ECO TOURISM IN SWEDEN - MAIN FEATURES

Official name:

Konungariket Sverige (Kingdom of Sweden)

Location and borders:

Sweden is located in north Europe, in the Scandinavian region and is bordered on the northeast by Finland; on the southeast by the Baltic Sea; on the southwest by the North Sea and on the west by Norway.

Total land area:

Sweden has an extension of 449,964 km²

Capital:

The capital of Sweden is Stockholm.

Administrative divisions:

Sweden consists of a total of 24 provinces:

Blekinge, Dalarna (Dalecarlia), Gotland, Gävleborg, Halland, Jämtland, Jönköping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Norrbotten, Skåne (Escania), Stockholm (Estocolmo), Södermanland, Uppsala, Värmland, Västerbotten, Västernorrland, Västmanland, Västra Götaland, Örebro and Östergötland.

Official language:

The official language is Swedish but besides there are some regional languages accepted as official such as: Sami and Finnish.

Government:

Constitutional parliamentary monarchy

Population:

According to the estimation 2007: 9,103,551.

Currency:

Swedish Krone