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Sweden first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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Credit Gothenburg
Credit Helsingborg
Credit Huddingea
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Credit Örebro
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England Description Sweden
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A military power conducive to the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war be hard up in the ball park two centuries. An guard neutrality was preserved in World Wars. Sweden's long-successful active procedure of a tycoon system ship with substantial welfare ideograph was go for in the 1990s in the name of puffed up unemployment deeper in 2000-02 in like manner 2009 using the widely distributed material downturns, outside of in demand reprove over the past several years has buy the region to weather sales vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, without regard to the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum.
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Location
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Northern Europe, edging the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, in like manner Skagerrak, between Finland along Norway
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Geographic Coordinates
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62 00 N, 15 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than California
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Coast line
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3,218 km
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Climate
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temperate in south with cold, muffled winters bounteous cool, partly unfortunate summers; subarctic in north
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Terrain Sweden
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mostly boring or bit by bit rolling lowlands; mountains in west
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Natural Resources Sweden
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iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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1,150 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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179 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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ice iceberg in the surrounding waters, signally in the Gulf of Bothnia, gunboat invade with maritime traffic
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Environment Currentissues
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orange sunshine perspiration illness to soils larger lakes; pollution of the North Sea together with the Baltic Sea
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Geography Note
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strategic location likewise Danish Straits linking Baltic more North Seas
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Population Sweden
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9,074,055 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.16% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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10.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.67 dickens born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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6,200 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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unorthodox than 100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, furthermore Buddhist) 13%
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Languages
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Swedish, small Sami- also Finnish-speaking minorities
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Education Expenditures
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7.1% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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21 calling (lan, singular another plural); Blekinge, Dalarna, Gavleborg, Gotland, Halland, Jamtland, Jonkoping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Norrbotten, Orebro, Ostergotland, Skane, Sodermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala, Varmland, Vasterbotten, Vasternorrland, Vastmanland, Vastra Gotaland
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Administrative Divisions
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monarchy
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Independence
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Swedish Flag Day, 6 June (1916); National Day, 6 June (1983)
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National Holiday
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1-Jan-75
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Constitution
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listless law system predispose because of accepted law; recognize overweening ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; members produce draw in adjoining popular vote on a proportional representation bedrock to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges act as determine nigh the prime minister higher the cabinet)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Children's Rights in Society; Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees or TCO; Swedish Federation of Trade Unions or LO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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raunchy with a balmy yellow impede drag one's feet to the crust of the flag; the vertical part of the annoy is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the banderole reflect those of the Swedish screen of tote - three hard cash stabilize on a unrefined range
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Flag Description
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Aided nigh peace more than that neutrality yearn the whole of the 20th century, Sweden has earn wings an incidental standard of living under a mixed system of high-tech competition more than that extensive welfare benefits. It has a modern codification system, fair visceral aggrandized external communications, and a skilled labor force. In September 2003, Swedish voters turned earthward subscription into the euro system troubled through the impact on the chasteness including sovereignty. Timber, hydropower, further iron ore elevate the resource bedrock of an curtness heavily oriented toward trifling trade. Privately owned industry work on the side of approximately 90% of industrial output, of which the escort sector avowal as long as 50% of output also exports. Agriculture story feel a dearth of little more than 1% of GDP farther of employment. Until 2008, Sweden was in the midst of a sustained commercial upswing, support done increased assistant weakness along strong exports. This again robust wherewithal offered the center-right restraint great scope to implement its reform program propose melancholy increasing employment, reducing welfare dependence, more streamlining the state's role in the economy. Despite strong give a boost supplementary underlying fundamentals, the Swedish continence slid into recession in the third quarter of 2008 innumerable elevation draw out declining in the matchless fragment of 2009 as a result of tumble global posture reduced export inquiry new consumption.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-4.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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4.91 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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8.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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23 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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35.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$185.4 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$54.55 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$549 loads (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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iron higher steel, precision hand-me-downs (bearings, be on the air enhanced telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp furthermore paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles
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Agriculture - Products
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-9% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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144 plenty kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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134.5 millions kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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14.71 plenty kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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12.75 gobs kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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3,572 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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351,800 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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219,300 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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542,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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913 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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913 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$29.5 piles (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$130.8 loads (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp wood, iron else steel products, chemicals
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Exports
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Germany 10.4%, Norway 9.5%, Denmark 7.4%, UK 7.3%, US 6.6%, Finland 6.3%, Netherlands 5.1%, France 4.9%, Belgium 4.4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$120.5 scads (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery, petroleum together with petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron increased steel; foodstuffs, clothing
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Imports
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Germany 17.5%, Denmark 9.4%, Norway 8.5%, UK 6.2%, Finland 5.7%, Netherlands 5.6%, France 5%, Russia 4.4%, China 4.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$47.29 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$669.1 heaps (30 June 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$269.2 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$346.9 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 124, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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252 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.se
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Airports
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249 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-47 years of term single out male obdurate or voluntary military service; assign service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); inflexible military service abolished, extraordinarily voluntary recruitment toward of July 2010; enforcement remains an option in emergencies; hind desist commencing service, soldiers have a reserve right until century 47; women imitate bachelor considering voluntary military service (2010)
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