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Sweden

Sweden is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe, its capital Stockholm. A hereditary monarch serves as head of state while an elected Prime Minister heads the government, and the unicameral Riksdag holds legislative power.

Facts
Classification
Freedom Status
Liberal Democracy 1
Founding Year
1523 2
Connections

Governed By

Ulf Kristersson Government, Governments
Source Politics of Sweden (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors

Practices

Constitutional Monarchy, Systems of Government
Source Sweden (Wikipedia)
Parliamentary Democracy, Systems of Government
Source Sweden (Wikipedia)
Unitary State, Systems of Government
Source Sweden (Wikipedia)
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Sweden

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Financial Action Task Force

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Sources
1. Freedom House: Sweden (Freedom in the World 2025)
Freedom HouseOverview, Global Freedom Score 99/100 (free)
Quote, Overview, Global Freedom Score 99/100 (free)
Sweden hosts free and fair elections and a strong multiparty system.
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2. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Sweden
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Government.Independence.text
Quote, Government.Independence.text
6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king of Sweden, marking the abolishment of the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden)
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Politics of Sweden (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy
  • Governed By: Ulf Kristersson Government, Lead/executive section
    On 18 October 2022, Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate Party became the new prime minister of Sweden.
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Sweden (Wikipedia)
  • Practices: Unitary State, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
  • Practices: Parliamentary Democracy, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
  • Practices: Constitutional Monarchy, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
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