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Sweden

Capital: Stockholm

  • Sweden covers about 450,295 square kilometres. It is the largest Nordic country and the fifth largest in Europe.
  • Between 1850 and 1910, more than one million Swedes emigrated, most of them to the United States.
  • Sweden runs from about 55 to 69 degrees north, so its climate varies widely from the south to the far north.
  • Stockholm is built on fourteen islands. Its old town, Gamla stan, sits on the central island.

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