Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige
Motto:
Anthem:  Royal anthem: Kungssången Song of the King March: Yor de love
Location of  Sweden  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Stockholm 59°21′N 18°4′E / 59.350°N 18.067°E / 59.350; 18.067
Official languages	Swedish
Finnish Meänkieli Sami dialects Romani Yiddish
Demonym(s)	Swedish Swede
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
• Speaker of the Riksdag	Andreas Norlén
• Prime Minister	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
"För Sverige - i tiden" has been adopted by Carl XVI Gustaf as his personal motto.   Du gamla, Du fria has never been officially adopted as national anthem, but is so by convention.   Since 1 July 2009. Five other languages are officially recognised as minority languages:Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Sami, and Yiddish. The Swedish Sign Language also has a special status.   On 31 December 2012[update], approximately 27% of the population had a full or partial foreign background.   Since 3 September 1967.   The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.

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.