Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Sweden
- +46
What every visitor should know about Sweden:
- Money
- The currency is the Swedish krona (SEK). 1 SEK is worth about US$0.14, or €0.10.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Sweden facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 9,059,651
- Language
- Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
- Ethnicity
- Indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
Economy
- GDP
- US$39,600 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Very high