Sweden
Sweden is in Northern Europe, with its capital at Stockholm and an area of about 450,295 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Region
- Europe · Northern Europe
- Area
- 450,295 km²
- Languages
- Swedish
- Currencies
- Swedish krona (SEK)
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Natural resources
- iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower
- Industries
- iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles
- Main exports
- cars, refined petroleum, packaged medicine, paper, vehicle parts/accessories
First-level divisions (21)
- Blekinge
- Dalarna
- Gävleborg
- Gotland
- Halland
- Jämtland
- Jönköping
- Kalmar
- Kronoberg
- Norrbotten
- Örebro
- Östergötland
- Skåne
- Södermanland
- Stockholm
- Uppsala
- Värmland
- Västerbotten
- Västernorrland
- Västmanland
- Västra Götaland
Major cities
- Stockholm (population 1,264,000)
- Gothenburg (population 537,797)
- Malmö (population 269,349)
- Uppsala (population 133,117)
- Västerås (population 107,194)
- Örebro (population 98,573)
- Linköping (population 96,732)
- Helsingborg (population 91,304)
- Jönköping (population 89,780)
- Norrköping (population 88,639)
- Umeå (population 78,197)
- Karlstad (population 74,141)
- Sundsvall (population 73,389)
- Gävle (population 68,635)
- Borås (population 65,008)