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Capital: stockholm
Country name
: conventional long form: kingdom of sweden conventional short form: sweden local long form: konungariket sverige local short form: sverige
National holiday: flag day. 6 june
Government type
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constitutional monarchy
Administrative divisions: 21 counties (lan. singular and plural); blekinge. dalarnas. gavleborgs. gotlands. hallands. jamtlands. jonkopings. kalmar. kronobergs. norrbottens. orebro. ostergotlands. skane. sodermanlands. stockholms. uppsala. varmlands. vasterbottens. vasternorrlands. vastmanlands. vastra gotalands |
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Independence:
6 june 1523 (gustav vasa elected king)
Political parties and leaders: center party [maud olofsson]; christian democratic party [goran hagglund]; green party [no formal leader but party spokespersons are maria wetterstrand and peter eriksson]; left party or v (formerly communist) [lars ohly]; liberal people's party [lars leijonborg]; moderate party (conservative) [fredrik reinfeldt]; social democratic party [goran persson]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
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International organization participation
: afdb. asdb. australia group. bis. cbss. ce. cern. eapc. ebrd. eib. esa. eu. fao. g- 6. g- 9. g-10. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. iea. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. miga. monuc. nam (guest). nc. nea. nib. nsg. oas (observer). oecd. opcw. osce. paris club. pca. pfp. un. unamsil. unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unmee. unmil. unmis. unmogip. unomig. untso. upu. wco. weu (observer). wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wto. zc
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