The Kingdom of Sweden is a sovereign Nordic country

Nordic countries

The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...

 located on the Scandinavian Peninsula

Scandinavian Peninsula

The Scandinavian Peninsula is a peninsula in Northern Europe, which today covers Norway, Sweden, and most of northern Finland. Prior to the 17th and 18th centuries, large parts of the southern peninsula—including the core region of Scania from which the peninsula takes its name—were part of...

 in Northern Europe

Northern Europe

Northern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. Northern Europe typically refers to the seven countries in the northern part of the European subcontinent which includes Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden...

. Sweden has land borders with Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 and Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, and is connected to Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 by the Oresund Bridge

Oresund Bridge

The Øresund or Öresund Bridge is a combined twin-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Øresund strait.The bridge connects Sweden and Denmark, and it is the longest road and rail bridge in Europe. The Øresund Bridge also connects two major Metropolitan Areas: those of the...

. It has been a member of the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 since January 1, 1995. Its capital city is Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

.

At 449.964 km² (173.732 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country by area in Western Europe

Western Europe

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 and fourth in all of Europe. With a total population slightly over 9 million, Sweden has a low population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 of 20 people per km² (52 per sq. mi). About 84% of the population live in urban areas.

Modern Sweden emerged out of the Kalmar Union

Kalmar Union

The Kalmar Union is a historiographical term meaning a series of personal unions that united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway , and Sweden under a single monarch, though intermittently and with a population...

 formed in 1397, and by the unification of the country by King Gustav Vasa

Gustav I of Sweden

Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....

 in the 16th century. In the 17th century the country expanded its territories to form the Swedish empire

Swedish Empire

The Swedish Empire refers to the Kingdom of Sweden between 1561 and 1721 . During this time, Sweden was one of the great European powers. In Swedish, the period is called Stormaktstiden, literally meaning "the Great Power Era"...

. Most of the conquered territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were lost during the 18th and 19th centuries. The eastern half of Sweden constituted by the eastern half of Norrland

Norrland

Norrland is one of the three lands of Sweden , the northern part, consisting of nine provinces. The term Norrland is not used for any administrative purpose, but it is common in everyday language, e.g...

 and Österland

Österland

Österland or Österlanden , one of the four traditional lands of Sweden, was a medieval term used for the southern part of Finland. It gradually fell out of use by the 15th century...

 was lost to Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Sweden by military means forced Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 into a personal union with Sweden, a union which lasted until 1905. Since 1814, Sweden has been at peace, adopting a non-aligned

Non-Aligned Movement

The Non-Aligned Movement is a group of states considering themselves not aligned formally with or against any major power bloc. As of 2011, the movement had 120 members and 17 observer countries...

 foreign policy in peacetime and neutrality

Neutral country

A neutral power in a particular war is a sovereign state which declares itself to be neutral towards the belligerents. A non-belligerent state does not need to be neutral. The rights and duties of a neutral power are defined in Sections 5 and 13 of the Hague Convention of 1907...

 in wartime.

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

General reference

• Pronunciation: ˈswiːdən
• Common English country name: Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
  
• Official English country name: The Kingdom of Sweden
• Common endonym(s): Sverige
• Official endonym(s): Konungariket Sverige
• Adjectival(s): Swedish
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
  
• Demonym(s): Swedish
  Swedes
  Swedes are a Scandinavian nation and ethnic group native to Sweden, mostly inhabiting Sweden and the other Nordic countries, with descendants living in a number of countries.-Etymology:...
  
  , Swedes
  Swedes
  Swedes are a Scandinavian nation and ethnic group native to Sweden, mostly inhabiting Sweden and the other Nordic countries, with descendants living in a number of countries.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Sweden
• International rankings of Sweden
  International rankings of Sweden
  These are the international rankings of Sweden.-Economy:*International Monetary Fund: Income per capita in purchasing power parity ranked 14 out of 181 *United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Index ranked 9 out of 182...
  
  
• ISO country codes: SE, SWE, 752
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SE
  ISO 3166-2:SE
  ISO 3166-2:SE is the entry for Sweden in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Sweden, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .se
  .se
  .se is the Internet country code top-level domain for Sweden . The top domain is operated by .SE , but domains must be registered through one of the approved registrars. .SE is a foundation and is managed on the basis of its charter of foundation and its statutes...
  
  

Geography of Sweden

• Sweden is: a Nordic
  Nordic countries
  The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
  
   country
  Country
  A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
  
  
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
    The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
    
     and Eastern Hemisphere
    Eastern Hemisphere
    The Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes...
    
    
  • Eurasia
    Eurasia
    Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
    
    
    • Europe
      Europe
      Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
      
      
      • Northern Europe
        Northern Europe
        Northern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. Northern Europe typically refers to the seven countries in the northern part of the European subcontinent which includes Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden...
        
        
        • Scandinavia
          Scandinavia
          Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
          
          
  • Time zone
    Time zone
    A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
    
    : Central European Time
    Central European Time
    Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
    
     (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time
    Central European Summer Time
    Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...
    
     (UTC+02)
  • Extreme points of Sweden
    • High: Kebnekaise
      Kebnekaise
      Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden and Sápmi. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian Mountains, has two peaks, of which the southern, glaciated one is highest at above sea level at the latest time of measurement. The north top is free of ice...
      
       2104 m (6,903 ft)
    • Low: Kristianstad
      Kristianstad
      Kristianstad is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 35,711 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The city was founded in 1614 by King Christian IV of Denmark, the city's name literally means 'Town of Christian', as a planned city after the burning of the town of Vä...
      
       -2.4 m
  • Land boundaries: 2,233 km

 Norway 1,619 km

 Finland 614 km

• Coastline: 3,218 km
• Population of Sweden: 9,242,595 (September 30, 2008) - 88th most populous country
• Area of Sweden: 449,964 km²
• Atlas of Sweden

Environment of Sweden

• Climate of Sweden
• Environmental issues in Sweden
• Ecoregions in Sweden
• Renewable energy in Sweden
• Geology of Sweden
• Protected areas of Sweden
  • Biosphere reserves in Sweden
  • National parks of Sweden
• Wildlife of Sweden
  • Flora of Sweden
  • Fauna of Sweden
    • Birds of Sweden
    • Mammals of Sweden

Natural geographic features of Sweden

• Islands of Sweden
• Lakes of Sweden
• Mountains of Sweden
  • Glaciers of Sweden
• Rivers of Sweden
• World Heritage Sites in Sweden
• List of sweden's death rates

Administrative divisions of Sweden

• Counties of Sweden
  Counties of Sweden
  The Counties of Sweden are the first level administrative and political subdivisions of Sweden. Sweden is divided into 21 counties. The counties were established in 1634 on Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the historical provinces of Sweden to introduce a modern administration...
  
  
  • Provinces of Sweden
    Provinces of Sweden
    The provinces of Sweden, landskap, are historical, geographical and cultural regions. Sweden has 25 provinces and they have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification....
    
    
    • Municipalities of Sweden
      Municipalities of Sweden
      The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
      
      

Counties of Sweden

• Stockholm County
  Stockholm County
  Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...
  
  
• Västerbotten County
  Västerbotten County
  Västerbotten County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It borders the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bothnia.- Provinces :...
  
  
• Norrbotten County
  Norrbotten County
  Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.The name...
  
  
• Uppsala County
  Uppsala County
  Uppsala County is a county or län on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.- Province :For History, Geography and Culture see: Uppland...
  
  
• Södermanland County
  Södermanland County
  Södermanland County is a county or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea....
  
  
• Östergötland County
  Östergötland County
  Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...
  
  
• Jönköping County
  Jönköping County
  Jönköping County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The capital is Jönköping.- Provinces :...
  
  
• Kronoberg County
  Kronoberg County
  Kronoberg County is a County or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar and Blekinge. Its capital is the city Växjö.- Province :For History, Geography and Culture see: Småland...
  
  
• Kalmar County
  Kalmar County
  Kalmar County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland....
  
  
• Gotland County
  Gotland County
  Gotland County is a county or län of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland, and is the largest of Sweden's islands. Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County only consists of one municipality: Gotland Municipality. Gotland County at...
  
  
• Blekinge County
  Blekinge County
  Blekinge County is a county or län in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona...
  
  
• Skåne County
  Skåne County
  Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...
  
  
• Halland County
  Halland County
  Halland County is a county on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad....
  
  
• Västra Götaland County
  Västra Götaland County
  Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...
  
  
• Värmland County
  Värmland County
  Värmland County is a county or län in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Hedmark to the west.- Province :...
  
  
• Örebro County
  Örebro County
  Örebro County is a county or län in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland.- Province :...
  
  
• Västmanland County
  Västmanland County
  Västmanland County is a county or län in central Sweden. It borders to the counties of Södermanland, Örebro, Gävleborg, Dalarna and Uppsala...
  
