Sweden is a country in the European continent. Specifically, it is situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It makes border with Norway in West and North, Finland in the east and Denmark in the south.

Geography

Area: 528,447 km²

Population: 10.385.347 (February 2021)

Main Language: Swedish

Other Languages: Sami, Finnish, Meänkieli (Tornedalen Finnish), Yiddish and Romani Chib

• Largest lake: Vänern (5,650 km2)
• Highest mountain: Kebnekaise (2,099 m)

Sweden Map

Administrative Divisions: 25 provinces (Landskap)

Calling code: +46

Internet code: .se

The National Day is June 6. Moreover, the nation celebrates 2 historical events on this day.

• Gustav Vasa was elected King on June 6th , 1523

• The new constitution was adopted on June 6th, 1809

Cities

There are many interesting cities in the nation. For example, there are some cities:

Big cities

• Stockholm
• Gothenburg
• Malmo
• Uppsala
• Vasteras

Touristic Cities

• Abisko
• Stockholm
• Gothenburg
• Malmo
• Umeå
• Sundsvall
• Helsinborg
• Kiruna

Hidden Gems

• Nysäter
• Ystad
• Trosa

Malmo

Gothenburg

The Öresund bridge-tunnel is located across the Öresund Strait. It is a tunnel created to connect Sweden and Denmark by road. Therefore, it makes possible to travel between Malmo (Sweden) to Copenhagen (Denmark) by car.

The Drottningholm Palace is the Royal’s family permanent residence. In addition, it is an UNESCO World Heritage Site

Gotland is the Sweden’s largest island and a province. Visby is the capital. The picture below shows the Almedalen Park in Visby.

Curiosities

The country has 5 Minority Groups:

• SAMI
• JEWS
• ROMA
• SWEDEN FINNS
• TORNEDALIANS

• First European country to establish national parks in 1910
• There is an ice hotel located in the small village of Jukkasjärvi (200 km north of the Arctic Circle). It is opened since 1989 and it has been reborn every year.
• The Oat Milk was created by the food scientist Rickard Öste. He is also a Professor emeritus at Lund University.
• The Sledge Hockey was created in Stockholm. Consequently, the sport became part of the Paralympic Games.

Geo’s King YouTube video: