Sweden

Location	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Geographic coordinates	62 00 N, 15 00 E
Map references	Europe
Area	total: 450,295 sq km land: 410,335 sq km water: 39,960 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly larger than California
Land boundaries	total: 2,233 km border countries: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km
Coastline	3,218 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas) exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
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
Elevation extremes	lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m
Natural resources	iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 5.93% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 94.06% (2005)
Irrigated land	1,600 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	179 cu km (2005)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 2.68 cu km/yr (37%/54%/9%) per capita: 296 cu m/yr (2002)
Natural hazards	ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic
Environment - current issues	acid rain damage to soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas