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Sweden, [f] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [g] [h] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), [ 4 ] Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the fifth-largest country in Europe.
Swedish overseas colonies (Swedish: Svenska utomeuropeiska kolonier) consisted of the overseas colonies controlled by Sweden. Sweden possessed overseas colonies from 1638 to 1663, in 1733 and from 1784 to 1878. Sweden possessed five colonies, four of which were short lived. The colonies spanned three continents: Africa, Asia and North America.
Nordic countries; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, and Iceland [citation needed] Scandinavia: Sweden, Norway, Denmark [citation needed] Fennoscandia: Finland, Sweden, Norway and Karelia; a geological region defined by the Fennoscandian shield [citation needed] Alpine countries; States that occupy the Alps:
Terrestrial Global 200 ecoregions in Europe comprise three regions of Scandia alpine tundra and taiga, which is present in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden: PA0608 Scandinavian and Russian taiga; PA1106 Kola Peninsula tundra; PA1110 Scandinavian montane birch forest and grasslands; Other Global 200 ecoregions:
At 450,295 km 2 (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the fifth largest in Europe, and the 55th largest country in the world. Sweden has a 3,218 km (2,000 mi) long coastline on its east, and the Scandinavian mountain chain (Scanderna) on its western border, separating it from Norway.
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
But like many of the Swedish furniture giant’s products, the shelving unit takes its name from a location in the Scandinavian country — in this case a village near Luleå in Swedish Lapland.
Galdhøpiggen is the highest point in Scandinavia and is a part of the Scandinavian Mountains.. The geography of Scandinavia is extremely varied. Notable are the Norwegian fjords, the Scandinavian Mountains covering much of Norway and parts of Sweden, the flat, low areas in Denmark and the archipelagos of Finland, Norway and Sweden.