Facts about Sweden

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• Swedes consume 20 million bold semlor bold per year. What is a bold Semla bold?
• 2/3 of Sweden’s land area is covered by forest.
• The fifth-biggest country in Europe (in terms of area).
• There are about 300 000 -400 000 moose roaming freely in the woods.
• There are about 225 000 och 280 000 reindeers in the northern Sweden.
• Swedish music is one of our biggest exports.
• Has one of the highest VAT in the whole world.
• The world’s oldest limited company is Swedish.
• More than 20 000 Sami people live in Sweden.
• Swedes work an average of 1611 hours per year.
• 86% of the Swedes live in cities.
• Swedes have 480 paid parental days.
• Gay relationships have been legalized since 1944.
• There are 95 700 lakes in the country.
• Guadeloupe used to belong to Sweden (1813-1814).
• Land area: 447 435 km2.
• Biggest lake: Vänern 2013 5 648 km.
• National day: 6 June.
• Government: constitutional monarchy.
• The parliament is called “Riksdagen” (349 seats).
• Currency: Swedish crowns (SEK).
• Official language: Swedish. But there are also official minority languages such as Finnish, Yiddish, Meänkieli, Romani, and Sami.
• Official website: sweden.se.
• Member of EU since 1995.
• Member of NATO since 2024.
• National song: Du gamla du fria/ Thou ancient, thou free (YouTube, swe & eng lyrics.
• Time zone: CET (UTC +1), summer time, CEST (UTC +2).
• Country number/prefix: +46.
• Country code: SE, SWE.
• Capital: Stockholm.