Sweden
Kingdom of Sweden · Northern Europe
Sweden is a country in Northern Europe, with Stockholm as its capital, home to about 10,596,620 people. Sweden shares land borders with 2 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Stockholm |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Europe |
| Currency | Swedish krona (SEK kr) |
| Calling code | +46 |
| ISO codes | SE / SWE / 752 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇸🇪 |
| Population | 10,596,620 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 450,295 km² |
| Languages | Swedish |
| Internet domain | .se |
| Demonym | Swedish |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Sweden mean?
Sweden's blue and yellow are drawn from the country's royal coat of arms of 1442, a blue shield divided by a gold cross pattee, itself building on a blue-and-gold combination used in Swedish royal heraldry since at least 1275. The oldest surviving depictions of a yellow cross on blue cloth date to the early 16th century, under King Gustav I, and the design's first legal description followed in a royal warrant of 1562. A separate medieval legend credits King Eric IX with seeing a golden cross against the sky during a 12th-century crusade and adopting it as his banner, though the coat-of-arms origin is the better documented account.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Sweden
About Sweden
Sweden, officially Kingdom of Sweden, is a United Nations member state in Northern Europe. Its capital and seat of government is Stockholm. It shares land borders with 2 countries. The official currency is the Swedish krona (kr), using the code SEK.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Sweden for Stockholm’s own facts and history.
To call Sweden from abroad, dial the country code +46. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes SE (alpha-2) and SWE (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 10,596,620.
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How Sweden compares
- Area: 450,295 km², ranking 55 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 10,596,620, ranking 92 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 24 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 2, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Sweden
7 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (yellow, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.