Sweden

People:
Population:  9,880,604 (July 2016 est.)– mostly concentrated in southern half of country;

Population growth: 0.81% (2016 est.)

Fertility:  1.88 children born/woman (2016 est.)

Life expectancy:  Women 84.1; Men 80.2 

Ethnicity: Traditionally ethnically homogeneous 
but included indigenous population like Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks

Religion:  Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%

Economy:
Per capita GDP (ppp):  $49,700 (2016 est.)

GDP growth: 3.6% (2016 est.)

Average unemployment: 6.9% (2016 est.)

GDP generated by sector:  
    agriculture: 1.7% 
    industry: 34.2%       
    services: 64%

Swedish Empire  16th - 17th Centuries

Swedish Empire

 Baltic Regional Cooperation:  Interreg

Baltic Sea States

Constitutional Monarchy?? Yes!

King Carl VI Gustave and Quen Margrethe

Crown Princess Victoria's Wedding

Industrial Titan

Volvo Trucks: Still made in Sweden

Saab Aerospace

Pragmatic Globalizer

IKEA

Parliamentary Social Democracy

2014 Riksdag Seats by Party

Swedish Prime Minister

Swedish PM Stefam Lofven

Breakthrough of Sweden Democrats

Jimmy Akesson - leader of the Sweden Democrats