Formation
12th century
Capital
Stockholm
Population
10.54 million (2023 estimate)
Official Languages
Swedish
President
King Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister
Ulf Kristersson
Currency
Swedish Krona (SEK)
GDP
$593.27 billion USD (2023)
Sweden
About
Sweden is a Nordic nation in the Scandinavian Peninsula of northern Europe. It is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. All citizens have access to universal health care and school secondary education through its social welfare system. The home of the Swedish monarch, Stockholm Palace, is a famous tourist attraction.
Trivia
Midsummer is the country's celebration of the summer
solstice, which is in mid-June. The Midnight Sun in northern Sweden is a place
where the sun never rises and shines all day and all night. It uses its
currency, the krona.
