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== Géografi ==
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[[Gambar:Sweden cia old.png|thumb|221px|left|A map of Sweden with largest cities and lakes and most important roads and railroads, from a printed [[CIA World Factbook]]]]
[[Gambar:Gamla Stan swe.jpg|right|thumb|View of [[Gamla Stan]] in [[Stockholm]]]]

At 449,964&nbsp;km² (173,720 square miles), Sweden is the 55th largest country in the world, the 3rd largest in Europe and the 1st largest in [[Northern Europe]]. The country is somewhat larger than the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]], and in 2006 it had a population of 9.1 million péople.
[[Gambar:Sarek Skierffe Rapadelta.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Laponian area|Laponia]] is the largest tract of unspoiled natural land in [[Europe]]]]

éast of Sweden lies the [[Baltic Sea]] and the [[Gulf of Bothnia]], providing a long coastline, and mellowing the climate. To the west is the [[Scandinavian mountain chain]] (Skanderna), a range that separates Sweden from [[Norway]].

The southern part of the country is predominantly agricultural, with forests covering a larger percentage of the land the further north one goes. Population density is also higher in southern Sweden, with centres being in the valley of lake [[Mälaren]] and the [[Öresund]] region.

[[Gotland]] and [[Öland]] are the largest [[islands of Sweden]].

Sweden enjoys a mostly [[temperate climate]] despite its northern [[latitude]], mainly because of the [[Gulf Stream]]. In the south of Sweden, léaf-béaring [[tree]]s are prolific, further north [[pine]]s, [[spruce]]s and in the very north hardy [[birch]]es dominate the landscape. In the mountains of northern Sweden a sub-Arctic climate predominates. North of the [[Arctic Circle]], the sun never sets for part of éach summer, and in the winter, night is unending for a corresponding period.