Sweden

-Country Name:
Conventional long form: Kingdom of Sweden conventional short form: Sweden local long form: Konungariket Sverige local short form: Sverige
-Year Founded:
A foundation date of the nation Sweden cannot be determined with any degree of certainty, since it evolved from a warfare center of power, Svea Rike, centered in old Uppsala, which might have had many increases and decreases in power and influence. The existence of such a power is stated already by Tacitus around AD 100.
-Population:
9,059,651 (July 2009 est.)
-Primary Language:
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
-Ethnic Make-up:
Indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
-Political System:
Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
-Year Entered the European Union:
1995
-Representative of the European Union (include party):
On July 24 2008 the Sweden Government appointed Christian Danielsson as Sweden's Permanent Representative at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels.
-Type of Economy:
Capitalism
-Currency:
Swedish kronor (SEK)
-Current Exchange rate for American Currency:
Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 6.4074 (2008 est.), 6.7629 (2007), 7.3731 (2006), 7.4731 (2005), 7.3489 (2004)
-GDP:
per capita- $39,600 (2008 est.)
-Percentage of Trade within the European Union:
In 2003, the other EU countries accounted for 54 per cent of Sweden's exports and 67 per cent of Sweden's imports.
-Unemployment Rate:
6.4% (2008 est.)
-Chief Exports:
The chief exports are machinery, motor vehicles, paper goods, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, and chemicals.
-Key Imports:
The main imports are machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel, foodstuffs, and clothing.
-Major Religions:
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
-Surrounding Countries:
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between -Finland and Norway
-Literacy Rate:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
-One Interesting Fact:
On 1 July 2009, Sweden will take over the Presidency of the EU. This means that for six months, Sweden will lead the EU's work and be responsible for moving important EU issues forward



http://www.answers.com/topic/sweden

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html

http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/10787/a/108942

http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/11312

http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/3086/a/118577

By- Bárbara Villanueva