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Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige
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Location of Sweden (dark green)
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| Capital and largest city |
59°21′N 18°4′E / 59.350°N 18.067°E |
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| Official languages | Swedish | ||||
| Ethnic groups | no official statistics | ||||
| Religion | Church of Sweden | ||||
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| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
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• King
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Carl XVI Gustaf | ||||
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• Speaker
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Urban Ahlin | ||||
| Stefan Löfven | |||||
| Svante Lindqvist | |||||
| Legislature | Riksdag | ||||
| History | |||||
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• A unified Swedish kingdom established
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By the early 12th century | ||||
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• Part of Kalmar Union
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1397–1523 | ||||
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• Part of Swedish-Norwegian Union
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4 November 1814 – August 1905 | ||||
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• Joined the European Union
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1 January 1995 | ||||
| Area | |||||
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• Total
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450,295 km2 (173,860 sq mi) (55th) | ||||
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• Water (%)
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8.7 | ||||
| Population | |||||
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• 28 February 2017 estimate
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10,019,400 (89th) | ||||
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• 31 December 2016 census
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9,995,153 | ||||
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• Density
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23.1/km2 (59.8/sq mi) (196th) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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$498.130 billion (34th) | ||||
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• Per capita
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$49,678 (17th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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$517.440 billion (21st) | ||||
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• Per capita
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$51,603 (11th) | ||||
| Gini (2015) |
low |
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| HDI (2014) |
very high · 14th |
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| Currency | Swedish krona (SEK) | ||||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
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• Summer (DST)
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CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Date format | yyyy-mm-dd | ||||
| Drives on the | right | ||||
| Calling code | 46 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | SE | ||||
| Internet TLD | .se | ||||
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Coordinates: 63°N 16°E / 63°N 16°E
– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green) – [Legend]
Sweden (
i/ˈswiːdən/ SWEE-dən; Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ]
listen ), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish:
Konungariket Sverige ), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third-largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of 10.0 million. Sweden consequently has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi), with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country. Approximately 85% of the population lives in urban areas.