  
• Dalarna County
  Dalarna County
  Dalarna County is a county or län in middle Sweden. It borders the counties of Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It is also bordered by the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Sør-Trøndelag in the west...
  
  
• Gävleborg County
  Gävleborg County
  Gävleborg County is a county or län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.- Administration :...
  
  
• Västernorrland County
  Västernorrland County
  Västernorrland County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.- Province :...
  
  
• Jämtland County
  Jämtland County
  Jämtland County is a county or län in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two tiny uninhabited strips of Lapland and Dalarna. Jämtland County constitutes 12 percent of Sweden's total area, and is...
  
  

Provinces of Sweden

• Blekinge
  Blekinge
  ' is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden , situated in the south of the country. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea.The name "Blekinge" comes from the adjective bleke, which corresponds to the nautical term for "dead calm"....
  
  
• Bohuslän
  Bohuslän
  ' is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Götaland on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold in Norway to the north...
  
  
• Dalarna
  Dalarna
  ', English exonym: Dalecarlia, is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. Another English language form established in literature is the Dales. Places involving the element Dalecarlia exist in the United States....
  
   (Dalecarlia*)
• Dalsland
  Dalsland
  Dalsland is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Götaland in southern Sweden. Lying to the west of Lake Vänern, it is bordered by Värmland to the north, Västergötland to the southeast, Bohuslän to the west, and Norway to the northwest....
  
  
• Gotland
  Gotland
  Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
  
   (Gotlandia*)
• Gästrikland
  Gästrikland
  ' is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Uppland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Hälsingland and the Gulf of Bothnia. Gästrikland is the southernmost of the Norrland provinces....
  
  
• Halland
  Halland
  ' is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden , on the western coast of Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Scania and the sea of Kattegat.-Administration:...
  
  
• Hälsingland
  Hälsingland
  ' is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. It borders to Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and to the Gulf of Bothnia...
  
  
• Härjedalen
  Härjedalen
  ' is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden. It borders the country of Norway as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad, and Jämtland...
  
  
• Jämtland
  Jämtland
  Jämtland or Jamtland is a historical province or landskap in the center of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders to Härjedalen and Medelpad in the south, Ångermanland in the east, Lapland in the north and Trøndelag and Norway in the west...
  
  
• Lappland
• Medelpad
  Medelpad
  ' is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders to Hälsingland, Härjedalen, Jämtland, Ångermanland and the Gulf of Bothnia....
  
  
• Norrbotten
  Norrbotten
  Norrbotten is a Swedish province in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.- Administration :...
  
  
• Närke
  Närke
  ' is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Svealand in south central Sweden. It is bordered by Västmanland to the north, Södermanland to the east, Östergötland to the southeast, Västergötland to the southwest, and Värmland to the northwest...
  
   (Nerike*)
• Skåne (Scania
  Scania
  Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...
  
  *)
• Småland
  Småland
  ' is a historical province in southern Sweden.Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. . The latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages...
  
  
• Södermanland
  Södermanland
  ', sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea.In Swedish, the province name is...
  
  
• Uppland
  Uppland
  Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea...
  
  
• Värmland
  Värmland
  ' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are Vermelandia and Wermelandia. Although the province's land originally was Götaland, the...
  
  
• Västmanland
  Västmanland
  ' is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Närke, Värmland, Dalarna and Uppland.The name comes from "West men", referring to the people west of Uppland, the core province of early Sweden.- Administration :...
  
  
• Västerbotten
  Västerbotten
  ', English exonym: West Bothnia, is a province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders Ångermanland, Lapland, Norrbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is famous for the cheese with the same name as the province.- Administration :...
  
  
• Västergötland
  Västergötland
  ', English exonym: West Gothland, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latinized version Westrogothia....
  
  
• Ångermanland
  Ångermanland
  ' is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders to Medelpad, Jämtland, Lapland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name "Ångermanland" comes from the Old Norse "anger", which means "deep fjord" and refers to the deep mouth of the river Ångermanälven...
  
  
• Öland
  Öland
  ' is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of 1,342 km² and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. The island has 25,000 inhabitants, but during Swedish Midsummer it is visited by up to 500,000 people...
  
  
• Östergötland
  Östergötland
  Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...
  
  

