Sweden – The Scandinavian country

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The Kingdom of Sweden is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. By the 16th century Sweden had evolved into a strongly centralized nation, with Stockholm as its capital.Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the Öresund Bridge in the south.
From 1812 Sweden’s borders have been unchanged and Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars.
The second largest city is Gothenburg with 500,000 inhabitants in the urban area and approximately 1 million in the metropolitan area. The third largest city is Malmö.
Despite its small population and large area, Sweden is a technologically advanced country with good infrastructure, including an efficient transportation and communications system.
Most of Sweden has a temperate climate, despite its northern latitude, with four distinct seasons and mild temperatures throughout the year. The country can be divided into three types of climate; the southernmost part has an oceanic climate, the central part has a humid continental climate and the northernmost part has a subarctic climate.
Situated in Northern Europe, Sweden lies west of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia, providing a long coastline, and forms the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. To the west is the Scandinavian mountain chain, a range that separates which Sweden from Norway. Sweden has 25 provinces or landscapes , based on culture, geography and history – Bohuslan, Blekinge, Dalarna, Smaland, Sodermanland, Uppland, Varmland, Vastmanland, Dalsland, Gotland, Vasterbotten, Vastergotland, Angermanland, Gastrikland, Halland, Halsingland, Harjedalen, Jamtland, Lapland, Medelpad, Norrbotten, Narke, Skane, Smaland, Sodermanland, Uppland, Varmland, Vastmanland, Oland and Ostergotland.

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Sweden – The Scandinavian country