Conventional long form: Kingdom of Sweden Capital city: Stockholm Type of government: Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Date of independance: June 6, 1523 National holidays: National day celebrated on June 6th Chief of state: King Carl XVI GUSTAF Head of government: Prime minister Stefan LOFVEN Executive Branch:
Cabinet appointed by prime minister
Monarchy is hereditary
Leader of majority party becomes prim minister
Legislative Branch:
349 seats
310 members elected
Members serve 4 year terms
Judicial Branch:
Highest members: Supreme Court of Sweden and Supreme Administrative Court
Nominated by a Board of Judges
9 member nominating party
Suffrage: 18 years of age Ambassador to US: Bjorn Lyrvall Embassy in the US: House of Sweden, Washington D.C Location of their consulate: New York Ambassador to them: Ambassador Azita Raji Location of US embassy to them: Dag Hammarskjolds Vag, Stockholm Location of US consultants to them: N/A Representative to UN: Olof Skoog Symbolism of their flag: The colors of the flag represent the Swedish coat of arms- three gold crowns on a blue field National anthem: Click here to listen to it National symbols: Three crowns, lion, national colors: blue and yellow International disputes: None Quantity of refugees: 52,707 (Syria), 23,886 (Iraq), 21, 501 (Somalia), 20,203 (Eritrea), 13,064 (Afghanistan) Quantity of internal displaced people (IDP): N/A Quantity of stateless people: 31,062 (Middle east and Somalia) Human trafficking: Forced prostitution and sometimes labor trafficking Illicit drug trafficking use: Their goal is to be a drug free society