlas. The sights Nils sees as he and his goose roam the provinces of Sweden were depicted in a series of Christmas plates produced by Rörstrand Pottery. The series began in 1968 and continued until at least 1996, the plates illustrated the topography, architecture, industry, and wildlife of Sweden.
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