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search Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige
Motto: (Royal) "För Sverige i tiden"[a]  "For Sweden – With the
Times"  Anthem: Du gamla, Du fria[b] Thou ancient, thou free
Royal anthemKungssången The Song of the King Location of
 Sweden  (dark green)  – on the European continent  (green
& dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend]  and
largest city 59°21′N 18°4′E﻿ / ﻿59.35°N 18.067°E﻿ / 59.35;
18.067 Official languages Swedish[c] Ethnic groups 90.8%
Swedes[1][d] ~3% Finns[2] and Finnish is recognized as a
minority language.[3] ~1% other Nordics ~5,2% other (2011)[4][5]
Demonym Swedish or Swedes Government Constitutional monarchy,
Unitary parliamentary representative democracy  -  Monarch King
Carl XVI Gustaf  -  Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)  - 
Speaker of the riksdag Per Westerberg (M) Legislature Riksdag
Consolidation Middle Ages  -  Total 449,964 km2 (57th)
173,745 sq mi   -  Water (%) 8.7  -  2012 census 9,514,406[6]
 -  Densit