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Bank's Holidays in Sweden for 2008, 2009

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by the Oresund Bridge. Government – parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. King – Carl XVI Gustaf. Official language – Swedish.

Stockholm – the capital and largest city. Main industries – telecommunications equipment, wood pulp and paper products, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel.

Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings for Sweden is 0.956 (6th, high) in High Human Development countries. Currency – Swedish krona (SEK). Gini coefficient – 23% (low). Fiscal year – Calendar year. Inflation rate – 1.4% (2006). Trade organisations – EU, OSCE, WTO, OECD, etc. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone: CET (UTC+1). Summer(DST) – CEST (UTC+2).