Municipalities of Sweden

• Capital of Sweden: Stockholm
• Cities of Sweden

  Ale Municipality Ale Municipality Ale Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nödinge-Nol.... Alingsås Municipality Alingsås Municipality Alingsås Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Alingsås.... Alvesta Municipality Alvesta Municipality Alvesta Municipality is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden. Its seat is in Alvesta.The present municipality was created in 1971, when the market town Alvesta was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. Amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1963... Aneby Municipality Aneby Municipality Aneby Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, where the town Aneby is the seat.The municipality was formed in 1967 when the municipalities of Bredestad and Hullaryd, both created in 1952 were amalgamated. The name was taken from the largest locality, Aneby, which was... Arboga Municipality Arboga Municipality Arboga Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arboga.In 1971 the City of Arboga was amalgamated with a part of the rural municipality Medåker, forming a municipality of unitary type... Arjeplog Municipality Arjeplog Municipality Arjeplog Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Arjeplog.... Arvidsjaur Municipality Arvidsjaur Municipality Arvidsjaur Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Arvidsjaur.-History:Arvidsjaur Municipality was for a long time only inhabited by the Sami people. They were back then a hunting people, living off the abundance of fish and wildlife in the area... Arvika Municipality Arvika Municipality Arvika Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arvika.... Askersund Municipality Askersund Municipality Askersund Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Askersund.... Avesta Municipality Avesta Municipality Avesta Municipality is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden. It is in Dalarna County, in central part of the country, and its seat is in the town Avesta.... Bengtsfors Municipality Bengtsfors Municipality Bengtsfors Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bengtsfors.... Berg Municipality Berg Municipality Berg Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Svenstavik.The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Berg Municipality was amalgamated with four other entities.... Bjurholm Municipality Bjurholm Municipality Bjurholm Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Bjurholm.The present municipality has the same territory as the one instituted in 1863, when the municipal system was implemented in Sweden. Between 1974 and 1983 it was, however, part of... Bjuv Municipality Bjuv Municipality Bjuv Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bjuv.The amalgamations connected to the 1971 local government reform in Sweden took place in this area in 1974, when "old" Bjuv was amalgamated with Billesholm and Ekeby.-History:The... Boden Municipality Boden Municipality Boden Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Boden.In 1919 the evolving garrison town of Boden was detached from Överluleå and instituted as a city municipality of its own. In 1967 the rest of Överluleå was merged into the city together with... Bollebygd Municipality Bollebygd Municipality Bollebygd Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bollebygd.... Bollnäs Municipality Bollnäs Municipality Bollnäs Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Bollnäs.The municipality evolved during a series of local government reforms in the 1950s and 1970s... Borgholm Municipality Borgholm Municipality Borgholm Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, constituting the northern half of the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea... Borlänge Municipality Borlänge Municipality Borlänge Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km². The municipality has a population of 47,640... Borås Municipality Borås Municipality Borås Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Borås.In 1971 the City of Borås was made a municipality when the unitary type of local government unit was introduced in Sweden. Three years later a lot of surrounding... Botkyrka Municipality Botkyrka Municipality Botkyrka Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, not far from the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the town of Tumba.... Boxholm Municipality Boxholm Municipality Boxholm Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the industrial town of Boxholm.... Bromölla Municipality Bromölla Municipality Bromölla Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Bromölla.Bromölla was in 1967 reunited with Ivetofta... Bräcke Municipality Bräcke Municipality Bräcke Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Bräcke.The present municipality was formed in 1974 when "old" Bräcke Municipality was amalgamated with Kälarne and Revsund. The three former municipalities had been created in 1952. The number of... Burlöv Municipality Burlöv Municipality Burlöv Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, just north of Malmö. Its seat is located in a part of Malmö urban area called Arlöv.... Båstad Municipality Båstad Municipality Båstad Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Båstad.The present municipality was established in 1971 when the market town Båstad was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities... Dals-Ed Municipality Dals-Ed Municipality Dals-Ed Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, on the border to Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Ed.... Danderyd Municipality Danderyd Municipality Danderyd Municipality is a municipality just north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent... Degerfors Municipality Degerfors Municipality Degerfors Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.... Dorotea Municipality Dorotea Municipality Dorotea Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Dorotea.When the first local government acts were implemented in Sweden in 1863 Dorotea parish was made a rural municipality. In 1974 it was merged into Åsele Municipality. Already in 1980 it... Eda Municipality Eda Municipality Eda Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, on the Norwegian border. Its seat is located in the town of Charlottenberg.... Ekerö Municipality Ekerö Municipality Ekerö Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The name comes from the island Ekerö, and literally means "Oak Island". Its seat is located in the town of Ekerö.... Eksjö Municipality Eksjö Municipality Eksjö Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town Eksjö is seat.The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Eksjö was amalgamated with three neighboring municipalities.... Emmaboda Municipality Emmaboda Municipality Emmaboda Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Emmaboda.... Enköping Municipality Enköping Municipality Enköping Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Enköping.The present municipality consists of nearly forty original local government units... Eskilstuna Municipality Eskilstuna Municipality Eskilstuna Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden, between the lakes Mälaren and Hjälmaren... Eslöv Municipality Eslöv Municipality Eslöv Municipality is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, situated in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Eslöv.... Essunga Municipality Essunga Municipality Essunga Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nossebro.The 1952 municipal reform in Sweden saw the creation of Essunga Municipality out of eight original entities... Fagersta Municipality Fagersta Municipality Fagersta Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Fagersta.... Falkenberg Municipality Falkenberg Municipality Falkenberg Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat.... Falköping Municipality Falköping Municipality Falköping Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Falköping.... Falun Municipality Falun Municipality Falun Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Falun.The present municipality was formed at the time of the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Falun and six surrounding rural municipalities were amalgamated.- Localities... Filipstad Municipality Filipstad Municipality Filipstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad.... Finspång Municipality Finspång Municipality Finspång Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Finspång, with some 13,000 inhabitants.-Nature:... Flen Municipality Flen Municipality Flen Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Flen.The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Flen , the market town Malmköping and the surrounding countryside.-Localities:Figures from... Forshaga Municipality Forshaga Municipality Forshaga Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Forshaga.The first municipality named Forshaga was a market town which was detached from Grava in 1944... Färgelanda Municipality Färgelanda Municipality Färgelanda Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Färgelanda.... Gagnef Municipality Gagnef Municipality Gagnef Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Djurås with 2,257 inhabitants, with the largest town being Mockfjärd with 2365 inhabitants.... Gislaved Municipality Gislaved Municipality Gislaved Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Gislaved.The present municipality was formed in 1974, whenformer municipalities were amalgamated... Gnesta Municipality Gnesta Municipality Gnesta Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gnesta, with some 5,000 inhabitants.... Gnosjö Municipality Gnosjö Municipality Gnosjö Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Gnosjö is seat.The Swedish local government reform of 1952 formed this municipality out if five former entities, and it has not been amalgamated with others since then.About half of the municipal population... Gotland Municipality Gotland Municipality Gotland Municipality is a municipality that covers the entire island of Gotland in Sweden. The city of Visby is the municipality's seat.-History:... Grums Municipality Grums Municipality Grums Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grums, with about 5,200 inhabitants.As so many of the municipalities of Sweden the present entity was created in 1971... Grästorp Municipality Grästorp Municipality Grästorp Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grästorp.... Gullspång Municipality Gullspång Municipality Gullspång Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the towns of Gullspång and Hova.... Gällivare Municipality Gällivare Municipality Gällivare Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Gällivare.The municipality is the third largest in Sweden, but it has not been amalgamated with other entities.... Gävle Municipality Gävle Municipality Gävle Municipality is a municipality in east central Sweden where the City Gävle is the municipal seat.Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.The present municipality was created... Göteborg Municipality Götene Municipality Götene Municipality Götene Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Götene.... Habo Municipality Habo Municipality Habo Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town of Habo is seat.The present municipality was formed in 1974 when a part of the dissolved rural municipality of Fågelsås was amalgamated with "old" Habo... Hagfors Municipality Hagfors Municipality Hagfors Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hagfors.... Hallsberg Municipality Hallsberg Municipality Hallsberg Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hallsberg.... Hallstahammar Municipality Hallstahammar Municipality Hallstahammar Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hallstahammar.... Halmstad Municipality Halmstad Municipality Halmstad Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, in which the city Halmstad is the seat.... Hammarö Municipality Hammarö Municipality Hammarö Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skoghall.... Haninge Municipality Haninge Municipality Haninge Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen.Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when Västerhaninge and Österhaninge were united.... Haparanda Municipality Haparanda Municipality Haparanda Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Haparanda .In 1967 the "City of Haparanda" was merged with the rural municipalities Karl Gustav and Nedertorneå. Since 1971 Haparanda, like all other municipalities of Sweden, is a municipality... Heby Municipality Heby Municipality Heby Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Heby.The first municipality with the name Heby was created in 1952, during the first of the two nation-wide municipal reforms in Sweden, through the amalgamation of three original units... Hedemora Municipality Hedemora Municipality Hedemora Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is in the city of Hedemora.In 1966 the City of Hedemora was amalgamated with the rural municipality by the same name and with Husby.... Helsingborg Municipality Helsingborg Municipality Helsingborg Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Helsingborg, which is Sweden's eighth largest city... Herrljunga Municipality Herrljunga Municipality Herrljunga Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Herrljunga.... Hjo Municipality Hjo Municipality Hjo Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hjo.The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Hjo was amalgamated with a part of the rural municipality Värsås... Hofors Municipality Hofors Municipality Hofors Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at .The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925... Huddinge Municipality Huddinge Municipality Huddinge Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge, which is a part of Stockholm urban area.The municipality is the second most populated in Stockholm County.... Hudiksvall Municipality Hudiksvall Municipality Hudiksvall Municipality is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, situated in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in the city Hudiksvall.... Hultsfred Municipality Hultsfred Municipality Hultsfred Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. The seat is in the town of Hultsfred.... Hylte Municipality Hylte Municipality Hylte Municipality is the only inland municipality of Halland County in southwest Sweden. The industrial town Hyltebruk is the seat of the municipality.... Håbo Municipality Håbo Municipality Håbo Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bålsta.The municipality was formed in connexion with the local government reform of 1952.-Localities:*Bålsta... Hällefors Municipality Hällefors Municipality Hällefors Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hällefors.... Härjedalen Municipality Härjedalen Municipality Härjedalen Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sveg.The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen.... Härnösand Municipality Härnösand Municipality Härnösand Municipality is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Härnösand Härnösand Municipality (Härnösands kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Härnösand Härnösand Municipality (Härnösands kommun)... Härryda Municipality Härryda Municipality Härryda Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mölnlycke, with about 15,000 inhabitants.... Hässleholm Municipality Hässleholm Municipality Hässleholm Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm.... Höganäs Municipality Höganäs Municipality Höganäs Municipality is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, in Skåne County in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of Höganäs.... Högsby Municipality Högsby Municipality Högsby Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Högsby.The latest nation-wide subdivision reform in Sweden was centred around the year 1971... Hörby Municipality Hörby Municipality Hörby Municipality is a municipality in the central part of Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hörby.The present municipality consists of ten original entities merged to each other in 1952, 1969 and 1974.... Höör Municipality Höör Municipality Höör Municipality is a municipality in the central part of Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Höör.... Jokkmokk Municipality Jokkmokk Municipality Jokkmokk Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Jokkmokk.The name Jokkmokk is Sami for the words "river" and "bend", since the town is situated close to a bend in the nearby river.... Järfälla Municipality Järfälla Municipality Järfälla Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg.... Jönköping Municipality Jönköping Municipality Jönköping Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The city Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern.-Historical background:... Kalix Municipality Kalix Municipality Kalix Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Kalix.In 1924 Töre Municipality was detached from Nederkalix Municipality, forming a municipality of its own... Kalmar Municipality Kalmar Municipality Kalmar Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, southeastern Sweden. The city of Kalmar is the municipal seat.The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Kalmar was amalgamated with five surrounding rural municipalities... Karlsborg Municipality Karlsborg Municipality Karlsborg Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Karlsborg.... Karlshamn Municipality Karlshamn Municipality Karlshamn Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Olofström Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Ronneby Municipality and Tingsryd Municipality... Karlskoga Municipality Karlskoga Municipality Karlskoga Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga.... Karlskrona Municipality Karlskrona Municipality Karlskrona Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County, southern Sweden. It borders to Emmaboda Municipality, Torsås Municipality and Ronneby Municipality... Karlstad Municipality Karlstad Municipality Karlstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad.... Katrineholm Municipality Katrineholm Municipality Katrineholm Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Katrineholm.... Kil Municipality Kil Municipality Kil Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kil.The local government reform of 1971 amalgamated Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality.... Kinda Municipality Kinda Municipality Kinda Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town Kisa, with some 4,000 inhabitants.... Kiruna Municipality Kiruna Municipality Kiruna Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna... Klippan Municipality Klippan Municipality Klippan Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan.The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the market town Klippan with the rural municipality of Riseberga and part of Östra Ljungby.Söderåsen National Park... Knivsta Municipality Knivsta Municipality Knivsta Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Knivsta, with some 7,100 inhabitants.