General Reference
- Pronunciation: i/ˈswiːdən/
- Common English country name: Sweden
- Official English country name: The Kingdom of Sweden
- Common endonym(s): Sverige
- Official endonym(s): Konungariket Sverige
- Adjectival(s): Swedish
- Demonym(s): Swedish, Swedes
- Etymology: Name of Sweden
- International rankings of Sweden
- ISO country codes: SE, SWE, 752
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SE
- Internet country code top-level domain: .se
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