Sweden Unitary state

Sweden is a unitary state in Northern Europe with a population of 9,995,200. Sweden is divided into municipalities (kommuner), county councils (landsting) and regions (regioner).

Markers

STATE STRUCTURE:

Unitary

CURRENCY:

Swedish Krona (SEK)

VOTE

Non-compulsory

20

SEATS AT THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Ratification of the European Charter
of Local Self-Government in 1989

310

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (IN 2016)
CAPITAL CITY:

Stockholm
POPULATION:

9 995 200
GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE:

438 574 km2
MEMBER STATE

EU since 1995
Council of Europe since 1949

12

SEATS AT THE COMMITTEE
OF REGIONS

2

LEVELS OF SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS

Evolution

NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES*

* Dates of CEMR publications