-History:... Kramfors Municipality Kramfors Municipality Kramfors Municipality is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Kramfors.... Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstad Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.... Kristinehamn Municipality Kristinehamn Municipality Kristinehamn Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kristinehamn.... Krokom Municipality Krokom Municipality Krokom Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Krokom.The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of Alsen, Föllinge, Offerdal and Rödön were amalgamated... Kumla Municipality Kumla Municipality Kumla Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kumla.The present municipality was formed during the latest nation-wide local government reform in Sweden, with the amalgamations taking place in 1966 and 1971.With 207 km² it is the... Kungsbacka Municipality Kungsbacka Municipality Kungsbacka Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, some 30 km south of Gothenburg. The municipal seat is located in the town Kungsbacka.... Kungsör Municipality Kungsör Municipality Kungsör Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungsör.... Kungälv Municipality Kungälv Municipality Kungälv Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kungälv.... Kävlinge Municipality Kävlinge Municipality Kävlinge Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kävlinge.-Localities:... Köping Municipality Köping Municipality Köping Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Köping.The municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Köping was merged with the municipalities of Kolsva, Medåker and Munktorp forming a new municipality of unitary... Laholm Municipality Laholm Municipality Laholm Municipality is a municipality in Halland County in southwest Sweden. The seat is located in Laholm.The amalgamation process during the local government reform in the 1970s took place in two steps... Landskrona Municipality Landskrona Municipality Landskrona Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Landskrona.The island of Ven was added to the City of Landskrona in 1959. The amalgamations leading to the present municipality took place in 1967, 1969 and 1974... Laxå Municipality Laxå Municipality Laxå Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Laxå.In 1967 the market town of Laxå was merged with two adjacent rural municipalities... Lekeberg Municipality Lekeberg Municipality Lekeberg Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Fjugesta, with around 2,000 inhabitants.... Leksand Municipality Leksand Municipality Leksand Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.... Lerum Municipality Lerum Municipality Lerum Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, situated just east of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in the town of Lerum.... Lessebo Municipality Lessebo Municipality Lessebo Municipality is a municipality in eastern Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where the town Lessebo is seat.The nation-wide local government reform of 1971 saw the creation of the present municipality, when three surrounding municipalities were amalgamated with the market town of... Lidingö Municipality Lidingö Municipality Lidingö Municipality is a municipality just east of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidingö... Lidköping Municipality Lidköping Municipality Lidköping Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping.... Lilla Edet Municipality Lilla Edet Municipality Lilla Edet Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Lilla Edet.... Lindesberg Municipality Lindesberg Municipality Lindesberg Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lindesberg.... Linköping Municipality Linköping Municipality Linköping Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. Its administrative center is the city of Linköping, with some 94,000 inhabitants.... Ljungby Municipality Ljungby Municipality Ljungby Municipality is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, where the town Ljungby is seat.In 1971 the City of Ljungby was amalgamated with the rural municipalities surrounding it, thus creating the present municipality. In 1974 a minor adjustment of the boundaries took place... Ljusdal Municipality Ljusdal Municipality Ljusdal Municipality is one of Sweden's 290 Municipalities within Gävleborg County. Its seat is Ljusdal.The municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the market town of Ljusdal with the rural municipalities Järvsö, Färila, Los and Ramsjö.- Geography :Geographically the town is... Ljusnarsberg Municipality Ljusnarsberg Municipality Ljusnarsberg Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kopparberg.... Lomma Municipality Lomma Municipality Lomma Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, about 10 km north of Malmö. Its seat is located in Lomma.... Ludvika Municipality Ludvika Municipality Ludvika Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.In 1971 the City of Ludvika was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.- Localities :Figures as of 2004.#Ludvika ... Luleå Municipality Luleå Municipality Luleå Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Luleå, which is also the county seat of Norrbotten County.-Localities:There are 18 localities in Luleå Municipality:... Lund Municipality Lund Municipality Lund Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County, southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lund.As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of Lund Municipality consists of a lot of former local government units, united in a series of amalgamations. The number of original... Lycksele Municipality Lycksele Municipality Lycksele Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Lycksele.The municipality traces its history to Lycksele parish, which was in effect during the 19th century with very similar borders and size . The whole rural municipality Lycksele became a... Lysekil Municipality Lysekil Municipality Lysekil Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lysekil.... Malmö Municipality Malmö Municipality Malmö Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Malmö.When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863 the old City of Malmö was made one of the country's 88 city municipalities and the first city council was elected... Malung-Sälen Municipality Malå Municipality Malå Municipality Malå Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Malå.-History:Between 1974 and 1982 Malå Municipality was included in Norsjö Municipality... Mariestad Municipality Mariestad Municipality Mariestad Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mariestad.... Mark Municipality Mark Municipality Mark Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kinna.The municipality was created with the municipal reform of 1971 by the amalgamation of eight previous entities. Most of them had themselves been formed by the 1952 municipal... Markaryd Municipality Markaryd Municipality Markaryd Municipality is a municipality in south-west Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where the town Markaryd is seat.... Mellerud Municipality Mellerud Municipality Mellerud Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County by Lake Vänern in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mellerud.... Mjölby Municipality Mjölby Municipality Mjölby Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mjölby, with some 12,000 inhabitants.... Mora Municipality Motala Municipality Motala Municipality Motala Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Motala.... Mullsjö Municipality Mullsjö Municipality Mullsjö Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Mullsjö.The municipality was formed in 1952 by the amalgamation of four former entities. In 1998 it was transferred from the dissolved Skaraborg County to Jönköping County.The geography is known... Munkedal Municipality Munkedal Municipality Munkedal Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Munkedal.... Munkfors Municipality Munkfors Municipality Munkfors Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Munkfors.... Mölndal Municipality Mölndal Municipality Mölndal Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, just south of Gothenburg... Mönsterås Municipality Mönsterås Municipality Mönsterås Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Mönsterås.... Mörbylånga Municipality Mörbylånga Municipality Mörbylånga Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden, located on the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The seat is located in the town of Mörbylånga, while the largest town is Färjestaden.... Nacka Municipality Nacka Municipality Nacka Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the capital Stockholm and the western parts are considered a suburban part of the Stockholm urban area.The present municipality was created in... Nora Municipality Nora Municipality Nora Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nora.The amalgamation leading to the present municipality took place already in 1967 and in 1971 the City of Nora became a unitary municipality.- Localities :* Dalkarlsberg* Gyttorp*... Norberg Municipality Norberg Municipality Norberg Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Norberg.- History :... Nordanstig Municipality Nordanstig Municipality Nordanstig Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden.The municipal seat is located in Bergsjö.... Nordmaling Municipality Nordmaling Municipality Nordmaling Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Nordmaling.-History:The municipal system in Sweden was introduced in 1863 and Nordmaling Municipality was one of the entities created out of a parish. In 1914 a part of the municipality was... Norrköping Municipality Norrköping Municipality Norrköping Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrköping, with some 90,000 inhabitants.... Norrtälje Municipality Norrtälje Municipality Norrtälje Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrtälje.... Norsjö Municipality Norsjö Municipality Norsjö Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Norsjö.In 1974 Norsjö and Malå municipalities were amalgamated, forming the new Norsjö Municipality. In 1983 Malå Municipality was re-established within the pre-1974 borders.-History:The first... Nybro Municipality Nybro Municipality Nybro Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the town Nybro.The amalgamation of the City of Nybro with its surrounding municipalities took place in 1969.... Nykvarn Municipality Nykvarn Municipality Nykvarn Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nykvarn.Nykvarn is a young municipality, and is the result of the splitting of Södertälje Municipality in 1999... Nyköping Municipality Nyköping Municipality Nyköping Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nyköping.... Nynäshamn Municipality Nynäshamn Municipality Nynäshamn Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nynäshamn.... Nässjö Municipality Nässjö Municipality Nässjö Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Nässjö is situated.The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Nässjö was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities.-Localities:There are 11 urban areas in Nässjö Municipality.In... Ockelbo Municipality Ockelbo Municipality Ockelbo Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Ockelbo.The present snake was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of "old" Ockelbo with Skog.-External links:... Olofström Municipality Olofström Municipality Olofström Municipality is the only inland municipality of Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Osby Municipality, Kristianstad Municipality, Bromölla Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Karlshamn Municipality, Tingsryd Municipality, and Älmhult Municipality... Orsa Municipality Orsa Municipality Orsa Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Orsa.Orsa is one of a few municipalities in Sweden which has not been amalgamated, but retains its area from the time it was instituted as a municipal entity in 1863.- Geography :The town of... Orust Municipality Orust Municipality Orust Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Henån, with an approximate population of 1,800.... Osby Municipality Osby Municipality Osby Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on January 1, 1974, when the former market town Osby was merged with three adjacent rural... Oskarshamn Municipality Oskarshamn Municipality Oskarshamn Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County in south-eastern Sweden, where the city Oskarshamn is seat.... Ovanåker Municipality Ovanåker Municipality Ovanåker Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in Edsbyn.... Oxelösund Municipality Oxelösund Municipality Oxelösund Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Oxelösund.... Pajala Municipality Pajala Municipality Pajala Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Pajala.In 1884 Tärendö was detached from Pajala Municipality, forming a municipality of its own. In 1914 Pajala Municipality was once again split when Junosuando broke away... Partille Municipality Partille Municipality Partille Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in Partille, which constitutes a part of the contiguously built-up Gothenburg urban area.... Perstorp Municipality Perstorp Municipality Perstorp Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Perstorp.Perstorp was made a market town in 1947. It was amalgamated with Oderljunga in the first of the two nation-wide local government reforms... Piteå Municipality Piteå Municipality Piteå Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Piteå.-Localities:There are 14 localities in Piteå Municipality:The municipal seat in bold-Sister cities:... Ragunda Municipality Ragunda Municipality Ragunda Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in Hammarstrand.The present municipality was formed in 1974, when "old" Ragunda Municipality was amalgamated with the municipalities of Fors and Stugun... Robertsfors Municipality Robertsfors Municipality Robertsfors Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Robertsfors.-History:In 1759 the small village Edfastmark became Robertsfors Bruk... Ronneby Municipality Ronneby Municipality Ronneby Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality... Rättvik Municipality Rättvik Municipality Rättvik Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Rättvik.In 1963 the municipality was reunited with Boda, which had been detached from it in 1875, and in 1974 Ore was added, thus forming the present municipality.- Geography :Rättvik... Sala Municipality Salem Municipality Salem Municipality Salem Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The name traces its origins from Slaem in the 16th century, but was later changed to Salem, the Biblical name of Jerusalem... Sandviken Municipality Sandviken Municipality Sandviken Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is the town Sandviken.The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Sandviken with a number of surrounding rural municipalities.The coat of arms was granted to the... Sigtuna Municipality Sigtuna Municipality Sigtuna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta.The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.... Simrishamn Municipality Simrishamn Municipality Simrishamn Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Simrishamn.... Sjöbo Municipality Sjöbo Municipality Sjöbo Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Sjöbo.The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former market town Sjöbo was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities... Skara Municipality Skara Municipality Skara Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Skara.The area of the municipality consists of 16 original local government entities. The municipal reform of 1952 grouped them into four new entities... Skellefteå Municipality Skellefteå Municipality Skellefteå Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Skellefteå.