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Geography of Sweden

Contents

Location

Northern Europe, Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway. Strategic location along Öresund and the Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas.

  • Climate: temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
  • Terrain: mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west


Map of Sweden

Geographic coordinates

  • 62°00' North
  • 15°00' East

Area

Land boundaries

Maritime claims

  • continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
  • exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines
  • territorial sea: 12 nautical miles (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas)

Elevation extremes

Natural resources

Land use

  • arable land: 7%
  • permanent crops: 0%
  • permanent pastures: 1%
  • forests and woodland: 68%
  • other: 24% (1993 est.)
  • Irrigated land: 1,150 km² (1993 est.)

Natural hazards

ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic

Environment

See also

References

Last updated: 11-07-2004 17:38:03