Outline of Sweden explained

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Sweden:

Sweden  - Scandinavian country in Northern Europe, situated between Norway and Finland. Sweden maintained a policy of neutrality in armed conflicts from 1814 until 2009, when it entered into various mutual defence treaties. Sweden joined NATO in 2024. It is a member of the European Union, but retains its own currency (the krona). Swedish icons include Sweden's quality of life, its neutrality, public health care, cars (Volvo, Saab), furniture (IKEA), blonds and pop music performers (ABBA, Roxette, etc.).

General reference

• Pronunciation (in English):
• Common English country name: Sweden
• Official English country name: Kingdom of Sweden
• Common endonym(s): Sverige
• Official endonym(s): Konungariket Sverige
• Adjectival(s): Swedish
• Demonym(s): Swedish, Swedes
• Etymology: Name of Sweden
• International rankings of Sweden
• ISO country codes: SE, SWE, 752
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .se

Geography of Sweden

Geography of Sweden

• Sweden is: a Nordic country
• Location:
  • The regions that Sweden is located in are:
    • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
    • Eurasia
      • Europe
        • Northern Europe
          • Scandinavia
            • Scandinavian Peninsula
  • Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)
  • Extreme points of Sweden
    • High: Kebnekaise 21040NaN0
    • Low: Kristianstad -2.40NaN0
  • Land boundaries: 2,233 km

1,619 km

614 km

• Coastline: 3,218 km
• Population of Sweden: 10,065,389 (July 31, 2017) - 89th most populous country
  • Area of Sweden: 449,964 km²
• Atlas of Sweden

Environment of Sweden

• Climate of Sweden
  • Climate change in Sweden
• Renewable energy in Sweden
• Geology of Sweden
• Protected areas of Sweden
  • Biosphere reserves in Sweden
  • National parks of Sweden
• Wildlife of Sweden
  • Fauna of Sweden
    • Amphibians and reptiles of Sweden
    • Birds of Sweden
    • Fish in Sweden
    • Insects of Sweden
      • Ants of Sweden
      • Butterflies of Sweden
      • Moths of Sweden
    • Mammals of Sweden
    • Molluscs of Sweden
  • Flora of Sweden
    • List of lichens of Sweden

Natural geographic features of Sweden

• Forests of Sweden
• Islands of Sweden
• Lakes of Sweden
• Mountains of Sweden
  • Glaciers of Sweden
• Rivers of Sweden
• World Heritage Sites in Sweden

Regions of Sweden

Regions of Sweden

Ecoregions of Sweden

List of ecoregions in Sweden

• Ecoregions in Sweden

Administrative divisions of Sweden

Administrative divisions of Sweden

• Counties of Sweden  - first-level administrative and political subdivisions of Sweden, of which there are 21.
  • Municipalities of Sweden  - Sweden's lower-level local government entities, of which there are 290.
    • Districts of Sweden  - municipalities in Sweden are in some rare cases divided into smaller districts.
• Provinces of Sweden  - 25 historical, geographical or cultural regions that have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification.

Counties of Sweden

Counties of Sweden

• Stockholm County
• Västerbotten County
• Norrbotten County
• Uppsala County
• Södermanland County
• Östergötland County
• Jönköping County
• Kronoberg County
• Kalmar County
• Gotland County
• Blekinge County
• Skåne County
• Halland County
• Västra Götaland County
• Värmland County
• Örebro County
• Västmanland County
• Dalarna County
• Gävleborg County
• Västernorrland County
• Jämtland County

Municipalities of Sweden

Municipalities of Sweden

• Capital of Sweden: Stockholm
• Cities of Sweden

Provinces of Sweden

Provinces of SwedenThe provinces of Sweden, which are primarily historical in significance, are:

• Blekinge
• Bohuslän
• Dalarna (Dalecarlia*)
• Dalsland
• Gotland (Gotlandia*)
• Gästrikland
• Halland
• Hälsingland
• Härjedalen
• Jämtland
• Lappland
• Medelpad
• Norrbotten
• Närke (Nerike*)
• Skåne (Scania*)
• Småland
• Södermanland
• Uppland
• Värmland
• Västmanland
• Västerbotten
• Västergötland
• Ångermanland
• Öland
• Östergötland

Demography of Sweden

Demographics of Sweden

• Census of Sweden
• Demographical center of Sweden

Government and politics of Sweden

Politics of Sweden

• Form of government: Constitutional monarchy
• Capital of Sweden: Stockholm
• Arctic policy of Sweden
• Anarchism in Sweden
• Consolidation of Sweden
• Corruption in Sweden
• Elections in Sweden
  • Election Authority of Sweden
    • Monetary policy of Sweden
• Political parties in Sweden
• Taxation in Sweden
• Terrorism in Sweden

