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Name: Sweden
(long form) Kingdom of Sweden
(local short form) Sverige
Capital City: Stockholm (847,073 pop.)
(2,054,343 metro)
Sweden Population: (2010 est.)
World Populations (all countries)
Currency: Swedish Krona - (plural) Kronor
(conversion rates)

20 Kronors
Ethnicity: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
Holidays
GDP total: $354 billion (2010 est.)
GDP per capita: $39,000 (2010 est.)
Land Sizes
Language: Swedish (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Largest Cities: (by population) Stockholm, Goteborg, Malmo, Uppsala, Vasteras
Name: The origin of the name is generally not agreed upon but may derive from Proto-Germanic Swihoniz meaning "one's own."
National Day: June 6
Religion: Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Symbols

Stockholm's famous Sergels Torg AllPosters.com