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Largest Cities |
| City |
Population |
Estimated |
| Stockholm |
1,239,100 |
2002 |
| Goteborg |
503,700 |
2002 |
| Malmo |
244,000 |
2002 |
Key Data |
| Region: |
Europe |
| Population: |
8,870,100 October 2002 |
| Area Total: |
449,964 km2 |
| Area Land: |
410,928 km2 |
| Coast Line: |
3,218 km km |
| Capital: |
Stockholm |
| Climate: |
Temperate in south with cold,
cloudy winters and cool, partly
cloudy summers; sub-arctic in north. |
| Languages: |
Swedish
Small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities |
| Currency: |
1 Swedish krona (SKr$) = 100 oere |
| Holiday: |
Day of the Swedish Flag, 6 June |
Average Daily Temperature |
| Capital: |
Stockholm |
| January: |
-3.5°C / 25.7°F |
| July: |
17.2°C / 63°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
502.8mm / 19.8'' |
Boundaries |
|
Norway: |
1,619km |
|
Finland: |
586km |
Ethnic Divisions |
| Lapp (Sami) |
n/a |
| Swedish |
n/a |
| Finnish |
n/a |
| other |
n/a |
Religions |
| Evangelical Lutheran |
87% |
| Other |
13% |
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