Sweden

• Area: 450,000 km² (174,000 sq. mi.), third largest country in Western Europe
  Forests: 53%
  Mountains: 11%
  Cultivated land: 8%
  Lakes and rivers: 9%
  Longest north-south distance: 1,574 km (978 mi.)
  Longest east-west distance: 499 km (310 mi.)
• Capital: Stockholm
• Population: 9 million inhabitants
• Languages: Swedish; recognized minority languages: Sami (Lapp), Finnish, Meänkieli (Tornedalen Finnish), Yiddish, Romani Chib (a Gypsy language).
• Form of government: Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy.
• Parliament: The Riksdag, with 349 members in one chamber.
• Religion: 80% belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden.
• Average life expectancy: men 78 years, women 82 years.
• Most important export goods: Electrical and telecom equipment, machinery, passenger cars,  paper,  pharmaceuticals, iron and steel.
• Most important imported goods: Electrical and telecom equipment,  machinery, foodstuffs, crude oil,  textile products, footwear, passenger cars.  

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