-History:Most of the amalgamations leading to the present municipality took place in 1967 when the then "City of Skellefteå" was merged with the rural municipality by the same... Skinnskatteberg Municipality Skinnskatteberg Municipality Skinnskatteberg Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skinnskatteberg.... Skurup Municipality Skurup Municipality Skurup Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Skurup. It is considered part of Greater Malmö by Statistics Sweden.... Skövde Municipality Skövde Municipality Skövde Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Skövde.... Smedjebacken Municipality Smedjebacken Municipality Smedjebacken Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Smedjebacken.... Sollefteå Municipality Sollefteå Municipality Sollefteå Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Västernorrland County. Its seat is located in Sollefteå.The former City of Sollefteå was amalgamated with the surrounding entities in 1974 to form the present municipality... Sollentuna Municipality Sollentuna Municipality Sollentuna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Sollentuna.... Solna Municipality Solna Municipality Solna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located just north of the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the 'city' of Solna.... Sorsele Municipality Sorsele Municipality Sorsele Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sorsele.Sorsele Municipality covers an area of 8,012 km2... Sotenäs Municipality Sotenäs Municipality Sotenäs Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungshamn, with around 3,500 inhabitants.... Staffanstorp Municipality Staffanstorp Municipality Staffanstorp Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County, southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Staffanstorp. Uppåkra, the former location for the city of Lund, is located in the municipality.... Stenungsund Municipality Stenungsund Municipality Stenungsund Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Stenungsund... Stockholm Municipality Stockholm Municipality Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is the largest of the 290 municipalities of the country in terms of population, but one of the smaller in terms of area, making it the most densely populated... Storfors Municipality Storfors Municipality Storfors Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Storfors, which has approximately 2,500 inhabitants.... Storuman Municipality Storuman Municipality Storuman Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Storuman.The parish Stensele was created as late as 1822. It was, together with the parish Tärna, made into a municipality in 1863. In 1903 Tärna was detached to form a municipality of its own... Strängnäs Municipality Strängnäs Municipality Strängnäs Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in eastern Sweden, located by Lake Mälaren. Its seat is located in the city of Strängnäs.... Strömstad Municipality Strömstad Municipality Strömstad Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Strömstad.... Strömsund Municipality Strömsund Municipality Strömsund Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Strömsund.The nearest larger city is Östersund, the provincial capital of Jämtland, which is located approximately 100 km to the south.-History:... Sundbyberg Municipality Sundbyberg Municipality Sundbyberg Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urban population.... Sundsvall Municipality Sundsvall Municipality Sundsvall Municipality is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden, where the city Sundsvall is the seat.... Sunne Municipality Sunne Municipality Sunne Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Sunne.The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town Sunne was amalgamated with Gräsmark and Lysvik.-Localities:*Lysvik*Rottneros*Sunne *Uddheden*Västra... Surahammar Municipality Surahammar Municipality Surahammar Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Surahammar.... Svalöv Municipality Svalöv Municipality Svalöv Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Svalöv.The local government reform of 1952 grouped the 15 original entities into six larger municipalities... Svedala Municipality Svedala Municipality Svedala Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, just southeast of Malmö. Its seat is located in the town of Svedala.... Svenljunga Municipality Svenljunga Municipality Svenljunga Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Svenljunga.... Säffle Municipality Säffle Municipality Säffle Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Säffle.... Säter Municipality Säter Municipality Säter is one of the 290 municipalities of Sweden in Dalarna County, central Sweden. Its seat is in Säter.The present municipality was created in 1971 with the amalgamation of the former City of Säter and two neighbouring municipalities.- Geography :... Sävsjö Municipality Sävsjö Municipality Sävsjö Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Sävsjö is seat.The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Sävsjö was amalgamated with parts of two adjacent rural municipalities... Söderhamn Municipality Söderhamn Municipality Söderhamn Municipality is a Municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is located in Söderhamn.The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Söderhamn was amalgamated with two rural municipalities and parts of a third.- Localities... Söderköping Municipality Söderköping Municipality Söderköping Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Söderköping.... Södertälje Municipality Södertälje Municipality Södertälje Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Södertälje.... Sölvesborg Municipality Sölvesborg Municipality Sölvesborg Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality... Tanum Municipality Tanum Municipality Tanum Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Tanumshede, with 1,600 inhabitants.... Tibro Municipality Tibro Municipality Tibro Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Tibro.-Sports:The following sports clubs are located in Tibro Municipality:* Tibro AIK FK... Tidaholm Municipality Tidaholm Municipality Tidaholm Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Tidaholm.The municipality is located on the banks of the river Tidan.... Tierp Municipality Tierp Municipality Tierp Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Tierp.-External links:* - Official site... Timrå Municipality Timrå Municipality Timrå Municipality is a municipality in northern Sweden. The town of Timrå is the municipal seat.The rural municipality Timrå was made a market town in 1947. The present municipality was created in 1971 when Timrå was amalgamated with Hässjö.- Geography :Timrå is located in a terrain of forest... Tingsryd Municipality Tingsryd Municipality Tingsryd Municipality is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat.... Tjörn Municipality Tjörn Municipality Tjörn Municipality is a municipality that covers the island of Tjörn in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skärhamn.Tjörn is the sixth largest Swedish island... Tomelilla Municipality Tomelilla Municipality Tomelilla Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Tomelilla.The municipality was formed through a series of amalgamations taking place in 1952, 1969 and 1971... Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby.The name Torsby means Thor's village.... Torsås Municipality Torsås Municipality Torsås Municipality is the southernmost municipality of Kalmar County, Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Torsås.The present municipality was created in 1971, when "old" Torsås was merged with Söderåkra.... Tranemo Municipality Tranemo Municipality Tranemo Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Tranemo.... Tranås Municipality Tranås Municipality Tranås Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town Tranås is seat.The original entity Tranås was detached from the rural municipality Säby as a market town in 1882 and made a city in 1919. The reunification took place in 1951 when Säby was made a part of... Trelleborg Municipality Trelleborg Municipality Trelleborg Municipality is the southernmost municipality of Sweden, in Skåne County. Its seat is located in the city Trelleborg.... Trollhättan Municipality Trollhättan Municipality Trollhättan Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Trollhättan.... Trosa Municipality Trosa Municipality Trosa Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. The municipality is built up by the localities of Vagnhärad, Västerljung, Stensund, Sund and the town of Trosa... Tyresö Municipality Tyresö Municipality Tyresö Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Its seat is located in Bollmora.Most of Tyresö Municipality lies within the Stockholm urban area.-History:... Täby Municipality Täby Municipality Täby Municipality is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Täby... Töreboda Municipality Töreboda Municipality Töreboda Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Töreboda.... Uddevalla Municipality Uddevalla Municipality Uddevalla Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Uddevalla.... Ulricehamn Municipality Ulricehamn Municipality Ulricehamn Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Ulricehamn.... Umeå Municipality Umeå Municipality Umeå Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County.-Administration:... Upplands-Bro Municipality Upplands-Bro Municipality Upplands-Bro Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungsängen.... Upplands Väsby Municipality Upplands Väsby Municipality Upplands Väsby Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, with a population of 38,963 . Its seat is located in the town of Upplands Väsby.... Uppsala Municipality Uppsala Municipality Uppsala Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 200,032 . Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala.... Uppvidinge Municipality Uppvidinge Municipality Uppvidinge Municipality is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, with its seat in the town of Åseda.The present municipality, which took its name from a hundred, was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when Lenhovda, Nottebäck, Åseda and Älghult were amalgamated. The... Vadstena Municipality Vadstena Municipality Vadstena Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vadstena.... Vaggeryd Municipality Vaggeryd Municipality Vaggeryd Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden. The town Skillingaryd is together with Vaggeryd the seat of the municipality... Valdemarsvik Municipality Valdemarsvik Municipality Valdemarsvik Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Valdemarsvik.Valdemarsvik was originally a market town under the city of Söderköping... Vallentuna Municipality Vallentuna Municipality Vallentuna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vallentuna.The current municipality was established as a result of the municipal reform of 1971... Vansbro Municipality Vansbro Municipality Vansbro Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vansbro.During the local government reform of 1971 Järna, Nås and Äppelbo were amalgamated to form the new Vansbro Municipality. The name was taken from the locality Vansbro, which also... Vara Municipality Vara Municipality Vara Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara.The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities . Between 1974 and 1982 the territory of present Essunga Municipality was also included.-External... Varberg Municipality Varberg Municipality Varberg Municipality is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg.It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Varberg and the surrounding rural municipalities... Vaxholm Municipality Vaxholm Municipality Vaxholm Municipality is a municipality within Stockholm archipelago in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The municipal slogan is "Vaxholm – the capital of the archipelago", due to its central location in the archipelago... Vellinge Municipality Vellinge Municipality Vellinge Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Vellinge.The municipality is a result of the latest local government reform in Sweden... Vetlanda Municipality Vetlanda Municipality Vetlanda Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County, in southern Sweden where the town of Vetlanda is the seat.The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Vetlanda was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form a unitary municipality... Vilhelmina Municipality Vilhelmina Municipality Vilhelmina Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vilhelmina.-History:In 1804 the parish of Volgsjö was renamed Vilhelmina in honour of Queen Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Sweden.... Vimmerby Municipality Vimmerby Municipality Vimmerby Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vimmerby.Stångån is a small river running through the municipality.... Vindeln Municipality Vindeln Municipality Vindeln Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vindeln.-History:In 1971 a local government reform was implemented in Sweden. This municipality was, however, not amalgamated with any other. But in preparation for the reform the name was... Vingåker Municipality Vingåker Municipality Vingåker Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vingåker.The municipality has its present size since the local government reform of 1971.-Localities :... Vårgårda Municipality Vårgårda Municipality Vårgårda Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vårgårda.... Vänersborg Municipality Vänersborg Municipality Vänersborg Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vänersborg.The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the early 1970s... Vännäs Municipality Vännäs Municipality Vännäs Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vännäs.-History:In 1928 the locality Vännäs was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town of Vännäs. The two entities were reunited in 1971. In 1974... Värmdö Municipality Värmdö Municipality Värmdö Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 , situated on the main island at an elevation of 37 m.... Värnamo Municipality Värnamo Municipality Värnamo Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, where the town Värnamo is seat.The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Värnamo was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type... Västervik Municipality Västervik Municipality Västervik Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.... Västerås Municipality Västerås Municipality Västerås Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås.... Växjö Municipality Växjö Municipality Växjö Municipality is a municipality in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where Växjö is the seat.The municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Växjö with the surrounding municipalities... Ydre Municipality Ydre Municipality Ydre Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town of Österbymo.... Ystad Municipality Ystad Municipality Ystad Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ystad.The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the former City of Ystad with four surrounding municipalities.-Localities:There are nine urban areas in Ystad... Åmål Municipality Åmål Municipality Åmål Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Åmål.The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the former City of Åmål and the former rural municipality of Tössbo .-Geography and natural... Ånge Municipality Ånge Municipality Ånge Municipality is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Ånge.The railway junction Ånge was in 1947 made a market town and detached from Borgsjö... Åre Municipality Åre Municipality Åre Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Järpen.The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of "old" Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker... Årjäng Municipality Årjäng Municipality Årjäng Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Årjäng.... Åsele Municipality Åsele Municipality Åsele Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Åsele.-History:The first Swedish settlement in Åsele Municipality was in Gafsele south of Åsele. The settlers were Nils Andersson and his wife Brita... Åstorp Municipality Åstorp Municipality Åstorp Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åstorp.In 1974 "old" Åstorp was amalgamated with Kvidinge to form the present municipality.-Localities:There are 3 urban areas in Åstorp Municipality.In the table they are... Åtvidaberg Municipality Åtvidaberg Municipality Åtvidaberg Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åtvidaberg, with some 7,000 inhabitants.... Älmhult Municipality Älmhult Municipality Älmhult Municipality is a municipality in central Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where the town of Älmhult is seat.In 1901 Älmhult was detached from Stenbrohult and made a market town... Älvdalen Municipality Älvdalen Municipality Älvdalen Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Älvdalen.... Älvkarleby Municipality Älvkarleby Municipality Älvkarleby Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skutskär.... Älvsbyn Municipality Älvsbyn Municipality Älvsbyn Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Älvsbyn.The present municipality has the same size as the original one, created at the time the municipalities of Sweden were formed in 1863... Ängelholm Municipality Ängelholm Municipality Ängelholm Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ängelholm.... Öckerö Municipality Öckerö Municipality Öckerö Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Öckerö on the main island, which is also called Öckerö.... Ödeshög Municipality Ödeshög Municipality Ödeshög Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County, Sweden. The seat is situated in the small town of Ödeshög.The coat of arms was created in 1972 at the time the modern municipalities of Sweden were created... Örebro Municipality Örebro Municipality Örebro Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Örebro.The municipality was created from the City of Örebro and surrounding rural municipalities in 1971 and with some areas added in 1974 it had an area of 1,840 km²... Örkelljunga Municipality Örkelljunga Municipality Örkelljunga Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Örkelljunga.... Örnsköldsvik Municipality Örnsköldsvik Municipality Örnsköldsvik Municipality is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Örnsköldsvik... Östersund Municipality Östersund Municipality Östersund Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Östersund, which is also the county seat of Jämtland County.... Österåker Municipality Österåker Municipality Österåker Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åkersberga, with a population of 26,727 .From 1974 to 1982 Österåker was part of Vaxholm Municipality.... Östhammar Municipality Östhammar Municipality Östhammar Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Östhammar.... Östra Göinge Municipality Östra Göinge Municipality Östra Göinge Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Broby.... Överkalix Municipality Överkalix Municipality Överkalix Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Överkalix.In 1870 a part of old Överkalix Municipality was detached from it, forming a municipality called Korpilombolo... Övertorneå Municipality Övertorneå Municipality Övertorneå Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå.Until the Finnish War Övertorneå and the Finnish Ylitornio were a single municipality. Following the war, the eastern part of the municipality was ceded to...

