Kingdom of Sweden | |
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Motto: | |
Anthem: March: Yor de love | |
Capital and largest city | Stockholm 59°21′N 18°4′E / 59.350°N 18.067°E |
Official languages | Swedish |
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Demonym(s) | |
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Andreas Norlén | |
Ulf Kristersson | |
Legislature | Riksdag |
History | |
• A unified Swedish kingdom established | By the early 12th century |
• Part of Kalmar Union | 1397–1523 |
• Part of Swedish-Norwegian Union | 4 November 1814 – August 1905 |
• Joined the European Union | 1 January 1995 |
• Joined NATO | 7 March 2024 |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (55th) |
• Water (%) | 8.37 (as of 2015) |
Population | |
• February 2021 estimate | 10,402,070 (88th) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (198th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $563.882 billion (39th) |
• Per capita | $52,477 (16th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $528.929 billion (23rd) |
• Per capita | $50,339 (12th) |
Gini (2020) | ▼ 26.9 low |
HDI (2019) | 0.945 very high |
Currency | Swedish krona (SEK) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Date format | yyyy-mm-dd |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +46 |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Internet TLD | .se |
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Sweden (Swedish: Sverige) is a Nordic country in the part of Europe called Scandinavia. Its neighbors are Finland and Norway. Sweden is also connected to Denmark in the south by a bridge. It is a developed country. It is famous for its welfare state. People who live in Sweden are called Swedes.
The population of Sweden is about 10 million people. Sweden's capital city is Stockholm, which is also Sweden's largest city, with almost one million people. Other large cities are Gothenburg and Malmö. These cities are all in the southern half of the country, where it is not as cold as in the north. Swedes drink filmjölk, it is a traditional fermented milk product from Sweden. It is made by fermenting cow's milk. Glögg, is spiced mulled wine which people drink around Christmas. It normally contains red wine, sugar, orange peel, and spices. Swedes eat yellow pea soup with pork (or pork sausages) along with mustard.