Sweden
Sweden is the largest of the Nordic countries by size and population. Visitors can experience deep forests and many lakes, the heritage from the Viking Age and the 17th-century Swedish Empire, the glamour of the Nobel Prize, and the country's successful pop music scene.Tap on the map to travel |
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Stockholm
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Stockholm is Sweden's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within Stockholm County.
Uppsala
Uppsala is a university city in Sweden. Uppsala is not only the capital of Uppsala County, but, with a population of 167,000 in the city and a total population of 241,000 in Uppsala Municipality, it is the country's fourth-largest city.Gothenburg
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Gothenburg is Sweden's second largest city with 570,000 inhabitants, and about 1 million in the metropolitan area.
Destinations
Götaland
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Götaland is the southernmost of the three lands that make up Sweden.
Norrland
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Norrland is one of three lands of Sweden, besides Svealand and Götaland.
Sweden
- Type: Country with 9,280,000 residents
- Description: country in Northern Europe
- Languages: Swedish, Northern Sami, Southern Sami and Finnish
- Neighbors: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Russia
- Categories: sovereign state, unitary state, country bordering the Baltic Sea, OECD country and locality
- Location: Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude of centre
62° northLongitude of centre
15° eastPopulation
9,280,000Area
449,964 km² (173,732 miles²)Elevation
359 metres (1,178 feet)Capital
StockholmCurrency
Krona (SEK)Phone code
.seInternet domain
46OpenStreetMap ID
node 424313277OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
2661886Wikidata ID
Q34Sweden Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Sswid
- Abkhazian: Швециа
- Achinese: Swèdia
- Adyghe: Швецие
- Afar: Shveciya
- Afrikaans: Swede
- Akan: Sweden
- Albanian: Suedi
- Albanian: Suedia
- Amharic: Sweden
- Amharic: ስዊድን
- Amis: Sweden
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σουηδία
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σουηκία
- Angika: स्वीडन
- Arabic: Suwesya
- Arabic: السويد
- Arabic: سويد
- Arabic: مملكة السويد
- Aragonese: Suecia
- Armenian: Շուէտ
- Armenian: Շվեդիա
- Armenian: Շվեդիայի Թագավորություն
- Arpitan: Suède
- Assamese: চুইডেন
- Asturian: Reinu de Suecia
- Asturian: SE
- Asturian: SWE
- Asturian: Suecia
- Atayal: Sweden
- Avaric: Sveriga
- Avaric: Швеция
- Awadhi: स्वीडन
- Aymara: Suecia
- Aymara: Swisya
- Azerbaijani: İsveç
- Balinese: Swédia
- Bambara: Suwɛdi
- Bambara: Swedi
- Bashkir: Швеция
- Basque: Suedia
- Bavarian: Schwedn
- Belarusian: Каралеўства Швэцыя
- Belarusian: Швецыя
- Belarusian: Швэцыя
- Bengali: কোনঙ্গারিকেট স্বেরিজ
- Bengali: সুইডেন
- Bengali: সুইডেন রাজ্য
- Bengali: স্বেরিজ
- Bhojpuri: स्वीडन
- Bhojpuri: स्वीडेन
- Bishnupriya: সুইডেন
- Bislama: Sweden
- Bosnian: Švedska
- Breton: Sveden
- Bulgarian: Кралство Швеция
