Capital:Stockholm
Population:9,001,774
Area:449,964 sq km
Climate:temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
Languages:Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Currency:Swedish krona (SEK)
Government:constitutional monarchy
Religions:Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
