Facts:
- Area: 450,000 km²
(174,000 sq. mi.), third largest country in Western Europe
Forests: 53%
Mountains: 17%
Cultivated land: 8%
Lakes and rivers: 9%
Longest north-south distance: 1,574 km (978 mi.)
Longest east-west distance: 499 km (310 mi.)
- Capital Stockholm
- Population 9
million inhabitants
- Languages:
Swedish; recognized minority languages: Sami (Lapp), Finnish, Meänkieli
(Tornedalen Finnish), Yiddish, Romani Chib (a Gypsy language).
- Form of
government: Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy.
- Parliament: The
Riksdag, with 349 members in one chamber
- Religion: 82%
belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden
- Average life
expectancy: men 77 years, women 82 years.
- Most important
export goods: Paper products, electrical and computer equipment, motor
vehicles, machinery, chemical products, pharmaceuticals, iron and steel,
foodstuffs
- Most important
imported goods: Petroleum products, motor vehicles and accessories,
machinery, electrical and computer equipment, foodstuffs, textile
products, footwear
Average temperatures
| |
JANUARY |
JULY |
|
Malmö |
-0.2° C (+31.6° F) |
+
16.8° C (62.2° F) |
|
Stockholm |
-2.8° C (+27.0° F) |
+17.2° C (63.0° F) |
|
Kiruna |
-16.0° C (+3.2° F) |
+12.8° C (55.0° F) |
Daylight
| |
JANUARY 1 |
JULY 1 |
|
Malmö |
7
hours |
17
hours |
|
Stockholm |
6
hours |
18
hours |
|
Kiruna |
0
hours |
24
hours |
|