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Sweden
Drottningholm Palace · Photo: Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Currency
- SEK
- Swedish Krona
- Local time
- Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +46
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F
Facts
Sweden in figures
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Currency
- Swedish Krona SEKToday's indicative rate: SEK 1 ≈ USD 0.1Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: SwedishOfficial in part of the country: FinnishSpoken: Swedish, Northern Sami, Southern Sami and Finnish
- Time zones
- Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +46
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 10,596,620 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 449,964 km²
- Internet domain
- .se
When to go
Climate across Sweden
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | -1° | 0° | 3° | 9° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 22° | 17° | 10° | 4° | 1° |
| Gothenburg | 2° | 2° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 11° | 7° | 4° |
| Malmö | 3° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 12° | 8° | 4° |
| Visby | 2° | 2° | 3° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 11° | 7° | 4° |
| Umeå | -5° | -5° | -1° | 5° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 18° | 13° | 5° | 0° | -3° |
| Örebro | -2° | -1° | 3° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 20° | 15° | 8° | 3° | -1° |
| Linköping | -1° | 0° | 4° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 21° | 17° | 10° | 4° | 0° |
| Västerås | -2° | -1° | 4° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 21° | 17° | 9° | 3° | 0° |
| Norrköping | -1° | 0° | 4° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 21° | 17° | 10° | 5° | 1° |
| Jönköping | -1° | 0° | 4° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 20° | 16° | 9° | 4° | 0° |
| Cities good for going, of 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in Sweden
- StockholmCapitalStockholm County1,515,017
- GothenburgVästra Götaland County608,462
- MalmöSkåne County362,133
- LinköpingÖstergötland County166,673
- ÖrebroÖrebro County155,989
- UmeåVästerbotten County130,224
- VästeråsVästmanland County127,799
- Jönköping112,766
- NorrköpingÖstergötland County93,765
- LuleåNorrbotten County77,832
- VaxjoKronoberg County71,282
- HalmstadHalland County70,480
- KarlskronaBlekinge County66,675
- KarlstadVärmland County61,492
- ÖstersundJämtland County49,806
- Kalmar38,408
- VisbyGotland County23,402
- KirunaNorrbotten County17,037
Smaller places with an airport · 8
Airports
Airports in Sweden
Large airports
- ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportStockholm
- GOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportGothenburg
- MMXMalmö Sturup AirportMalmö
- LPILinköping City AirportLinköping
- UMEUmeå AirportUmeå
- VSTStockholm Västerås AirportVästerås
- LLALuleå AirportLuleå
- NYOStockholm Skavsta AirportNyköping
- VBYVisby AirportVisby
- KRNKiruna AirportKiruna
- SCRScandinavian Mountains AirportMalung-Sälen
Medium airports · 23
- BMA · Stockholm
- ORB · Örebro
- JKG · Jönköping
- NRK · Norrköping
- VXO · Vaxjo
- HAD · Halmstad
- RNB · Karlskrona
- KSD · Karlstad
- SDL · Sundsvall
- OSD · Östersund
- THN · Trollhättan
- BLE · Borlänge
- KLR · Kalmar
- SFT · Skellefteå
- OER · Örnsköldsvik
- KRF · Härnösand
- AGH · Ängelholm
- AJR · Arvidsjaur
- GEV · Gällivare
- LYC · Lycksele
- MXX · Mora
- TYF · Torsby
- VHM · Vilhelmina
Photographs
Sweden in pictures
GothenburgPhoto: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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