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Sweden, [ f] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [ g][ h] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), [ 4] Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the fifth-largest country in Europe.
List of cities in Sweden. Map of Sweden. Stockholm, capital of Sweden. Gothenburg. Malmö. This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town ( Swedish: stad, plural städer ). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter. The ...
Øresund Bridge. / 55.57528°N 12.82694°E / 55.57528; 12.82694. The Øresund or Öresund Bridge[ 6] is a combined railway and motorway cable-stayed bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. It is the second longest bridge in Europe with both roadway and railway combined in a single structure, running nearly 8 ...
160,885 km 2 (62,118 sq mi) Sweden is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It borders Norway to the west (which is one of Sweden’s non- EU neighbours); Finland to the northeast; and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the south and east. At 450,295 km 2 (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe ...
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [ 1]
The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrån ( Statistics Sweden ). Sweden 's population was 10,555,448 (1 Nov 2023), making it the 15th-most populous country in Europe after Czech Republic, the 10th-most populous member state of the European Union, and the 87th-most populous country in the world.
This list displays all Swedish companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in billions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2022. [ 1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.
Languages of Sweden. (Officially recognised) Sámi languages, Swedish. (Unofficial languages / Dialects) South Swedish, Götamål, Svealand Swedish, Norrland, and Gutnish, among others. Swedish is the official language of Sweden and is spoken by the vast majority of the 10.23 million inhabitants of the country. It is a North Germanic language ...