Sweden
Sweden (officially Kingdom of Sweden) is a country in Northern Europe, with its capital at Stockholm, and is home to roughly 10.6M people.
Swedish is the official language; the currency in circulation is Swedish krona (kr); people from here are called Swedish.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Sweden has among the highest number of islands of any country.
- »Its right of public access allows anyone to walk, camp and forage on most land.
- »Around 70% of the country is forested.
> THE OUTLINE_
Sweden straddles the Arctic Circle.
> BORDERS_
Sweden touches two neighbours: Finland to the northeast and Norway to the northwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Stockholm is built across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic, connected by more than fifty bridges.
> SCALE_
443,123 km² (171,091 sq mi), 57th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Uzbekistan.
Population 10,569,709, 93rd of 198 on file. That averages 24 per km² (62 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
A gold Nordic cross on blue, taken from the national coat of arms. Tradition credits a golden cross seen in the sky by King Eric IX before a battle.