Sweden | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-25

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden


00:03:55 1 Etymology
00:05:20 2 History
00:05:29 2.1 Prehistory
00:07:36 2.2 The Vikings
00:09:27 2.3 The Kingdom of Sweden
00:16:42 2.4 Swedish Empire
00:22:13 2.5 Modern history
00:25:12 2.6 World War I and World War II
00:27:14 2.7 Post-war era
00:29:03 2.8 Recent history
00:32:36 3 Geography
00:35:46 3.1 Climate
00:41:56 3.2 Vegetation
00:45:39 4 Politics
00:45:48 4.1 Constitutional framework
00:50:10 4.2 Political parties and elections
00:53:21 4.3 Administrative divisions
00:55:45 4.4 Political history
01:00:27 4.5 Judicial system
01:02:35 4.6 Foreign relations
01:05:48 4.7 Military
01:08:43 5 Economy
01:16:30 5.1 Energy
01:18:34 5.2 Transport
01:23:18 5.3 Public policy
01:29:49 5.4 Science and technology
01:32:46 5.5 Taxes
01:33:52 5.6 Pensions
01:34:25 6 Demographics
01:37:18 6.1 Language
01:40:06 6.2 Religion
01:44:22 6.3 Health
01:45:04 6.4 Education
01:46:55 6.5 Immigration
01:50:31 6.6 Crime
01:52:00 7 Culture
01:54:16 7.1 Music
01:58:06 7.2 Architecture
02:00:05 7.3 Media
02:02:23 7.4 Literature
02:04:31 7.5 Holidays
02:05:49 7.6 Cuisine
02:07:05 7.7 Cinema
02:07:34 7.8 Fashion
02:08:06 7.9 Sports
02:10:57 8 International rankings
02:11:18 9 See also



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SUMMARY
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Sweden (Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] (listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige ), is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.
Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats (Swedish Götar) and Swedes (Svear) and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested. Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in general very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence, that in spite of this still retains warm continental summers. Today,  the sovereign state of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as head of state, like its neighbour Norway. The capital city is Stockholm, which is also the most populous city in the country. Legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag. Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister. Sweden is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities.
An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the Hanseatic League threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian Kalmar Union in 1397, which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years War on the Reformist side, an expansion of its territories began and eventually the Swedish Empire was formed. This became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Norway was militarily forced into pe ...