Government and politics of Sweden

Main article: Government of Sweden

Government of Sweden

The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden is the supreme executive authority of Sweden. It consists of the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers appointed by the Prime Minister. The Government is responsible for their actions to the Riksdag, which is the legislative assembly...

 and Politics of Sweden

Politics of Sweden

Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the government, led by the Prime Minister of Sweden. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, elected within a multi-party...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : Constitutional monarchy
  Monarchy
  A monarchy is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication and is often hereditary and includes a royal house. In some cases, the monarch is elected...
  
  
• Capital of Sweden: Stockholm

• Elections in Sweden
  Elections in Sweden
  Elections in the Kingdom of Sweden are held every four years, and determine the makeup of the legislative bodies on the three levels of administrative division in the country. At the highest level, these elections determine the allocation of seats in the Riksdag, the national legislative body of...
  
  
• :Category:Elections in Sweden
• Political parties in Sweden
• Political scandals of Sweden
• Taxation in Sweden
  Taxation in Sweden
  - Salary incomes :Taxation in Sweden on salaries for an employee involves contributing to three different levels of government: the municipality, the county council, and the central government...
  
  

Executive branch of the government of Sweden

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf
  Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  Carl XVI Gustaf is the reigning King of Sweden since 15 September 1973, succeeding his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf because his father had predeceased him...
  
  
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Sweden
  Prime Minister of Sweden
  The Prime Minister is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested...
  
  , Fredrik Reinfeldt
  Fredrik Reinfeldt
  John Fredrik Reinfeldt is the Prime Minister of Sweden, leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party and former President of the European Council...
  
  
• Cabinet of Sweden

Legislative branch of the government of Sweden

• Parliament of Sweden
  Parliament of Sweden
  The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
  
   (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Sweden

• Supreme Court of Sweden
  Supreme Court of Sweden
  The Supreme Court of Sweden is the supreme court and the third and final instance in all civil and criminal cases in Sweden. Before a case can be decided by the Supreme Court, leave to appeal must be obtained, and with few exceptions, leave to appeal can be granted only when the case is of...
  
