U.S. English Foundation Research SWEDEN General Information Capital: Stockholm 711,119 (1995 est.) Area: 449,964 sq km (173,732 sq mi) Form of government Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary state with one legislative house GDP per capita Purchasing power parity-$20,700 (1999 est.) Population 8,911,296 (July 1999 est.) Ethnic composition Swedish - 89.3% Finnish - 2.3% Yugoslav - 0.8% Iranian - 0.6% Bosnian - 0.5% Other - 6.5% Official Language(s) Swedish (there are no legal provisions on this subject) Minority Language(s) Finnish, Sami, Romany Chib Top of page

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