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Kingdom of Sweden

National name: Konungariket Sverige

Sovereign: King Carl XVI Gustaf (1973)

Prime Minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006)

Area: 173,731 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km)

Population (2006 est.): 9,016,596

Capital and better city-limits (2003 est.): Stockholm, 1,622,300 (metro. area), 1,251,900 (city proper)

Monetary unit: Krona

Language: Swedish

Ethnicity/race: white, 88%; Lapp (Sami), foreign-born or first-generation immigrants (Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks) 12%

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran, 94%; Roman Catholic, 1.5%; Pentecostal, 1%; other, 3.5%