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With an area of almost 450,000 km2, Sweden is the third largest nation in what was before 1989 called Western Europe. The distance from the southernmost shore to the northernmost border is greater than that between Copenhagen and Rome. Lakes and streams cover 9% of the country. Agricultural land is 8%, while 3% is populated. The rest - 80% - is forest, marshland, and mountains. If Sweden’s total area were equally distributed among all inhabitants each Swede would have about 50,000 m2 at his or her disposal (Cabinet Bill 1990/91:90, Part A, p.70)

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    Helmut Weidner

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Lundqvist, L.J. (1997). Sweden. In: Jänicke, M., Jörgens, H., Weidner, H. (eds) National Environmental Policies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60507-9_3

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