ABSTRACT
Sweden is an elongated country and measures about 1600 kilometers from north to south. The northern part of the country, in particular the long area bordering on Norway, is mountainous and sparsely populated except for the coastal belt. A majority of the 8.8 million people residing in the country live in the southerly third, which also comprises the three largest cities of the country: Stockholm (about one million inhabitants), Göteborg, and Malmö. Overall, the country is fairly sparsely populated with about 20 inhabitants per square kilometer.
