Sweden, Europe
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Stockholm, capital city of Sweden
Sweden is a Nordic EU nation excelling in innovation, sustainability, high-quality manufacturing, digital technology, and achieving ambitious renewable energy goals.
Sweden in one word would be “Fika,” meaning coffee pause.
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Sweden armorial
Sweden is a country located in the Northern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.
Easy learning about Sweden |
The capital city of Sweden is Stockholm.
| Sweden is located in | Northern Europe Europe Continent |
| Member of | European Union since 1995 Schengen since 2001 NATO since 2024 |
| Sweden has a population of | 10,551,494 inhabitants within a total area of 449,964 Km2 (279,594 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Sweden’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 39 (world rank position) GPI scale of 1.78 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Sweden HDI ranks in position nº 5 worldwide HDI of 0.959 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Sweden’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 188 countries Sweden passport ranks 4th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Sweden GDP per capita is | $58,100 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Sweden ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Sweden EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Very high proficiency has a score of 608 ranks 4th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 62° 00' N, 15° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Norway, Finland. |
| Sweden Climate | temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north |
| Most predominant religion | Church of Sweden (Lutheran), |
| Second most predominant religion | other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) |
| Currency name & code | Krona (SEK) |
| Internet ccTLD | .se |
| Sweden calling code | +46 |
Sweden administrative divisions
21 counties (lan)- Blekinge
- Dalarna
- Gavleborg
- Gotland
- Halland
- Jamtland
- Jonkoping
- Kalmar
- Kronoberg
- Norrbotten
- Orebro
- Ostergotland
- Skane
- Sodermanland
- Stockholm
- Uppsala
- Varmland
- Vasterbotten
- Vasternorrland
- Vastmanland
- Vastra Gotaland
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