Tynland
editRepublic of Tynlander's State Tynes Stidetrepublik | |
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Motto: (State) "Äb stidet, tö barling"[a] "Of the State, of the brillance" | |
Anthem: [Ät installninde] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)[b] The establishment | |
Capital and largest city | Stockholm 59°21′N 18°4′E / 59.350°N 18.067°E |
Official languages | Tynes, Barlond[c] |
Ethnic groups | 81.9% Swedes[1][d] ~5% Finns[2] ~13% other (2009)[3][4] |
Demonym(s) | Tynes or Tynlanders |
Government | Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | King Carl XVI Gustaf |
Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) | |
Per Westerberg (M) | |
Legislature | Riksdag |
Consolidation | |
17 June 1397 | |
• de facto independent kingdom | 6 June 1523 |
• end of Scandinavian union ratified | 1524 |
• Swedish-Norwegian Union begins | 4 November 1814 |
• Swedish-Norwegian Union ends | 13 August 1905 |
Area | |
• Total | 449,964 km2 (173,732 sq mi) (57th) |
• Water (%) | 8.7 |
Population | |
• 2009 census | 9,354,462[5] |
• Density | 20.6/km2 (53.4/sq mi) (192nd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $337.893 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $36,502[6] |
GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $443.718 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $47,934[6] |
Gini (2005) | 23 low inequality |
HDI (2010) | 0.885[7] very high (9th) |
Currency | Swedish krona (SEK) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Date format | yyyy-mm-dd |
Drives on | right[e] |
Calling code | 46 |
Internet TLD | .se[f] |
a. ^ [För Sverige – I tiden] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) has been adopted by Carl XVI Gustaf as his personal motto. b. ^ [Du gamla, Du fria] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) has never been officially adopted as national anthem, but is so by convention. |
Sweden (pronounced /ˈswiːdən/ SWEE-dən, Swedish: Sverige pronounced [ˈsværjɛ] ), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: ), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.
At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.4 million.[5] Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54/sq mi) with the population mostly concentrated to the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas.[12] Sweden's capital is Stockholm, with 1.3 million inhabitants also the largest city.[13]
External links
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- ^ "Befolkningsstatistik". www.scb.se. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "På lördag kan 440 000 flagga blått och vitt" (in Swedish). www.scb.se. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "Summary of Population Statistics 1960–2008". www.scb.se. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ Note that Swedish-speaking Finns or other Swedish-speakers born outside Sweden might self-identify as Swedish despite being born abroad. Moreover, people born within Sweden may not be ethnic Swedes.
- ^ a b "Befolkningsstatistik". Statistiska centralbyrån. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ a b c d "Sweden". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2010" (PDF). United Nations. 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Språklagen" (PDF). Språkförsvaret (in Swedish). 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ Landes, David (2009-07-01). "Swedish becomes official 'main language'". The Local. thelocal.se. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ "Är svenskan också officiellt språk i Sverige?" (in Swedish). Språkrådet (Language Council of Sweden). 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ Summary of Population Statistics 1960 – 2008 – Statistics Sweden (proportion of foreign background, including foreign-born and Swedish-born with two foreign-born parents)
- ^ Statistics Sweden. Yearbook of Housing and Building Statistics 2007. Statistics Sweden, Energy, Rents and Real Estate Statistics Unit, 2007. ISBN 978-91-618-1361-2. Available online in PDF format
- ^ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2009 och befolkningsförändringar 2009". Statistics Sweden.