Sweden
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| Sverige | |||||
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| National motto: | none | ||||
| National anthem: | Du gamla, du fria | ||||
| About the people | |||||
| Official languages: | Swedish | ||||
| Population: (# of people) | |||||
| - Total: | 9,122,169 (ranked 84th) | ||||
| - Density: | 21,9 per km² | ||||
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| Capital city: | Stockholm | ||||
| Largest city: | Stockholm | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total: | 449,964 km² (ranked 54th) | ||||
| Politics / Government | |||||
| Established: | Independence: From the Kalmar Union - Declared: August 23, 1521 - Recognized: June 6, 1523 |
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| Leaders: | King Carl XIV Gustav Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt |
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| Economy / Money | |||||
| Currency: (Name of money) |
Swedish krona (SEK) | ||||
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| Time zone: | +1 | ||||
| Telephone dialing code: | 0046 | ||||
| Internet domain: | .se | ||||
Sweden (Sverige in Swedish) 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 several bridges. It belongs to the developed countries, and it is famous for its welfare state.
Its capital city is Stockholm. Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, because it has a king, Carl XVI Gustaf. Sweden is a parliamentary state meaning that the government is elected by the parliament which is appointed by the people. The country is democratically ruled by a government headed by an elected prime minister, who currently is Fredrik Reinfeldt.
The population of Sweden is 9 million people.
Sweden does not have an official majority language, but most Swedes speak Swedish (svenska). Sweden has five official minority languages, Finnish, Yiddish, Sami, Meänkieli and Romani.
Sweden became a member of the European Union in 1995. It is not a member of the European Monetary Union. The currency is the Swedish krona.
Sweden has 25 'counties' (landskap), found in 3 different regions: Norrland in the North, Svealand, the central region, and Götaland in the South.
[change] Military
During many wars, including the Vietnam War and World War II, the country did not take sides. During World War II, it sold supplies to both the British and the Germans (Nazis) in order to protect its neutrality, Sweden is heavily armed for a small country. It even developes its own jet fighters, which most countries do not do.
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