Sverige
Area: 449 964 km
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Population: 8.9 million (rounded)
Capital city: Stockholm
Currency: 1 Swedish crown = 100 öre, 1 euro = 9.44 Swedish crowns (SEK) (dec. 2005)
National day: 6 June
EU membership: 1 January 1995 (EU)
Head of State: King Carl XVI Gustaf
Head of Government: Prime Minister Göran Persson
Foreign Minister: Jan Eliasson
Government: Socialdemokratiska Arbetarpartiet (SAP, Social Democratic Party, 144 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral: Riksdag, 349 members, elections every 4 years, 4 % threshold
GDP: €279 008 million (2004, rounded)
GDP per capita in PPS: €25 900 (2004, rounded)
Economic growth in real terms: + 3.6 % (2004, rounded)
Links:
Head of State: http://www.royalcourt.se
Head of Government: http://www.regeringen.se
Foreign Minister: http://www.ud.se
Parliament: http://www.riksdagen.se
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