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Country
name:
conventional
long form: Kingdom of Sweden
conventional
short form: Sweden
local
long form: Konungariket Sverige
local
short form: Sverige
Government type: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Stockholm
Administrative divisions: 21 counties (lan, singular and plural); Blekinge, Dalarnas, Gavleborgs, Gotlands, Hallands, Jamtlands, Jonkopings, Kalmar, Kronobergs, Norrbottens, Orebro, Ostergotlands, Skane, Sodermanlands, Stockholms, Uppsala, Varmlands, Vasterbottens, Vasternorrlands, Vastmanlands, Vastra Gotalands
Independence: 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king); 6 June 1809 (constitutional monarchy was established)
National holiday: Day of the Swedish Flag, 6 June
Constitution: 1 January 1975
Legal system: civil law system influenced by customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive
branch:
chief
of state: King CARL XVI GUSTAF (since 19 September 1973); Heir Apparent
Princess VICTORIA Ingrid Alice Desiree, daughter of the monarch (born 14
July 1977)
head
of government: Prime Minister Goran PERSSON (since 21 March 1996)
cabinet:
Cabinet appointed by the prime minister
elections:
the monarch is hereditary; prime minister elected by the Parliament; election
last held NA September 1998 (next to be held NA 2002)
election
results: Goran PERSSON reelected prime minister; percent of parliamentary
vote—131 votes out of 349
Legislative
branch: unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; members are elected
by popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year
terms)
elections:
last held 20 September 1998 (next to be held NA September 2002)
election
results: percent of vote by party—Social Democrats 36.5%, Moderates 22.7%,
Left Party 12%, Christian Democrats 11.8%, Center Party 5.1%, Liberal Party
4.7%, Greens 4.5%; seats by party—Social Democrats 131, Moderates 82, Left
Party 43, Christian Democrats 42, Center Party 18, Liberal Party 17, Greens
16
Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen, judges are appointed by the government (prime minister and cabinet)
Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party [Goran PERSSON]; Moderate Party (conservative) [Carl BILDT]; Liberal People's Party [Maria LEISSNER]; Center Party [Lennart DALEUS]; Christian Democratic Party [Alf SVENSSON]; New Democracy Party [Vivianne FRANZEN]; Left Party or VP (formerly Communist) [Gudrun SCHYMAN]; Communist Workers' Party [Rolf HAGEL]; Green Party [no formal leader but party spokesperson is Briger SCHLAUG]
International organization participation: ACCT, AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MTCR, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN (observer), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNOMIG, UNPREDEP, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC
Flag description: blue with a yellow cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
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Última actualització: 8 de juny de 2000