Quick Facts - Sweden
Capital: Stockholm
Political system: Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy
Year of membership to the Council of Europe: 5 May 1949
Population: 9 482 855 (2012)
Population density: 22.9 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Swedish
Non-nationals of total population: 6.6 % (2011)
Population density: 22.9 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Swedish
Non-nationals of total population: 6.6 % (2011)
Funding (2011)
Culture as share of total central government spending: 2.60 %Government expenditure on culture: 2 632 505 702 Euro
Government expenditure on culture per capita: 278.00 Euro
Share of spending on culture by central government: 44.53 %
Employment (2009)
Share of cultural workers in total employment: 2.34 %Share of self-empoyed in cultural employment: 23.21 %
Share of self-empoyed in total employment: 10.68 %
Markets (2012)
CUPIX: Cultural goods: 147 %CUPIX: Public cultural services: 145 %
Annual exp. per capita for recreation and culture: 2 031 USD (198 % )
Participation
Cinema admissions per capita/year: 1.7 times (2010)Internet penetration rate: 89.0 % (2012)
Ratification of Key Cultural Conventions
European Cultural Convention (1955): 16/6/1958European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992): Entered into force 1/6/2000
European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage (2001): Not yet signed
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005): Ratified on 18/12/2006
Pays Compendium 
Conseil de l'Europe/ERICarts, "L'abrégé des politiques et tendances culturelles en Europe, 14th edition", 2013 | ISSN 2222-7334