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Sweden
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Present
Electoral System
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Parliament:
List PR
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Electoral
System Type
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Proportional
Representation
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Population
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8.88
Million
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Age
Structure
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0-14
18%
15-64
64.7%
65
Over 17.3%
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Average
Education Level
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11.4
years
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Territories
(Location, Total Area)
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Europe
Total:
449,964 sq km
Land:
410,934 sq km
Water:
39,030 sq km
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Urban/Rural
(Ratio)
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83:17
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Ethnic
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indigenous
population: Swedes and Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or
first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians,
Greeks, Turks
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Geographical
Variation
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21
Counties
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System
of Govt.
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Constitutional
Monarchy
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Power
of Govt.
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Executive,
Legislative, judicial
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Political
Party
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Center
Party; Christian Democratic Party; Green Party; Left Party or VP
(formerly Communist); Liberal People's Party; Moderate Party
(conservative); Social Democratic Party
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Admin.
of Govt.
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Prime
Minister
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Colonialism
History
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Swedes,
Franks
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Royal
Commission
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Yes
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Candidate
Number
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Monarchy:
Hereditary
Prime
Minister: Elected by parliament to 4 year terms
Parliament:
Elected to 4 year terms
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Economic
Structure
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Member
of the European Union
Diverse
capitalist economy
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Cost
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Security
Issue
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Telecom.
Type
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Well
Developed, No national Telecom
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IT
Dev. Level
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Developed
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Law/
Regulation
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http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/sw00000_.html
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