Sweden Facts

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, 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

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)
More Information	Sweden