Sweden is the third biggest country of Europe and is situated in the western part of the continent.

The Sweden country map of modern day is known to be emerged from the Union of Kalmar founded by King Gustav in 16th century.

Afterwards Sweden expanded the region resulting in the formation of Swedish empire.

The main language of the country is Swedish which is known to be a Germanic language.

Sweden is situated in the west part of Baltic Sea and Bothnia which extends the coastline to become the eastern region of Scandinavian Peninsula.

In the Sweden map west part of the country, the mountain range of Scandinavian is situated which is the separating line of Sweden and Norway. The total land covered by the country is about 449,964 square kilometers.

Talking about the tourism industry in Sweden, it possesses a number of forests and lakes which offers opportunities for canoeing and fishing.

The major tourist destinations in Sweden are agricultural landscape of the Oland Island, famous for the geological as well as geographical features, church village in Gammelstad, Drottningholm Palace, Royal Domain, Laponian area, Engelsberg Ironworks, high coast in Ångermanland, Swedish Lapland, Skogskyrkogården at Stockholm, northern Sweden, Copper Mountain, Naval Port in Karlskrona and Rock carvings of Tanumshede. With such a wide range of tourist attractions, Sweden is a great place to visit by the tourists on a European travel.