Page 20 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Sweden

18  INTRODUCING SWEDEN
N O R WAY
Putting Sweden on the Map Arctic Circle
FINLAND
The kingdom of Sweden is one of the largest countries in Abisko Torneträsk
Europe, covering 449,964 sq km (173,732 sq miles). The most Narvik
southerly point, Smygehuk, lies at about the same latitude Kiruna Torneälven
as Edinburgh in Scotland, and the northernmost tip, Sodankylä
Treriksröset, is nearly 300 km (186 miles) north of the Arctic Bodø
Circle. As the crow flies, Sweden is 1,572 km (977 miles) from Gällivare Pajala RUSSIA
south to north – the same distance as from Smygehuk to
Rome. Sweden shares land borders with Norway to the west Mo i Jokkmokk Kalixälven Kuusamo
Rana
and Finland to the east, and water borders with Germany, Arjeplog
Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Denmark, Boden
which lies across the Kattegat. Hemavan Luleå Haparanda
Arvidsjaur
Piteå Oulu
Gulf of
Norweg ian Sea Skellefteälven Bothnia
Skellefteå
Paltamo
Northern Europe
FINLAND
Iisalmi
Kokkola
SWEDEN Umeå
Trondheim
Kuopio
FINLAND Vaasa Joensuu
SWEDEN Stor- Östersund Örnsköldsvik
NORWAY Sjön
Stockholm RUSSIA Härnösand Jyväskylä
ESTONIA
Sundsvall
Nor th LATVIA
Sea DENMARK LITHUANIA Sveg Lagoda
RUSS. FED. Hudiksvall
IRELAND BELARUS Pori Tampere
UNITED NETHERLANDS POLAND N O R WAY Ljusnan
KINGDOM GERMANY Gulf of Bothnia
BELGIUM CZECH
LUXEMBOURG REPUBLIC UKRAINE Mora
SLOVAKIA
Siljan
AUSTRIA HUNGARY MOLDOVA Falun Gävle Turku/Åbo St Petersburg
FRANCE SWITZ.
Atlantic SLOV. CROATIA ROMANIA Borlänge Eckerö Åland Helsinki
Ocean ITALY
SERBIA Grisslehamn Mariehamn
Fagersta G ulf of Finland
See map below Kapellskär Tallinn
Oslo
Karlstad STOCKHOLM Lake RUSSIA
Stavanger Sandefjord Örebro Baltic Sea Peipsi
Vänern Nynäshamn ESTONIA
Strömstad Riga
Nor th Sea Skagerrak Norrköping
Kristiansand Linköping Ventspils
0 kilometres 300
0 miles 200 Gothenburg Borås Jönköping Västervik
Frederiks- Visby
Hirtshals havn
Oskarshamn
Varberg
Hanstholm Aalborg Kattegat Växjö
Key DENMARK Kalmar
Halmstad
Motorway
Arhus Grenå Karlshamn Karlskrona Klaipeda
Major road Helsingborg
Helsingör
Minor road Billund COPENHAGEN
Train line Esbjerg Malmö Baltic Sea
Ferry route Ystad
Rönne
International border Trelleborg Bornholm
Gdynia
Kiel Sassnitz Gdansk
For keys to symbols see back flap
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