White sandy beaches are common along the southern coastline. Significant lakes include Siljan, Storsjom, Varern and Vattern, and with few exceptions, the balance of Sweden's lakes are on the small side. It has been marked on the map by an inverted triangle. Sweden officially, the Kingdom of Sweden is divided into 21 counties Ian and municipalities kommuner. The municipalities are further divided into parishes forsamlinger.
With an area of , sq. It is also the 5 th largest country in Europe and the 3 rd largest country in EU. Located on the south-central east coast of Sweden is, Stockholm — the capital, the largest and the most populous city of Sweden. Stockholm is the cultural, administrative and economic center of Sweden. On the west coast of Sweden is Gothenburg — the 2 nd largest city in Sweden.
Sweden is a Northern European country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. Sweden is bordered by 3 countries: by Finland in the east; by Norway in the north and west; by Denmark in the southwest via a bridge-tunnel through Oresund Strait. It is bounded by the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea in the east and south; and by the Skagerrak and Kattegat straits in the southwest.
Sweden Bordering Countries : Finland. Regional Maps : Map of Europe. The above map represents Sweden, a European country located in the Scandinavian Peninsula. The above map can be downloaded, printed, and used for educational purpose like map-pointing activities or coloring. This page was last updated on February 24, Home Europe Sweden. Sweden is a country of Europe North located in Scandinavia.
Its capital is Stockholm and its inhabitants are called Swedes. His official language and majority language is Swedish.
Finnish and Sami are also spoken, mainly in the north of the country. Regional variations are frequent. Where is Sweden located? Sweden is located in Northern Europe , on the Scandinavian Peninsula, and is part of the Nordic countries and Scandinavia.
It stretches 1, km between Smygehuk in the south and the cairn of the three kingdoms in the north, with a maximum width of about km. Sweden has a border with Norway to the west and another with Finland to the northeast.
With a territory of , km2, Sweden is the fifth largest country in Europe after Russia , Ukraine , France and Spain. Sweden has a low population density, except in metropolitan areas. Safeguarding the environment and the issue of renewable energies are generally the priority of politicians, as well as a large part of the population. Sweden has long been a major exporter of iron, copper and timber.
Industrialization, which began in the s, allowed Sweden to develop, and to consistently obtain a good place in the European rankings on the Human Development Index HDI. Sweden has large reserves of drinking water, but lacks fossil energy resources such as coal or oil. Modern Sweden comes from the Kalmar Union, founded in The country was unified in the sixteenth century by King Gustav Vasa.
In the seventeenth century, Sweden conquered new territories and formed a colonial empire. However, most of these territories will have to be abandoned in the eighteenth century.
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