Total area: 449,964 km2
land area: 410,928 km2

Comparative area: slightly smaller than California

Land boundaries: 2,205 km total
Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619 km

Coastline: 3,218 km

Maritime claims: Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Territorial 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: arable land 7%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 2%; forest and woodland 64%; other 27%; includes irrigated NEGL%

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 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.