Sweden Transportation - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 11 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 316

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

SE

Airports

total: 231 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 149 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 75 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 22 (2013)

under 914 m: 37 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 82 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2013)

under 914 m: 77 (2013)

Heliports

2 (2013)

Pipelines

1626 km gas (2013)

Railways

total: 14,127 km (2016)

standard gauge: 14,062 km 1.435-m gauge (12,322 km electrified) (2016)

narrow gauge: 65 km 0.891-m gauge (65 km electrified) (2016)

Roadways

total: 573,134 km (includes 2,050 km of expressways) (2016)

paved: 140,100 km (2016)

unpaved: 433,034 km (2016)

note: includes 98,500 km of state roads, 433,034 km of private roads, and 41,600 km of municipal roads

Waterways

2,052 km (2010)

Merchant marine

total: 368

by type: general cargo 49, oil tanker 20, other 299 (2020)

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Brofjorden, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Stockholm, Trelleborg, Visby

LNG terminal(s) (import): Brunnsviksholme, Lysekil

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.