SWEDEN is a Nordic country in Scandinavia. It is bordered by Norway in the west, Finland in the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait in the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia in the east. It is connected to Denmark in the southwest by the Oresund Bridge.

Official name Kingdom of Sweden
The land area (km2) 449.964
Population (2008 est.) 9,234,209
Language Swedish
Capital Stockholm