Facts on Sweden
Sweden is a monarchy, the king currently being Carl XVI Gustaf.
It consists of 449,964 km².
Population is about 8.4 million people.
The number of inhabitants per km² is 18.5.
The capital is Stockholm with about 1.4 million inhabitants.
The language is Swedish.
The religion is Lutheran.
The currency is Krona (crown) equals 100 öre
Climate
Sweden, and for that matter all of Scandinavia, has a warm climate taken into consideration its northern position. The cause of this is mainly the proximity of the Atlantic ocean and the warm air that, especially in the winter, comes from the west. Actually Stockholm is on about the same latitude as Juneau Alaska.
The difference in temperature between summer and winter are about 17º in the south up to about 27º in the north.
The following table shows rainfall and temperatrue for some places in Sweden:
| Avg rainfall |
Avg temp |
Max temp |
Min temp |
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| Karesuando | 409 | -1.5 | 32.5 | -48.1 |
| Stockholm | 555 | 6.6 | 35.4 | -28.2 |
| Gothenburg | 692 | 7.2 | 32 | -26 |
| Lund | 633 | 7.8 | 33.9 | -26.3 |
The temperatures are all in Celcius but if you have JavaScript enabled here is a Celcius/Farenheit conversion calculator:
The formulas are as follows:
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Celcius to Farenheit: F=9*(C/5)+32 |
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Farenheit to Celcius: C=5*(F-32)/9 |
Some Sweden-related links
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Map of Sweden |
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Global visitor's guide to Sweden |
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Gotland webguide |
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www.gotland.com (the isle of Gotland) |
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This is the city of Stockholm |
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Stockholm Cityguide |
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Stockholm information service |
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Virtual Stockholm (sometimes problems with JavaScripts) |
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What to do (in Stockholm) |
