SWEDEN SWEDEN REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JUNE 6 1523 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JANUARY 1 1975 POPULATION 8911296 1999 EST AREA 173732 SQ MI CAPITAL STOCKHOLM FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY MAIN INDUSTRIES STEEL MACHINERY PRECISION INSTRUMENTS VEHICLES SHIPBUILDING PAPER AGRICULTURE GRAINS POTATOES SUGAR BEETS WOOD NATURAL RESOURCES FORESTS IRON ORE HYDROELECTRIC POWER ZINC LEAD CURRENCY KRONA GDP 175 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 19700 1998 EST LANGUAGES SWEDISH RELIGIONS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OFFICIAL LITERACY RATE 100 LIFE EXPECTANCY 77 YEARS MALE 82 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 12 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 11 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
