Destination Located in northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula is Sweden, one of the Scandinavian nations. The Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia, the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, and the resund straits are its neighbours, while Norway borders it on the west and north. Most of the eastern boundary between Sweden and Finland is formed by the Torne river. The Arctic Circle is north of a region of the nation. With Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, the nation shares a sea boundary. Sweden has a total area of 450,295 km2, making it somewhat bigger than the state of California in the United States or about twice the size of Great Britain (island).
Swedish, a North Germanic language related to Danish and Norwegian, is extensively spoken in Sweden, which has a population of 9,9 million people (as of 2016). Stockholm is the capital and largest city in the nation.