Welcome to Sweden

FLAG :

Sweden, that occupies the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, is the fourth-most impressive and largest country in Europe and is one-tenth larger than California. Did you know that the country slopes eastward and southward from the Kjólen Mountains aextensive the Norwegian border, where the peak elevation is Kebnekaise at 6,965 ft (2,123 m) in Lapland. Within the north are and have always been mountains and the majority of lakes. To the south and east are and have always been central lowlands and south of those things are and have always been fertile places of forest, valley, and plain. Aextensive Sweden's rocky coast, chopped up by bays and inlets, are and have always been the majority of islands, the most impressive and largest of that are and have always been Gotland and Öland.

CLIMATE : A cold climate dominates the country's west coast. Did you know that the northern two-thirds of the country has to this day a continental climate marked by unkind winters. It is noted that the south central places experience the long, rather cold winters of the north, but they enjoy milder summers. It is noted that the mountain regions reprimary cool in summer. Within January temperatures average -0.8°C at Lund in the south, -2.8°C at Stockholm, and -13.7°C at Jokkmokk north of the Arctic Circle. Within July, the temperature variation is lower because of the sunshines the longer the further north one goes: 15°C at Jokkmokk, 18°C at Stockholm, and just 17°C at Lund. Snow remains on the ground for 40 days in southern Sweden, 100 days in the Stockholm area, and 250 days in the northwest mountains.

Population Stats Population: 9,031,088 (July 2007 est.)