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Sweden is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forests and glaciated mountains. Its principal cities, eastern capital Stockholm and southwestern Gothenburg and Malmö, are all coastal. Stockholm is built on 14 islands. It has more than 50 bridges, as well as the medieval old town, Gamla Stan, royal palaces and museums such as open-air Skansen.

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Point	Information
Country Name	Kingdom of Sweden
Short Name	Sweden
Capital	Stockholm
Largest city	Stockholm
Official languages	Swedish
National Languages	Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami, Romani, Yiddish
Religion	63.7% Christianity —60.2% Church of Sweden —3.5% Other Christian, 27.0% No religion, 8.1% Islam, 1.2% Other religions
Demonym(s)	Swedish, Swede
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
President	Prime Minister – Stefan Löfven
Vice President	Deputy Prime Minister – Morgan Johansson
House Speaker	Andreas Norlén
Chief Justice	Mr Anders Eka
Total Area	450,295 km² (173,860 sq mi)
Water (%)	8.7
Total Land Area (%)	411,119 km²
Population	10,343,403 (2020 estimate)
GDP (PPP)	$563.882 billion (2019 estimate)
GDP (Nominal)	$528.929 billion (2019 estimate)
Currency	Swedish krona (SEK)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET) Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	YYYY-MM-DD
Mains Electricity	230 V – 50 Hz
Driving side	Right
Calling code	+46
ISO 3166 code	SE
Internet TLD	.se
Political Parties	Moderate Party Moderata samlingspartiet Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna Centre Party Centerpartiet Left Party Vänsterpartiet
Independence Day	A unified Swedish kingdom established – By the early 12th century
Tallest Building	Turning Torso Norra Tornen 1 Kista Science Tower Kista Torn
Richest Persons	Stefan Persson Hans Rausing & family Jörn Rausing Finn Rausing
Top Website	Vklass.se Twitch.tv Google.se Aftonbladet.se
Flag	Sweden Flag
Map	Sweden Map