Branches of the State

• Head of state: King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf

Executive branch

• Head of government: Prime Minister of Sweden
  • Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
  • Government of Sweden
    • Government Agencies in Sweden

Legislative branch

• Riksdag of Sweden (unicameral)
  • Speaker of the Riksdag
    • Members of the Riksdag Parliamentary committees
  • Committee on Civil Affairs (Parliament of Sweden)
  • Committee on Finance (parliament of Sweden)
  • Committee on Foreign Affairs (parliament of Sweden)
  • Committee on Justice (parliament of Sweden)
  • Committee on the Constitution (Parliament of Sweden)

Judicial branch

Judicial system of Sweden

• Supreme Court of Sweden
• Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden

Foreign relations of Sweden

Foreign relations of Sweden

• Diplomatic missions in Sweden
• Diplomatic missions of Sweden
  • Embassy of Sweden in Moscow
  • Embassy of Sweden, Athens
  • Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok
  • Embassy of Sweden, Helsinki
  • Embassy of Sweden, London
    • List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United Kingdom
  • Embassy of Sweden, Mexico City
  • Embassy of Sweden, Paris
  • Embassy of Sweden, Prague
  • Embassy of Sweden, Rome
  • List of ambassadors of Sweden to Germany
  • List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine
  • List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United States

International organization membership

The Kingdom of Sweden is a member of:^[1]

• African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (nonregional member)
• Arctic Council
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) (nonregional member)
• Australia Group
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)
• Council of Europe (CE)
• Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• European Union (EU)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of 9 (G9)
• Group of Ten (G10)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Energy Agency (IEA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nordic Council (NC)
• Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
• Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
• Paris Club
• Partnership for Peace (PFP)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
• Schengen Convention
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
• United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
• United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
• United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
• United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
• United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• Western European Union (WEU) (observer)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• World Veterans Federation
• Zangger Committee (ZC)

Law and order in Sweden

Law of Sweden

• Constitution of Sweden
• Divorce law in Sweden
• Human rights in Sweden
  • Abortion in Sweden
  • Censorship in Sweden
  • Compulsory sterilisation in Sweden
  • LGBT rights in Sweden
  • Same-sex marriage in Sweden
  • Freedom of religion in Sweden
• Law enforcement in Sweden
  • Crime in Sweden
    • Human trafficking in Sweden
    • Racism in Sweden
      • Antisemitism in Sweden
    • Terrorism in Sweden
  • Capital punishment in Sweden
  • Life imprisonment in Sweden

Military of Sweden

Military of Sweden

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief: Government of Sweden (Prime Minister, Minister for Defence)
    • Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
    • Ministry of Defence of Sweden Forces
  • Swedish Armed Forces
    • Swedish Army
      • Swedish Home Guard
    • Swedish Navy
      • Swedish Amphibious Corps
      • Swedish Fleet
    • Swedish Air Force
      • Military aircraft of Sweden
  • Special forces of Sweden
• Military equipment of Sweden
• Military history of Sweden
• Military ranks of Sweden
• Soldier ranks of Sweden

Local government in Sweden

Local government in Sweden

• County Administrative Boards of Sweden
• County councils of Sweden
• Municipalities of Sweden

History of Sweden

History of Sweden

• Timeline of Swedish history

History of Sweden, by period

• History of Sweden (800–1521)
• History of Sweden (1523–1611)
• History of Sweden (1611–48)
• History of Sweden (1772–1809)
• History of Sweden (1945–67)
• History of Sweden (1967–91)
• History of Sweden (1991–present)

History of Sweden, by subject

• Economic history of Sweden
• History of the Internet in Sweden
• History of the Jews in Sweden
• History of rail transport in Sweden
• Military history of Sweden

Culture of Sweden

Culture of Sweden

• Architecture of Sweden
  • Historic buildings in Sweden
    • Crown palaces in Sweden
    • Castles and manor houses in Sweden
    • Cathedrals in Sweden
• Cuisine of Sweden
  • Alcoholic beverages in Sweden
    • Beer in Sweden
    • Beer classification in Sweden and Finland
• Festivals in Sweden
• Linguistics of Sweden
  • Date and time notation in Sweden
  • Languages of Sweden
• Media in Sweden
• Museums in Sweden
• National symbols of Sweden
  • Coat of arms of Sweden
  • Flag of Sweden
  • National anthem of Sweden
• Prostitution in Sweden
• Public holidays in Sweden
• Records of Sweden
• Scouting and Guiding in Sweden
• World Heritage Sites in Sweden

