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Source: Culturegrams
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Sweden

United States

173,860

3,794,099

9,801,616

321,368,864

krona

Dollarbill

TotalLifeExpectancy

82

79

InternetAccess

93

87

12

13

AdultLiteracyRate

(AbletoRead&Write)
Graphs&Tables>Literacy

99%

99%

NumberofAirports

231

PavedRoads

23%

65%

Stockholm

WashingtonD.C.

Area

(insquaremiles)

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Population

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Currency
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MeanYearsofSchooling
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Graphs&Tables>Transportation

13,513

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CapitalCity
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HeadofState

(ChiefRepresentative)

King Carl XVI Gustaf

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HeadofGovernment

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven

TypeofGovernment

monarchy

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BarackObama

BarackObama
ConstitutionalRepublic

Fun Fact #1
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A great warship called the

Vasa
was built in 1628, but it sank before it even left Stockholms harbor. The
Vasa
lay under the sea for more than three hundred years. It was hauled up in 1961 and was so well
preserved that it can be seen now in a museum.

Fun Fact #2
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The Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peacemaking are named after Swedish
chemist Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite. A sixth Nobel Prize was added in 1968 for economic

sciences.

Fun Fact #3
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Sweden was the first country in Europe to create national parks.