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GDP per hour worked is the world 9th highest at 31 USD in 2006, compared to 22 USD in Spain and 35 USD in United States. GDP per hour worked is growing 2½ per cent per year for the economy as a whole and the trade-terms-balanced productivity growth is 2% as you can see in Sweden on world map. According to OECD, deregulation, globalisation, and technology sector growth have been key productivity drivers. Sweden is a world leader in privatised pensions and pension funding problems are relatively small compared to many other Western European countries. Sweden maintains its own currency, the Swedish krona (SEK), a result of the Swedes having rejected the euro in a referendum. The Swedish Riksbank—founded in 1668 and thus making it the oldest central bank in the world—is currently focusing on price stability with an inflation target of 2%.

The World Economic Forum 2009–2010 competitiveness index ranks Sweden the 4th most competitive economy in the world. In the World Economic Forum 2010–2011 Global Competitiveness Report, Sweden climbed two positions, and is now ranked 2nd in the world as its shown in Sweden on world map. Sweden is ranked 6th in the IMD Competitiveness Yearbook 2009, scoring high in private sector efficiency. According to the book, The Flight of the Creative Class, by the U.S. economist, Professor Richard Florida of the University of Toronto, Sweden is ranked as having the best creativity in Europe for business and is predicted to become a talent magnet for the world most purposeful workers. The book compiled an index to measure the kind of creativity it claims is most useful to business—talent, technology and tolerance.

Combined, the public and the private sector in Sweden allocate over 3.5% of GDP to research & development (R&D) per year, making Sweden investment in R&D as a percentage of GDP the second-highest in the world as its mentioned in Sweden on world map. Lars Magnus Ericsson started the company bearing his name, Ericsson, still one of the largest telecom companies in the world. Losec, an ulcer medicine, was the world best-selling drug in the 1990s and was developed by AstraZeneca. Despite a high formal membership rate in the Church of Sweden, some studies have found Sweden to be one of the least religious countries in the world, with one of the highest levels of atheism. Swedes are among the greatest consumers of newspapers in the world, and nearly every town is served by a local paper.

Map of Sweden and surrounding countries shows all countries around Sweden. This Sweden map and bordering countries will allow you to know neighboring countries and the geographical location of Sweden in Northern Europe. The Sweden map and surrounding countries is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Sweden (Listeni/ˈswiːdən/ swee-dən; Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: About this sound Konungariket Sverige), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Øresund as you can see in the Map of Sweden and surrounding countries.

Finnish-Swedish relations have a long history, due to the close relationship between Finland and Sweden as its mentioned in the Map of Sweden and surrounding countries. Particularly in Finland, the issue emerges in frequent exposés of Finnish history, and in motives for governmental proposals and actions as reported in Finnish news broadcasts in English or other foreign languages. In Sweden, this relationship is a recurrent important theme of 20th-century history, although maybe by most Swedes considered to be an issue of purely historical relevance now that both countries have been members of the European Union since 1995.

Norway-Sweden relations are foreign relations between Norway and Sweden. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1905, after Norway independence from the union between Sweden and Norway (see the Map of Sweden and surrounding countries). Sweden has an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Stockholm and three consulates in Gothenburg, Malmö and Sundsvall. Both countries are full members of Council of Europe. There are around 44,773 Norwegians living in Sweden and around 100,000 Swedes living in Norway.

Map of Sweden in Northern Europe shows the location of Sweden in the Northern Europe continent. Sweden map Northern Europe will allow you to easily know where is Sweden in Northern Europe and to know countries near. The Sweden in the Northern Europe map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Situated in Northern Europe, Sweden lies west of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia, providing a long coastline, and forms the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. At 449,964 km2 (173,732 sq mi) as you can see in Sweden map Northern Europe, Sweden is the 4th largest country entirely in Europe, and the largest in Northern Europe. It is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.4 million.

Northern Europe can be divided into three parts: Scandinavia, the British Isles, and the Baltics. Gotland and Öland are Sweden largest islands; Vänern and Vättern are its largest lakes as its shown in Sweden map Northern Europe. Vänern is the third largest in Europe, after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega in Russia. According to the book, The Flight of the Creative Class, by the U.S. economist, Professor Richard Florida of the University of Toronto, Sweden is ranked as having the best creativity in Europe for business and is predicted to become a talent magnet for the world most purposeful workers. The book compiled an index to measure the kind of creativity it claims is most useful to business—talent, technology and tolerance.

Nordstan is one of the largest shopping malls in northern Europe. Nordstan (English: North town) is a shopping centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is one of the largest shopping centres in Scandinavia, with approximately 180 shops and 150 offices, (Ideapark and Itäkeskus in Finland are by comparison bigger since they consist of a single building) as its mentioned in Sweden map Northern Europe. The companies housed in Nordstan employ in total six thousand people and their total annual turnover is in excess of 3,5 billion kronor.