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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.
Map of Sweden. Much of Sweden is heavily forested, with 69% [1] of the country being forest and woodland, while farmland constitutes only 8% of land use. [2] Sweden consists of 39,960 km 2 of water area, constituting around 95,700 lakes. [3] [A] The lakes are sometimes used for water power plants, especially the large northern rivers and lakes.
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.
Map of the Schengen Area ... Sweden Switzerland [b] Establishment: 26 March 1995: Area • Total. 4,595,131 km 2 (1,774,190 sq mi) Population • 2021 estimate.
Switzerland, [d] officially the Swiss Confederation, [e] is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [f] [13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.
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: Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Germany, France, and Italy [citation needed] Danubian countries
This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme. ... Portal:Sweden; Portal:Sweden/Intro; Global file usage.