Suecia Perfil Gobierno 2019

nombre: Stockholm

coordenadas geográficas: 59 20 N, 18 03 E

diferencia de tiempo: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

21 counties (lan, singular and plural); Blekinge, Dalarna, Gavleborg, Gotland, Halland, Jamtland, Jonkoping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Norrbotten, Orebro, Ostergotland, Skane, Sodermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala, Varmland, Vasterbotten, Vasternorrland, Vastmanland, Vastra Gotaland

6 Junio 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king of Sweden, marking the abolishment of the Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway, and Sweden)

National Day, 6 Junio (1983); note - from 1916 to 1982 this date was celebrated as Swedish Flag Day

history: several previous; latest adoptada 1 Enero 1975

amendments: proposed by Parliament; passage requires simple majority vote in two consecutive parliamentary terms with an intervening general election; passage also requires approval by simple majority vote in a referendum if Parliament approves a motion for a referendum by one third of its members; modificada several times, last in 2014 (changes to the "Instrument of Government") (2016)

18 años de edad; universal

jefe de estado: King CARL XVI GUSTAF (desde 15 September 1973); Heir Apparent Princess VICTORIA Ingrid Alice Desiree (daughter of the monarch, born 14 July 1977)

jefe de gobierno: Prime Minister Stefan LOFVEN (desde 3 October 2014); Deputy Prime Minister Isabella LOVIN (desde 25 May 2016); note - Prime Minister Stefan LOFVEN was ousted in a no-confidence vote on 25 September 2018 and headed a caretaker government until the next government was formed; LOFVEN was reelected as Prime Minister and took office on 21 January 2019

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister

elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually becomes the prime minister