- Bulgarian: Швеция
- Burmese: ဆွီဒင်
- Burmese: ဆွီဒင်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Regne de Suècia
- Catalan: Suècia
- Cebuano: Suwesya
- Central Bikol: Suesya
- Central Kurdish: سوید
- Central Kurdish: سوێد
- Chamorro: Swesia
- Chavacano: Suecia
- Chechen: Швеци
- Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏕᏂ
- Chinese: Ruìdiǎn
- Chinese: Sūi-tián
- Chinese: 瑞典
- Chinese: 瑞典王国
- Chinese: 瑞典王國
- Church Slavic: Свєньско
- Chuvash: Швеци
- Cornish: Swedherwyk
- Corsican: Svezia
- Crimean Tatar: İsveçiya
- Croatian: Kraljevina Švedska
- Croatian: Švedska
- Czech: Švédsko
- Czech: Švédské království
- Dagbani: Sweden
- Danish: Kongeriget Sverige
- Danish: Sverige
- Dhivehi: ސުވިޑަން
- Dimli (individual language): İswec
- Dotyali: स्वीडेन
- Dutch: SE
- Dutch: SWE
- Dutch: Zweden
- Dzongkha: སུའི་ཌན་
- Dzongkha: སུའི་ཌེན
- Eastern Mari: Швеций
- Egyptian Arabic: السويد
- English: Kingdom of Sweden
- English: Konungariket Sverige
- English: SE
- English: SWE
- English: Sverige
- English: se
- Erzya: Швеция Мастор
- Esperanto: Reĝlando Svedio
- Esperanto: SE
- Esperanto: Svedio
- Esperanto: Svedujo
- Estonian: Rootsi
- Ewe: Sweden
- Ewe: Sweden nutome
- Extremaduran: Suecia
- Extremaduran: Suécia
- Faroese: Svøríki
- Fiji Hindi: Sweden
- Fijian: Suwiteni
- Finnish: Ruotsi
- Finnish: Ruotsin kuningaskunta
- French: Royaume de Suède
- French: SE
- French: Suède
- Friulian: Svezie
- Fulah: Suwed
- Fulah: Suweed
- Gagauz: Şvețiya
- Galician: Reino de Suecia
- Galician: Suecia - Sverige
- Galician: Suecia
- Galician: سۊئد
- Gan Chinese: 瑞典
- Ganda: Swideni
- Ganda: Swiiden
- Georgian: შვედეთი
- Georgian: შვედეთის სამეფო
- Georgian: შვეცია
- German: Königreich Schweden
- German: SE
- German: SWE
- German: Schweden
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Sweden
- Gilaki: سوئد
- Goan Konkani: Sweden
- Goan Konkani: स्विडन
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹
- Greek: Βασίλειο της Σουηδίας
- Greek: Σουηδία
- Guarani: Suecia
- Guarani: Suésia
- Guianese Creole French: Swèd
- Gujarati: સ્વિડન
- Gujarati: સ્વીડન
- Haitian: Syèd
- Hakka Chinese: Sui-tién
- Hakka Chinese: Sui-tiên
- Hausa: Kuekene
- Hausa: Sui-tiên
- Hausa: Suwedan
- Hausa: Sweden
- Hawaiian: Kuekene
- Hebrew: שבדיה
- Hebrew: שוודיה
- Hindi: स्वीडन
- Hindi: स्वीडेन
- Hungarian: Svéd Királyság
- Hungarian: Svédország
- Icelandic: Svíþjóð
- Ido: Suedia
- Igbo: Sweden
- Iloko: Suesia
- Inari Sami: Ruotâ
- Indonesian: Sweden
- Indonesian: Swedia
- Interlingua: Svedia
- Interlingue: Svedia
- Inuktitut: ᔅᕗᕆᑭ
- Irish: An tSualainn
- Irish: an tSualainn
- Italian: Konungariket Sverige
- Italian: Sverige
- Italian: Svezia
- Jamaican Creole English: Swiidn
- Japanese: スウェーデン
- Japanese: スウェーデン王国
- Japanese: 瑞典
- Javanese: Swèdhen
- Javanese: Swédia
- Kabardian: Шуэц
- Kabiyè: Sʊyɛdɩ
- Kabuverdianu: Suésia
- Kabyle: Sswid
- Kalaallisut: Svenskit Nunaat
- Kalaallisut: Sverige
- Kalmyk: Сведин Нутг
- Kalo Finnish Romani: Sveedi
- Kalo Finnish Romani: Sveediko them
- Kalo Finnish Romani: Sveittiko them
- Kannada: ಸ್ವೀಡನ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Shvetsiya