  

Foreign relations of Sweden

• Diplomatic missions in Sweden
• Diplomatic missions of Sweden
  Diplomatic missions of Sweden
  This is a list of diplomatic missions of Sweden. Sweden has a moderately sized diplomatic network of 78 embassies and 13 consulates general, supplemented by honorary consulates, cultural centres and trade missions that are operated separately. Of note Sweden was the first Western country to have...
  
  

International organization membership

The Kingdom of Sweden is a member of:

• African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (nonregional member)
• Arctic Council
  Arctic Council
  The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum which addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic.- History of the Arctic Council :...
  
  
• Asian Development Bank
  Asian Development Bank
  The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...
  
   (ADB) (nonregional member)
• Australia Group
  Australia Group
  The Australia Group is an informal group of countries established in 1985 to help member countries to identify those of their exports which need to be controlled so as not to contribute to the spread of chemical and biological weapons .The group, initially consisting of 15 members, held its first...
  
  
• Bank for International Settlements
  Bank for International Settlements
  The Bank for International Settlements is an intergovernmental organization of central banks which "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks." It is not accountable to any national government...
  
   (BIS)
• Council of Europe
  Council of Europe
  The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
  
   (CE)
• Council of the Baltic Sea States
  Council of the Baltic Sea States
  The Council of the Baltic Sea States is an overall political forum for regional intergovernmental cooperation which addresses the five priority areas of the environment, economic development, energy, education and culture, civil security and human dimension, including trafficking in human...
  
   (CBSS)
• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
  Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
  The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council , a NATO institution, is a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO countries in Europe and those parts of Asia on the European periphery. The member states meet to cooperate and consult on a range of political and security issues...
  
   (EAPC)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  Founded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 30 countries from central Europe to central Asia. Its mission was to support the formerly communist countries in the process of establishing their...
  
   (EBRD)
• European Investment Bank
  European Investment Bank
  The European Investment Bank is the European Union's long-term lending institution established in 1958 under the Treaty of Rome. A policy-driven bank, the EIB supports the EU’s priority objectives, especially European integration and the development of economically weak regions...
  
   (EIB)
• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• European Space Agency
  European Space Agency
  The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...
  
   (ESA)
• European Union
  European Union
  The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
  
   (EU)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 9
  Group of 9
  The Group of Nine was a group of nine European states that meet occasionally to discuss matters of mutual interest.-Members: The Group of Nine was a group of nine European states that meet occasionally to discuss matters of mutual interest.-Members: The Group of Nine was a group of nine...
  
   (G9)
• Group of Ten
  Group of Ten (economic)
  The Group of Ten or G-10 refers to the group of countries that have agreed to participate in the General Arrangements to Borrow...
  
   (G10)
• Inter-American Development Bank
  Inter-American Development Bank
  The Inter-American Development Bank is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean...
  
   (IADB)
• International Atomic Energy Agency
  International Atomic Energy Agency
  The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
  
   (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
  
   (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce
  International Chamber of Commerce
  The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....
  
   (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court
  International Criminal Court
  The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
  
   (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association
  International Development Association
  The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
  
   (IDA)
• International Energy Agency
  International Energy Agency
  The International Energy Agency is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis...
  
   (IEA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation
  International Finance Corporation
  The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
   (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization
  International Hydrographic Organization
  The International Hydrographic Organization is the inter-governmental organisation representing the hydrographic community. It enjoys observer status at the UN and is the recognised competent authority on hydrographic surveying and nautical charting...
  
   (IHO)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization
  International Mobile Satellite Organization
  The International Mobile Satellite Organization is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites...
  
   (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration
  International Organization for Migration
  The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
  
   (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization
  International Organization for Standardization
  The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
  
   (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
  
   (ITSO)

• International Trade Union Confederation
  International Trade Union Confederation
  The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
  
   (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
  
   (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (guest)
• Nordic Council
  Nordic Council
  The Nordic Council is a geo-political, inter-parliamentary forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries. It was established following World War II and its first concrete result was the introduction in 1952 of a common labour market and free movement across borders without passports for the...
  
   (NC)
• Nordic Investment Bank
  Nordic Investment Bank
  The Nordic Investment Bank is an international financial institution founded in the mid-1970s by the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In 2005, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania became members of the Bank. NIB’s headquarters are located in Helsinki, Finland...
  
   (NIB)
• Nuclear Energy Agency
  Nuclear Energy Agency
  The Nuclear Energy Agency is an intergovernmental multinational agency that is organized under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...
  
   (NEA)
• Nuclear Suppliers Group
  Nuclear Suppliers Group
  Nuclear Suppliers Group is a multinational body concerned with reducing nuclear proliferation by controlling the export and re-transfer of materials that may be applicable to nuclear weapon development and by improving safeguards and protection on existing materials.- History :It was founded in...
  
   (NSG)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States
  Organization of American States
  The Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States...
  
   (OAS) (observer)
• Paris Club
  Paris Club
  The Paris Club is an informal group of financial officials from 19 of some of the world's biggest economies, which provides financial services such as war funding, debt restructuring, debt relief, and debt cancellation to indebted countries and their creditors...
  
  
• Partnership for Peace
  Partnership for Peace
  Partnership for Peace is a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 22 States are members...
  
   (PFP)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
  Permanent Court of Arbitration
  The Permanent Court of Arbitration , is an international organization based in The Hague in the Netherlands.-History:The court was established in 1899 as one of the acts of the first Hague Peace Conference, which makes it the oldest institution for international dispute resolution.The creation of...
  
   (PCA)
• Schengen Convention
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
  
   (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
  
   (UNIDO)
• United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
• United Nations Mission in Liberia
  United Nations Mission in Liberia
  The United Nations Mission in Liberia is a peace-keeping force established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia following the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the conclusion of the Second Liberian Civil War....
  
   (UNMIL)
• United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
  United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
  The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad was a United Nations peacekeeping mission established by the United Nations Security Council on September 25, 2007 to provide a multidimensional presence of up to 350 police and military personnel to eastern Chad and north-eastern...
  
   (MINURCAT)
• United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
• United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
  United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
  The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 858 in August 1993 to verify compliance with a 27 July 1993 ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Georgia and forces in Abkhazia with special attention given to the situation in the...
  
   (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
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is a relief and human development agency, providing education, health care, social services and emergency aid to 5 million Palestine refugees living in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, as well as in the West Bank and the Gaza...
  
   (UNRWA)
• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
  United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
  The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is an organization founded on 29 May 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East. Its primary task was providing the military command structure to the peace keeping forces in the Middle East to enable the peace keepers to observe and maintain the...
  
   (UNTSO)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• Western European Union
  Western European Union
  The Western European Union was an international organisation tasked with implementing the Modified Treaty of Brussels , an amended version of the original 1948 Treaty of Brussels...
  
   (WEU) (observer)
• World Customs Organization
  World Customs Organization
  The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
  
   (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions
  World Federation of Trade Unions
  The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
  
   (WFTU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
  World Meteorological Organization
  The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
  
   (WMO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO)
• Zangger Committee
  Zangger Committee
  The Zangger Committee, also known as the Nuclear Exporters Committee, sprang from Article III.2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons which entered into force on March 5, 1970...
  
   (ZC)

Law and order in Sweden

• Capital punishment in Sweden
  Capital punishment in Sweden
  Capital punishment in Sweden was practiced up until 1910. It is now outlawed by the Swedish Constitution which clearly states that capital punishment, corporal punishment, and torture is strictly prohibited.- Dates for abolishment of the death penalty :...
  
  
• Constitution of Sweden
  Constitution of Sweden
  The Swedish Constitution consists of four fundamental laws :* The 1810 Act of Succession * The 1949 Freedom of the Press Act * The 1974 Instrument of Government * The 1991 Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression...
  
  
• Crime in Sweden
  Crime in Sweden
  The 9,350,000 inhabitants of Sweden reported 1,410,000 offences to the authorities in 2009 . The number of reported crimes have increased radically since a national statistics began in 1950...
  
  
• Racism in Sweden
  Racism in Sweden
  Racism and xenophobia have been reported in Sweden.According to the European network against racism, skin color, ethnic/religious background have significant impact on an individual's opportunities in the labor market, affecting mainly Roma, Blacks and Muslims...
  
  
• Antisemitism in Sweden
  Antisemitism in Sweden
  Sweden has a relatively small Jewish community of around 20,000. Jews have been permitted to immigrate to Sweden since the late 18th century, at first only to Stockholm, Göteborg and Norrköping, but this restriction was removed in 1854...
  
  
• Human rights in Sweden
  • LGBT rights in Sweden
  • Freedom of religion in Sweden
• Law enforcement in Sweden
  Law enforcement in Sweden
  Law enforcement in Sweden is carried out by several government entities, mainly run by the Government of Sweden.- Structure :The organization mainly tasked with law enforcement is the Swedish Police. In addition, under certain circumstances other government agencies can be tasked with law...
  
