Sweden
Stockholm · Northern Europe
Sweden is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Stockholm, the official currency is the Swedish Krona, and the main language is Swedish.
With a population of roughly 10.6 million people spread over 450,295 km², Sweden is the 86th most populous country in the world and the 55th largest by area. That works out at about 24 people per square kilometre.
Sweden shares land borders with Norway and Finland — 2 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The highest point in the country is Kebnekaise, at 2,096 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Uzbekistan, while its population is closest to that of Honduras.
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population
- 10,600,000
- Area
- 450,295 km²
- Currency
- Swedish Krona
- Main language
- Swedish
- Highest point
- Kebnekaise
2,096 m - Land borders
- 2
Sweden: things worth knowing
- Sweden has around 267,000 islands, more than any other country, though most are uninhabited.
- The right of public access, allmansrätten, lets anyone walk and camp on most land regardless of who owns it.
- It has not fought a war since 1814, one of the longest unbroken stretches of peace of any country.
Sweden in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Sweden ranks 12th among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.