- Karachay-Balkar: Швеция
- Karelian: Ruočči
- Kashmiri: سُوِڈَن
- Kashmiri: سِوڈَن
- Kashubian: Szwedzkô
- Kazakh: Швеция
- Khmer: ស៊ុយអែត
- Kikuyu: Sweden
- Kikuyu: Uswidi
- Kinyarwanda: Suwede
- Kirghiz: Швеция
- Komi-Permyak: Шведму
- Komi: Швеция
- Kongo: Suedi
- Korean: 스웨덴
- Korean: 스웨리예
- Kotava: Sveriga
- Kurdish: Swêd
- Kurdish: سوید
- Kölsch: Shvede
- Ladin: Svezia
- Ladino: Suesia
- Lao: Suesia
- Lao: ປະເທດຊູແອດ
- Lao: ສະວີເດັນ
- Latgalian: Švedeja
- Latin: Suecia
- Latvian: Zviedrija
- Lezghian: Швеция
- Ligurian: Svéçia
- Limburgan: Zwede
- Lingala: Swédi
- Lingala: Swédɛ
- Lingua Franca Nova: Sveria
- Literary Chinese: 瑞典
- Lithuanian: Švedija
- Liv: Rūotšmō
- Livvi: Ruočči
- Livvi: Ruoččii
- Lojban: sueriges
- Lombard: Svezia
- Low German: Sveden
- Low German: Sweden
- Lower Sorbian: Šwedska
- Luba-Katanga: Suwedi
- Lule Sami: Svierik
- Luxembourgish: Schweden
- Macedo-Romanian: Suidia
- Macedonian: Шведска
- Madurese: Swedia
- Maithili: स्वीडेन
- Malagasy: Soeda
- Malagasy: Soedy
- Malay: Sweden
- Malay: سويدن
- Malayalam: സ്വീഡൻ
- Maltese: Renju tal-Iżvezja
- Maltese: Svezja
- Maltese: l-Iżvezja
- Maltese: Żvezja
- Manipuri: ꯁ꯭ꯋꯤꯗꯦꯟ
- Manx: Yn Toolynn
- Maori: Huitene
- Marathi: स्वीडन
- Mazanderani: سوئد
- Min Dong Chinese: Sôi-diēng
- Min Nan Chinese: Sverige
- Min Nan Chinese: Sweden
- Min Nan Chinese: Sūi-tián
- Mingrelian: შვედეთი
- Moksha: Шведмастор
- Mongolian: Швед
- Mongolian: ꯁ꯭ꯋꯤꯗꯦꯟ
- Moroccan Arabic: السويد
- Moroccan Arabic: سويد
- Mossi: Sweden
- Narom: Suède
- Nauru: Widen
- Navajo: Chʼah Bideeʼí Dineʼé Bikéyah
- Neapolitan: Sguezia
- Nepali: स्विडेन
- Nepali: स्विदेन
- Nepali: स्वीडेन
- Newari: स्वीडेन
- North Ndebele: Sweden
- Northern Frisian: Sweeden/fe
- Northern Frisian: Sweeden
- Northern Luri: سوئد
- Northern Sami: Ruoŧa gonagasriika
- Northern Sami: Ruoŧŧa
- Norwegian: Sverige
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket Sverige
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sverige
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongedømet Sverige
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sverige
- Novial: Suedia
- Occitan (post 1500): Suècia
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܣܘܝܕ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Swēoland
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Swēoland Cynerīce
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sƿēoland
- Oriya: ସ୍ଵିଡେନ
- Oriya: ସ୍ୱିଡେନ
- Oriya: ସ୍ୱେଡେନ୍
- Oromo: Iswiidin
- Ossetian: Швеци
- Pali: स्वीडन
- Pampanga: Suesia
- Pampanga: Suwesya
- Pampanga: Sweden
- Pangasinan: Suesia
- Pangasinan: Sverige
- Panjabi: ਸਵੀਡਨ
- Papiamento: Suecia
- Papiamento: Suesia
- Pennsylvania German: Schweden
- Persian: سوئد
- Persian: سویدن
- Picard: Suède
- Piemontese: Svessia
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Swiiden
- Pite Sami: Sverdji
- Pite Sami: Sverrje
- Polish: Królestwo Szwecji
- Polish: Szwecja
- Pontic: Σουηδία
- Portuguese: Reino da Suécia
- Portuguese: Suécia
- Pushto: سويډن
- Pushto: سویډن
- Quechua: Suecia
- Quechua: Suwidsuyu
- Quechua: Suwiriqi
- Romanian: Suedia
- Romansh: Svezia
- Rundi: Suwedi
