in world by area size: 52
country name: Sweden
capital city: Stockholm
continental position: Europe
country area: 449964.00
currency of country:
Swedish krona
currency code: SEK
country top level domain: .SE
country telephone code: 46
languages spoken in country:
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
ethnic composition of country:
indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
religious composition of country:
Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
first sovereignty: unknown
last date of control by an external government: Jun 6, 1523
external goverment in question: Denmark
historic timeline where available:
No exact date for consolidation of Sweden. In Kalmar Union 1397-1523.