| Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige |
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Motto: (Royal) "För Sverige i tiden"[a]
"For Sweden – With the Times" |
Anthem: Du gamla, Du fria[b]
Thou ancient, thou free
Royal anthem: Kungssången
The Song of the King |
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Capital
(and largest city) | Stockholm
59°21′N18°4′E / 59.35°N 18.067°E / 59.35; 18.067 |
| Official language(s) | Swedish[c] |
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| Ethnic groups | 81.9% Swedes[1][d]
~5% Finns[2]
~13% other (2009)[3][4] |
| Demonym | Swedish or Swedes |
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| Government | Unitaryparliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy |
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| - | Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| - | Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) |
| - | Speaker of
the Riksdag | Per Westerberg (M) |
| Legislature | Riksdag |
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| Consolidation |
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| - | Unification of Swedish tribes under Eric X | 1210 |
| - | Personal union w. Denmark and Norway | 17 June 1397 |
| - | de facto independent kingdom | 6 June 1523 |
| - | end of Scandinavian union ratified | 1524 |
| - | Swedish-Norwegian Union begins | 4 November 1814 |
| - | Swedish-Norwegian Union ends | 13 August 1905 |
| EUaccession | 1 January 1995 |
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| Area |
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| - | Total | 449,964 km2 (57th)
173,745 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 8.7 |
| Population |
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| - | 2009 census | 9,354,462[5] |
| - | Density | 20.6/km2 (192nd)
53.3/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $337.893 billion[6] |
| - | Per capita | $36,502[6] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
| - | Total | $443.718 billion[6] |
| - | Per capita | $47,934[6] |
| Gini (2005) | 23 (very low) (1st) |
| HDI (2010) |  0.885[7] (very high) (9th) |
| Currency | Swedish krona (SEK) |
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| Time zone | CET(UTC+1) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Date formats | yyyy-mm-dd |
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| Drives on the | right[e] |
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| ISO 3166 code | SE |
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| Internet TLD | .se[f] |
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| Calling code | 46 |
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a. ^Swedish: För Sverige i tiden has been adopted by Carl XVI Gustaf as his personal motto.
b. ^Du gamla, Du fria has never been officially adopted as national anthem, but is so by convention.
c. ^ Since 1 July 2009.[8][9] Five other languages are officially recognized as minority languages.[10] They are: Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Sami and Yiddish. The Swedish Sign Language also has a special status.
d. ^ As of 2008, 18% of the population had foreign origins (13% if excluding Finns and 9% if also excluding other Scandinavians), with 14% foreign-born and another 4% born in Sweden of two foreign-born parents.[11]
e. ^ Since 3 September 1967. f. ^ The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states. The .nu domain is another commonly used top-level domain ("nu" means "now" in Swedish). |
![Location of Sweden (dark green)– on the European continent (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) — [Legend]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Sweden.svg)