Art in Sweden

• Art in Sweden
• Cinema of Sweden
• Literature of Sweden
• Music of Sweden
• Television in Sweden
• Theatre in Sweden

People of Sweden

People of Sweden

• Ethnic minorities in Sweden
  • Albanians in Sweden
  • Arabs in Sweden
  • Armenians in Sweden
  • Assyrians in Sweden
  • Assyrians/Syriacs in Sweden
  • Croats of Sweden
  • Ethnic Macedonians in Sweden
  • Sweden Finns
  • Kurds in Sweden
  • Lebanese people in Sweden
  • Pakistanis in Sweden
  • Russians in Sweden
  • Somalis in Sweden
  • Turks in Sweden
  • Uruguayans in Sweden

Religion in Sweden

Religion in Sweden

• Buddhism in Sweden
• Christianity in Sweden
  • Baptist Union of Sweden
  • Church of Sweden
    • Church of Sweden Abroad
    • Archdiocese of Uppsala
  • Evangelical Free Church in Sweden
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sweden
  • Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden
  • Roman Catholicism in Sweden
• Hinduism in Sweden
• Islam in Sweden
  • Ahmadiyya in Sweden
• Judaism in Sweden
• Sikhism in Sweden

Sports in Sweden

Sports in Sweden

• Football in Sweden
  • Australian rules football in Sweden
  • Football derbies in Sweden
  • Football records in Sweden
  • Women's football in Sweden
• Sweden at the Olympics
• Rugby league in Sweden
• Rugby union in Sweden
• Speedway in Sweden
  • Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
  • Strength athletics in Sweden
  • Women's ice hockey in Sweden
  • Swimming in Sweden

Economy and infrastructure of Sweden

Economy of Sweden

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 18th (eighteenth)
• Agriculture in Sweden
• Automotive industry in Sweden
• Banking in Sweden
  • Monetary policy of Sweden
  • Banks in Sweden
    • Swedish National Bank
  • Student loans in Sweden
• Communications in Sweden
  • Telecommunications in Sweden
    • Telephone numbers in Sweden
    • Television in Sweden
      • Digital terrestrial television in Sweden
        • List of television stations in Sweden
        • Television licensing in Sweden
    • Internet in Sweden
      • History of the Internet in Sweden
• Companies of Sweden
• Currency of Sweden

Krona

• • ISO 4217

SEK

• Economic history of Sweden
• Energy in Sweden
  • Biofuel in Sweden
  • Electricity sector in Sweden
    • Power stations in Sweden
    • Nuclear power in Sweden
    • Wind power in Sweden
      • Offshore wind farms in Sweden
  • Energy policy of Sweden
  • Oil industry in Sweden
• Health in Sweden
  • Health care in Sweden
  • Obesity in Sweden
  • Smoking in Sweden
  • Suicide in Sweden
• Mining in Sweden
• Sweden Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Sweden
• Transport in Sweden
  • Air transport in Sweden
    • List of airlines of Sweden
    • Airports in Sweden
  • Automotive industry in Sweden
  • Rail transport in Sweden
    • Railway stations in Sweden
    • High-speed rail in Sweden
    • List of town tramway systems in Sweden
  • Road system in Sweden
    • Bridges in Sweden
    • Roads in Sweden
      • List of motorways in Sweden
    • Road signs in Sweden
    • Tunnels in Sweden
• Student loans in Sweden
• Unemployment benefits in Sweden
  • Unemployment funds in Sweden
• Water supply and sanitation in Sweden
• Welfare in Sweden

Education in Sweden

Education in Sweden

• Academic grading in Sweden
• Academic rank in Sweden
• Student loans in Sweden

See also

Sweden

• Index of Sweden-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Sweden-related topics
• Member state of the European Union
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Europe
• Outline of geography
• Royal Court of Sweden
• Agriculture in Sweden

External links

• • Swedish Royal Court – Official website of the Swedish Royal House
• VisitSweden.com – Official travel and tourism website for Sweden
• SWEDEN.SE – The Official Gateway to Sweden
• Radio Sweden  – Public service
• The Swedish Government – Official site
• The Swedish Parliament – Official site
• Study in Sweden – Official guide to studying in Sweden
• Statistiska Centralbyrån – Statistics Sweden (governmental)
• Invest in Sweden Agency – Government agency
• Swedish Trade Council
• Sweden – Economic Growth and Structural Change, 1800-2000 — EH.Net Encyclopedia
• The Local - Sweden's news in English – Independent English language news site
• Anti-Jewish stereotypes in Swedish public discourse

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 2, 2009. Sweden. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.