- Russia Buriat: Швед
- Russia Buriat: Швеци
- Russian: Sverige
- Russian: Королевство Швеция
- Russian: Швеция
- Rusyn: Швеція
- Sakizaya: Sweden
- Samoan: Suetena
- Samoan: Sweden
- Samogitian: Švedėjė
- Sango: Suêde
- Sanskrit: स्वीडन
- Santali: ᱥᱣᱤᱰᱮᱱ
- Saraiki: سویڈن
- Sardinian: Isvetzia
- Sardinian: Isvètzia
- Saterfriesisch: Sweeden
- Scots: Kinrick o Swaden
- Scots: Swaden
- Scottish Gaelic: An t-Suain
- Serbian: Švedska
- Serbian: Шведска
- Serbo-Croatian: Sswid
- Serbo-Croatian: Švedska
- Shan: မိူင်းသုၺ်ႇတိၼ်ႇ
- Shona: Sweden
- Shona: Swidheni
- Sicilian: Svezzia
- Silesian: Szwecyjo
- Silesian: Szwecyjŏ
- Sindhi: سوئيڊن
- Sindhi: سويڊن
- Sinhala: ස්වීඩනය
- Sinhala: ස්වීඩනය
- Skolt Sami: Ruõcc
- Skolt Sami: Ruõccjânnam
- Slovak: Švédske kráľovstvo
- Slovak: Švédsko
- Slovenian: Švedska
- Somali: Iswidhan
- Somali: Iswiidhan
- South Azerbaijani: سوئد
- Southern Sami: Sveerje
- Southern Sami: Svöörje
- Spanish: Reino de Suecia
- Spanish: Suecia
- Sranan Tongo: Swerigekondre
- Sundanese: Swédia
- Swahili: Uswidi
- Swati: ISwideni
- Swedish: Konungadömet Sverige
- Swedish: Konungariket Sverige
- Swedish: Kungadömet Sverige
- Swedish: Kungariket Sverige
- Swedish: SE
- Swedish: SWE
- Swedish: Sverige
- Swiss German: Schwede
- Tachelhit: Swid
- Tagalog: Kaharian ng Suwesya
- Tagalog: Suwesya
- Tagalog: Sweden
- Tahitian: Tuete
- Tajik: Суэд
- Tajik: Шведсия
- Tajik: Шветсия
- Talysh: İsveç
- Tamil: சுவீடன்
- Tamil: ஸ்வீடன்
- Taroko: Sweden
- Tatar: Швеция
- Tatar: Шевитсә
- Telugu: స్వీడన్
- Tetum: Suésia
- Thai: Sweden
- Thai: ประเทศสวีเดน
- Thai: ราชอาณาจักรสวีเดน
- Thai: สวีเดน
- Tibetan: སི་ཝེ་དེན།
- Tibetan: ཧྲུའི་ཏན།
- Tigrinya: ስዊድን
- Tigrinya: ሽወደን
- Tok Pisin: Suwidan
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Sueteni
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Suēteni
- Tornedalen Finnish: Ruotti
- Tosk Albanian: Schweden
- Tsonga: Sweden
- Tumbuka: Sweden
- Tunisian Arabic: السويد
- Turkish: İsveç
- Turkish: İsveç Krallığı
- Turkmen: Şwesiýa
- Tuvinian: Швеция
- Twi: Sweden
- Tyap: A̱byintyok Swidin
- Tyap: Swidin
- Udmurt: Швеция
- Uighur: شىۋېتسىيە
- Uighur: شۋېتسىيە
- Ukrainian: Королівство Швеція
- Ukrainian: Швеція
- Ume Sami: Ruohtsa
- Ume Sami: Sverjje
- Upper Sorbian: Kralestwo Šwedska
- Upper Sorbian: Šwedska
- Urdu: سویڈن
- Uzbek: Shvetsiya
- Venetian: Svèsia
- Veps: Ročinma
- Veps: Ročinman Kunigahuz
- Vietnamese: Thuỵ Điển
- Vietnamese: Thụy Điển
- Vlaams: Zweedn
- Vlax Romani: Sveko
- Volapük: Svedän
- Võro: Roodsi
- Walloon: Suwede
- Walloon: Suwedwesse
- Waray (Philippines): Suecia
- Waray (Philippines): Suwesya
- Welsh: Sweden
- Western Armenian: Շուէտ
- Western Balochi: سویڈن
- Western Frisian: Keninkryk Sweden
- Western Frisian: Sweden
- Western Frisian: Zweden
- Western Panjabi: سویڈن
- Wolof: Suwed
- Wolof: Suweed
- Wu Chinese: 瑞典
- Yakut: Сибиэссийэ
- Yakut: Швеция
- Yiddish: שוועדן
- Yoruba: Swidini
- Yoruba: Swídìn
- Yue Chinese: 瑞典
- Zeeuws: Zweden
- Zhuang: Nyeiqdenj
- Zulu: ISwidi
- Zulu: i-Sweden
- Cuindeni
- Iswiç
- Suidii
- Svezzie
- Swiden
- ma Sensa
- ma Wensa
- Śvèsia
- Шуецэ
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