Sweden Facts

Sweden's Information

Land Area	410,335 km²
Water Area	39,960 km²
Total Area	450,295km² (#55)
Population	9,880,604 (#89)
Population Density	24.08/km²
Government Type	Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
GDP (PPP)	$498.00 Billion
GDP Per Capita	$49,700
Currency	Krona (SEK)
Largest Cities	Stockholm (1,253,309) Goeteborg (504,084) Malmoe (261,548) Uppsala (127,734) Vasteras (107,194) Orebro (98,573) Linkoping (96,732) Helsingborg (91,025) Huddinge (90,182) Jonkoping (83,202) View all cities in Sweden

Name: Sweden
(long form) Kingdom of Sweden
(local short form) Sverige
Capital City: Stockholm (847,073 pop.)
(2,054,343 metro)
Sweden Population: 9,119,423 (2013 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: $395.8 billion (2012 est.)
GDP per capita: $41,700 (2012 est.)
Land Sizes
Language: Swedish (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Largest Cities: (by population) Stockholm, Goteborg, Malmo, Uppsala, Linkoping
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

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