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Sweden Education
Most of
Sweden has a temperate climate, despite its northern
latitude, with four distinct seasons and mild
temperatures throughout the year. The country can be
divided into three types of climate; the southernmost
part has an oceanic climate, the central part has a
humid continental climate and the northernmost part has
a subarctic climate. Swedish
is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10
million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of
Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland
islands. It is, to a considerable extent, mutually
intelligible with Norwegian and to a lesser extent with
Danish. The Swiss franc, denoted CHF (which
stands for the Confoederatio Helvetica franc), is the
official currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The
currency is used by the Central Bank of Switzerland. The population of Sweden in 2003 was
estimated by the United Nations at 8,876,000, which
placed it as number 83 in population among the 193
nations of the world. In that year approximately 17% of
the population was over 65 years of age, with another
18% of the population under 15 years of age. Stockholm is the capital and the largest
city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban
area in Scandinavia.
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