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    Introduction


    A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substantial welfare elements was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment and in 2000-02 by the global economic downturn, but fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries. Indecision over the country's role in the political and economic integration of Europe delayed Sweden's entry into the EU until 1995, and waived the introduction of the euro in 1999.


    Location


    Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway


    Geographic coordinates


    62 00 N, 15 00 E


    Area


    total: 449,964 sq km water: 39,030 sq km land: 410,934 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly larger than California


    Land boundaries


    total: 2,205 km border countries: Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619 km


    Coastline


    3,218 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas) exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation


    Climate


    temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north


    Terrain


    mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.41 m highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m


    Natural resources


    iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower


    Land use


    arable land: 6.8% permanent crops: 0% other: 93.2% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    1,150 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic


    Environment - current issues


    acid rain damage to soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas


    Population


    8,986,400 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Stockholm


    Phone Code


    +46


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