  

Military of Sweden

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
    : Sverker Göransson
    • Ministry of Defence of Sweden
      Ministry of Defence (Sweden)
      The Ministry of Defence is a Swedish government ministry responsible for the national defence policy.The Ministry of Defence has existed in its present form since 1920...
      
      
• Forces
  • Army of Sweden
  • Navy of Sweden
  • Air Force of Sweden
  • Special forces of Sweden
• Military history of Sweden
  Military history of Sweden
  -Prehistoric Sweden and the Viking ages :During the prehistoric times, modern Sweden was divided into provinces and in the Svea and Göta kingdoms. There is said that wars were fought between Svear and Götar and that the former were victors...
  
  
• Military ranks of Sweden

History of Sweden

Main article: History of Sweden

History of Sweden

Modern Sweden started out of the Kalmar Union formed in 1397 and by the unification of the country by King Gustav Vasa in the 16th century. In the 17th century Sweden expanded its territories to form the Swedish empire. Most of these conquered territories had to be given up during the 18th century...

, Timeline of the history of Sweden, and Current events of Sweden

• Economic history of Sweden
  Economic history of Sweden
  - 1790-1815 - Agricultural revolution and protoindustrialization :During the period 1790-1815 Sweden experienced two parallell economic movements: an agricultural revolution with larger agricultural estates, the crown transferring areas to private farmers, new crops and farming tools and a...
  
  
• Military history of Sweden
  Military history of Sweden
  -Prehistoric Sweden and the Viking ages :During the prehistoric times, modern Sweden was divided into provinces and in the Svea and Göta kingdoms. There is said that wars were fought between Svear and Götar and that the former were victors...
  
  

Culture of Sweden

• Architecture of Sweden
  Architecture of Sweden
  This article covers the architecture of Sweden from a historical perspective. As is the norm in architecture history, an architectural history of a nation naturally lends itself to a history of those monuments to the development of that nation and its institutions of power; palaces, castles, and...
  
  
• Cuisine of Sweden
  Cuisine of Sweden
  Due to Sweden's large north-south expanse there have always been regional differences in Swedish cuisine. Historically, in the far North, meats such as reindeer, and other game dishes were eaten, some of which have their roots in the Sami culture, while fresh vegetables have played a larger role...
  
  
• Ethnic minorities in Sweden
• Festivals in Sweden
• Humor in Sweden
• Languages of Sweden
  Languages of Sweden
  Swedish is the official language of Sweden and is spoken by the vast majority of the nine million inhabitants of the country. It is a North Germanic language and quite similar to its sister North Germanic Languages, Danish and Norwegian.- History :...
  
  
• Media in Sweden
  Media in Sweden
  Swedish media has a long tradition going back to the 1776 law enacting freedom of the press.The press is subsidized by the government and is owned by many actors, the dominant owner being Bonnier AB. Swedish TV and Radio was until the mid 1980s a government monopoly, which slowly has been eroded...
  
  
• National symbols of Sweden
  • Coat of arms of Sweden
    Coat of arms of Sweden
    The greater national coat of arms and the lesser national coat of arms are the official coats of arms of Sweden.- Escutcheon :...
    
    
  • Flag of Sweden
    Flag of Sweden
    The flag of Sweden is a Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag. This Scandinavian cross represents Christianity. The design and colours of the Swedish flag are believed to have been inspired by the present Coat of arms of Sweden of 1442, which is blue divided quarterly by a cross...
    
    
  • National anthem of Sweden
• People of Sweden
• Prostitution in Sweden
  Prostitution in Sweden
  The laws on prostitution in Sweden make it illegal to buy sexual services, but not to sell them. Pimping, procuring and operating a brothel are also illegal...
  
  
• Public holidays in Sweden
  Public holidays in Sweden
  All official holidays in Sweden are established by acts of Parliament . The official holidays can be divided into Christian and non-Christian holidays. The Christian holidays are jul...
  
  
• Records of Sweden
• Religion in Sweden
  Religion in Sweden
  Sweden was Christianized from Norse paganism in the 11th century. Since the 16th century Sweden has been predominantly Lutheran. From the Protestant Reformation in the 1530s until 2000, the Lutheran Church of Sweden was the state church...
  
  
  • Buddhism in Sweden
    Buddhism in Sweden
    Buddhism is a relatively small religion in Sweden. Most of the practicing Buddhists have various Asian heritage. There are current plans of constructing a Buddhist Temple in Fredrika, a small town in the north part of Sweden. This Thai-style temple will be the biggest Buddhist temple in Europe...
    
    
  • Christianity in Sweden
  • Hinduism in Sweden
    Hinduism in Sweden
    Out of a population of 8.9 million, persons of Indian origin and non-resident Indians together number 11,000 or 0.012%. Most of them are Punjabis, Bengalis, Gujaratis Tamils and Telugus...
    
    
  • Islam in Sweden
    Islam in Sweden
    Islam in Sweden is the religion of around 450,000 to 500,000 citizens and residents, as of 2009, around 5% of the total population.-History:Islam begins to have a noticeable presence in Sweden with immigration from the Middle East beginning in the 1970s....
    
    
  • Judaism in Sweden
  • Sikhism in Sweden
• World Heritage Sites in Sweden

Art in Sweden

• Art in Sweden
• Cinema of Sweden
  Cinema of Sweden
  Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas...
  
  
• Literature of Sweden
• Music of Sweden
  Music of Sweden
  Sweden shares the tradition of Nordic folk dance music with its neighboring countries including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka. The accordion, clarinet, fiddle and nyckelharpa are among the most common Swedish folk instruments. This instrumental genre is the biggest one in Swedish...
  
  
• Television in Sweden
  Television in Sweden
  Television in Sweden began in Sweden in the early 1950s with the first test transmissions, prior to the opening of the first station, Radiotjänst, two years later. A second channel was launched in 1969...
  
  
• Theatre in Sweden

Sports in Sweden

• Football in Sweden
  Football in Sweden
  In Sweden, the most popular sport is association football, with over 240,000 licensed players—of which 56,000 are women—plus another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which are playing on the 7,900 pitches available in the country...
  
  
• Sweden at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Sweden

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 18th (eighteenth)

• Agriculture in Sweden
  Agriculture in Sweden
  Agriculture in Sweden is of varying importance in different parts of Sweden. This is due to different soils and different climate zones, with many parts of the country being more suitable to forestry....
  
  
• Banking in Sweden
  • National Bank of Sweden
• Communications in Sweden
  Communications in Sweden
  - Telecommunications :Sweden liberalized its telecommunications industry starting in 1980s and being formally liberalized in 1993. This was three years ahead of USA and five years before the European common policy introduced in January 1998 allowed for an open and competitive telecommunication market...
  
  
  • Internet in Sweden
    Internet in Sweden
    In Sweden, household broadband is mainly available through cable and ADSL , but in many places also through copper Ethernet LAN networked via fibre MANs connecting buildings .-Cable:...
    
    
• Companies of Sweden

• Currency of Sweden
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Krona
  Swedish krona
  The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : SEK

• Economic history of Sweden
  Economic history of Sweden
  - 1790-1815 - Agricultural revolution and protoindustrialization :During the period 1790-1815 Sweden experienced two parallell economic movements: an agricultural revolution with larger agricultural estates, the crown transferring areas to private farmers, new crops and farming tools and a...
  
  
• Energy in Sweden
  Energy in Sweden
  Energy in Sweden describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Sweden. Energy policy of Sweden will describe the politics of Sweden related to energy more in detail...
  
  
  • Energy policy of Sweden
  • Oil industry in Sweden
• Mining in Sweden
• Tourism in Sweden
  Tourism in Sweden
  Sweden is mostly visited by tourists from its neighbouring countries Denmark, Norway and Finland. Thereafter follow tourists from Germany and the United Kingdom....
  
  
• Transport in Sweden
  Transport in Sweden
  -Railways:Rail transport is operated by SJ, DSBFirst, Green Cargo, Tågkompaniet and more. Most counties have companies that do ticketing, marketing and financing of local passenger rail, but the actual operation are done by the above mentioned companies....
  
  

• Sweden Stock Exchange

Infrastructure of Sweden

• Health care in Sweden
• Transportation in Sweden
  • Airports in Sweden
  • Rail transport in Sweden
    Rail transport in Sweden
    Rail transport in Sweden uses a network of 13,000 km of track, the 20th largest in the world. Construction of the first railway line in Sweden began in 1855. The major operator is the state-owned SJ AB....
    
    
  • Roads in Sweden
• Water supply and sanitation in Sweden

See also

• Index of Sweden-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Sweden-related topics
• Member state of the European Union
  Member State of the European Union
  A member state of the European Union is a state that is party to treaties of the European Union and has thereby undertaken the privileges and obligations that EU membership entails. Unlike membership of an international organisation, being an EU member state places a country under binding laws in...
  
  
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Europe
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  

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