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Where is Sweden
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Where is Sweden Located?


The given Sweden location map shows that Sweden is located in north Europe. Sweden map also shows that Sweden is a part of Scandinavian Peninsula. Sweden shares its international boundaries with Finland in the north-east, Norway in the west, and Denmark in the south-west; although, Denmark is separated through a thin maritime boundary but it is also connected through a bridge-tunnel across the Oresund. Besides, in the east, Gulf of Bothnia and in the south-east Baltic Sea lie. Most of the regions of the country has temperate climate except the northerner region which it has sub-arctic climate. However, in the coastal region it has oceanic climate as well.

Stockholm is the capital as well as largest city of Sweden. The government type of Sweden is a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy featured with multi-party system. Under this political system, the executive power is exercised by the government, headed by the Prime Minister. However, the legislative power is vested in both the government as well as the parliament. And, the Judiciary is independent.

The economy of the country is of mixed type that depends upon various sectors including industries, manufacturing, services, exports and trades, agriculture, hydro-power, mining etc. some of the significant companies known across the world of Sweden are Volvo, Ericsson, Vattenfall, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Skanska, Electrolux, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, Volvo Personvagnar, Scania, TeliaSonera, Sandvik, ICA, Hennes & Mauritz, and IKEA.

Sweden Information & Facts
CountrySweden
Continent Europe
Where is Located Sweden is a country located in the Northern Europe
Coordinates 59.35, 18.066667
Capital Stockholm
Largest City Stockholm
Neighboring Countries Finland, Norway
Administrative divisions21 counties
Area 173,745 sq mi
Population9415295
Official Language Swedish
Currency Swedish krona (SEK)
ISO Alpha-2 CodeSE
ISO Alpha-3 Code SWE
ISO Numeric Code752
GDP $393.774 billion
Calling code 46
Time Zone CET (UTC+1)
Internet TLD .se