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Sweden

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GUSTAV VASA ELECTED KING OF SWEDEN · 6 JUNE 1523
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1905 – present · Neutrality, the People's Home and the Road to NATO
5 EVENTS
1918–1921 · Universal suffrage and democracy 2 REFS
1939–1945 · Neutrality in the Second World War 2 REFS
1721 – 1905 · Loss of Finland, Union with Norway and the Birth of Neutrality
5 EVENTS
17 Sep 1809 · Treaty of Fredrikshamn: the loss of Finland 2 REFS
1810 · Bernadotte chosen as heir 2 REFS
1611 – 1721 · Stormaktstiden: The Swedish Empire and Its Fall
5 EVENTS
Jul 1630 · Sweden enters the Thirty Years' War 2 REFS
30 Aug 1721 · Treaty of Nystad ends the empire 2 REFS
1523 – 1611 · The Vasa Monarchy and the Swedish Reformation
4 EVENTS
1523–1560 · Reign of Gustav I Vasa 2 REFS
1527 · The Reformation at Västerås 3 REFS
1397 – 1523 · The Kalmar Union, the Bloodbath and the War of Liberation
5 EVENTS
Jun 1397 · Formation of the Kalmar Union 2 REFS
6 Jun 1523 · Gustav Vasa elected king 3 REFS
c. 750 – 1150 · Vikings, Birka and the Coming of Christianity
4 EVENTS
c. 750–970 · The trading town of Birka 2 REFS
c. 829–831 · Ansgar's mission and the first Christian congregation 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Stockholm
Population
10.0 m
Area
450,295 km²
Region
Northern Europe
Languages
Swedish
Currency
Swedish krona (kr)
Demonym
Swedish
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$669 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$63,133’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.7%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
104.3%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
11 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
84.1 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
89.1%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.4’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
87.1’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
76.2’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
85.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
81.2’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
86.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
87.7’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
11.2%’24 WB-WHO
Physicians
4.41’21 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
2.4’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
93.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
99.8%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Education spending
7.3%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
114.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
132.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
84.0%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
3.6%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
8,911’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
95.8%’25 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
141’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
17.7%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
407,270 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
68.7%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
7.3%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
3.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
57.9%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
1.2%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
1.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.2%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Iron ore
26 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Zinc (mined)
230 kt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
2.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$12 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
15,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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