Facts about Sweden

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Swedes consume 20 million semlor per year. What is a Semla?

2/3 of Swedens land area is covered by forest.

The fifth biggest country in Europe (in terms of area).

There are about 300 000 -400 000 mooses 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 worlds 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, Jiddisch, 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), summertime, CEST (UTC +2).

Country number/Prefix: +46.

Country code: SE, SWE.

Capital: Stockholm.