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8. Sweden

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Stockholm, Sweden.

Capital: Stockholm

GDP: $580 billion

Population: 9.7 million

The Kingdom of Sweden, flanked by Norway to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east, expands across much of the Scandinavian Peninsula and is one of the largest countries in the European Union by land mass. Capital city Stockholm was claimed in the 16th century, and border disputes through the Middle Ages established the modern-day nation

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