Sweden facts and information

Third largest country in Western Europe

Area: 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km²)
Capital: Stockholm
Currency: Swedish krona (SEK)
Official language: Swedish
Population: 9.3 million inhabitants
National Day: June 6th
Member of European Union (EU)
Life expectancy: Men 79 years, women 83 years
Form of government: Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary democracy
Monarch: King Carl XVI Gustaf (1973)
Prime Minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) (2006)
Speaker of the Riksdag: Per Westberg (M) (2006)
Parliament: The Riksdag, with 349 members in one chamber
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
Total: $337.839 billion
Per capita: $47,934
In 2010 Sweden ranked fourth in the world in the Economist's Democracy Index and ninth in the United Nations' Human Development Index.
Sweden borders to Norway, Finland and Denmark and is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Longest north-south distance: 978 mi (1,574 km)
Longest east-west distance: 310 mi (499 km)
Religion: Sweden is secularized. The official Church of Sweden is Evangelical Lutheran
Sweden is devided into 21 counties: Blekinge, Dalarna, Gävleborg, Gotland, Halland, Jämtland, Jönköping, Kalmar, Kronoberg,Örebro, Östergötland, Skåne, Västmanland, Västra Götaland, Södermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala, Värmland, Västerbotten, Västernorrland, Norrbotten

Mountains: 11%
Cultivated land: 8%
Lakes and rivers: 9%
Date formats: yyyy-mm-dd
Calling code: 46

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