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Kingdom of Sweden
🗺️ Stockholm, Sweden
Capital city
📍 59.3293°, 18.0686°View larger map →
📍 Essential Info
CapitalStockholm
TimezoneUTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population10.6M
Governmentparliamentary constitutional monarchy
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsType C, F (230V)
Internet Code.se
Internet Users96%
GDP per Capita$63,300
🌍 Geography
LocationNorthern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Size Comparisonalmost three times the size of Georgia; slightly larger than California
Climatetemperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
Terrainmostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsSwedish 79.6%, Syrian 1.9%, Iraqi 1.4%, Finnish 1.3%, other 15.8% (2022 est.)
ReligionsChurch of Sweden (Lutheran) 53.9%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 8.9%, none or unspecified 37.2% (2...
Median Age41.2 years
Life Expectancy82.9 years
National HolidayNational Day, 6 June (1983)
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Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook