Total area: 449,960 km2
land area: 411,620 km2

Comparative area: slightly larger than California

Land boundaries: 2,193 km total
Finland 536 km, Norway 1,657 km

Coastline: 3,218 km

Maritime claims: @m5Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation
@m5Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
@m5Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north

Terrain: mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west

Natural resources: zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower potential

Land use: 7% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 2% meadows and pastures; 64% forest and woodland; 27% other; includes NEGL% irrigated

Environment: water pollution; acid rain

Note: strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.