Basic Information About Sweden:

Population: The population of Sweden is 9,884,799.

GDP:  $ 448.2 billion (2016)

Climate:  Spring runs from March/April to May, summer from June to August, fall from September to October/November and winter from November/December to March/February. In a land as varied as Sweden, these seasons can be quite different depending on where you live. 

People: Indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks

Religion:  Protestants 41%, Orthodox 1%, Catholics 2%, Other Christian 9%, Buddhist 1% and Other 3%.

Capital:  Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

Language:  Swedish is the official language of Sweden and is spoken by the vast majority of the 9.5 million inhabitants of the country.

Currency:  The Swedish Krona is the currency of Sweden.

Time Zone: UTC+01:00