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FACTS ABOUT SWEDEN
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Area:
total: 449,964 km² (173,732 sq mi) -- slightly larger than California
land: 410,928 sq km
water: 39,036 sq km
highest point: Mount Kebnekaise 2,111m (6,926 ft)
maximum distance north-south: 1,574 km (977 mi)
maximum distance east-west: 499 km (310 mi)
Land boundaries:
total: 2,205 km
border countries: Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619 km
Coastline: 3,218 km
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Land use:
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forests and woodland:
arable land:
permanent pastures:
other:
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68%
7%
1%
24%
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Climate
Description: temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
Average temperatures:
Malmö
Stockholm
Kiruna |
January
-0.2°C (31.6°F)
-2.8°C (30.0°F)
-16.0°C (3.2°F) |
July
16.8°C (62.2°F)
17.2°C (63.0°F)
12.8°C (55.0°F) |
Daylight (approx):
Malmö
Stockholm
Kiruna |
January 1
7 hours
6 hours
0 hours |
July 1
17 hours
18 hours
24 hours |
People: (1999 est.)
Language: Swedish
Population:
total:8,886,738
growth rate: 0.26%
birth rate: 11.7 births/1,000 population
death rate: 10.78 deaths/1,000 population
total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman
Infant mortality rate: 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births
net migration rate: 1.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population
population density: 20 inhabitants/km² (52 inhab/sq mi)
Age/Gender structure:
0-14 years
15-64 years
65 years +
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19%
64%
17%
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(male 852,520; female 808,600)
(male 2,885,783; female 2,792,964)
(male 653,631; female 893,240)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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male
female
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76.95 years
82.37 years
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Children's home
living situations:
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both biological parents
lone mother
lone father
mother/father and stepparent
other
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75%
17%
3%
5%
1%
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Religion: 84% belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden
Government:
Type: Constitutional Monarchy
National capital: Stockholm
Head of state: Since 1973 King Carl XVI Gustaf, married since 1976 to Queen Silvia; three children, of whom the oldest, Victoria, is Crown Princess.
Head of government: Göran Persson, prime minister in a Social Democratic minority governemnt.
--Every four years there are elections to the Riksdag (Parliament), municipal councils and county councils, under a proportional representation system, In parliamentary elections, a threshold of 4% of votes cast is used to prevent too many small parties from winning seats.
Last Parliamentary election, September 1998: distribution of seats and share of votes cast:
Political party
Left Party (formerly Communists)
Social Democrats
Green Party
Center (formerly Agrarians)
Christian Democrats
Liberals
Moderates (formerly Conservatives)
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Seats
43
131
16
18
42
17
82
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Share of votes cast
12.0%
36.4%
4.5%
5.1%
11.8%
4.7%
22.9%
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Women Members of Parliament: 43%
Voter turnout for 1998 elections: 81.4%
--Swedish citizens aged 18 or over may vote and run for office.
Foreign citizens who have been residents of Sweden for at least
three years have the same right in municipal and county council
elections.
--There is general male conscription for 7.5-15 months. Sweden
pursues a non-aligned security policy aiming at neutrality in
the event of war in its vicinity, but is an active member of
the United Nations, the European Union and many other international
organizations.
Economy
Currency: Swedish krona (SEK)
1 krona = 100 öre = 0.106 USD (July 2002):
GDP: SEK 1,890 billion (1998)
real growth rate (avg. annual trend 1993-1999): 3.1%
per capita income (avg. annual):
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women
men
both
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SEK 158,400
SEK 220,000
SEK 189,700
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GDP composition by sector:
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agriculture:
industry:
services:
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2%
27%
71%
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national debt: 76.4% of GDP (1998)
Inflation rate-consumer price index: +2.9 % (July 2001 compared with July 2000)
Labor force:
unemployment rate: 4,2 % (June 2001)
participation rate for working-age population: Men 78.8% / Women 74.2%
--Standard work week 40 hours, minimum paid vacation 5 weeks
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labor by sector:
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Private services
Public services
Mining and manufacturing
Construction
Agriculture and forestry
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(39.6%)
(32.6%)
(19.6%)
(5.5%)
(2.5%)
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Industry: Iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles
Agriculture: Grains, sugar beets, potatoes; meat, milk
Exports: Machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
Imports: Machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing
Natural Resources: Zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower
Current Environmental Issues: Acid rain damaging soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
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