Sweden Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Sweden with its capital Stockholm is located in Europe (Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea). It covers some 449,965 square kilometres (slightly larger than California) with 9,045,000 citizens. Swedish, Northern Sami and Finnish are the languages used by people in Sweden (consider regional differences). It is charing borders with Norway and Finland.

Sweden is the largest of the Nordic countries in Northern Europe, with a population of about 9.3 million. Sweden has a strong tradition of being an open, yet discreet country. Citizens sometimes appear to be quite reserved at first, but once they get to know who they are dealing with, they'll be as warm and friendly as you'd wish. Sweden is great for outdoor life - skiing, skating, hiking, canoeing, cycling and berry-picking depending of season. Stockholm and Gothenburg have great nightlife and shopping opportunities. Most cities have well-preserved preindustrial architecture. Sceneries of nature, less populated than most of Europe. Ice and snow during winter.

Pictures from Capital (Stockholm)

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About Sweden

The topography features mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands with mountains in west. The average density of population is about 20 per km². The climate in Sweden can be described as temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers with subarctic in north. Potential natural disasters are ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic.

To reach someone in Sweden dial +46 prior to a number. There are 5,146,000 installed telephones. And there are 11,426,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".se". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 21 regions/states in Sweden we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Swedish population grew at a rate of 0.16% (or by 14,428 citizens). With 92,555 deaths and 92,011 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.01%. 14,972 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Sweden: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.