Ethnic divisions: white, Lapp (Sami), foreign born or first-generation
immigrants 12% (Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks)
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 94%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Pentecostal
1%, other 3.5% (1987)
Languages: Swedish
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities; immigrants speak
native languages
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)
total population: 99%
Labor force: 4.552 million (84% unionized,1992) by occupation: community, social and personal services 38.3%, mining and manufacturing 21.2%, commerce, hotels, and restaurants 14.1%, banking, insurance 9.0%, communications 7.2%, construction 7.0%, agriculture, fishing, and forestry 3.2% (1991)
@Sweden:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Sweden
conventional short form: Sweden
local long form: Konungariket Sverige
local short form: Sverige
Digraph: SW
Type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Stockholm