Facts & Figures

Sweden
Capital: Stockholm
Monarchy (Carl XVI Gustaf)
Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt, Moderaterna (The Moderate Party, Liberal Conservatives).
Official languages: Swedish
Currency: Swedish krona (SEK)
Area: 449 964 km2.
GDP: total = billion USD 289.9628, per capita USD 32 111 (OECD, 2006).
GDP-growth: + 2,9 % (OECD, 2006).
Time zone: UTC + 1 (CET)
Calling code: +46
National day: 6 June
www.sverige.se

Denmark
Capital: Copenhagen
Monarchy (Margrethe II)
Prime minister: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Venstre (Denmark’s Liberal Party).
Official languages: Danish
Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
Area: 43 094 km2.
GDP: total = billion USD 184.9875, per capita USD 34 137 (OECD, 2006).
GDP-growth: +2,9 % (OECD, 2006).
Time zone: UTC +1 (CET)
Calling code: +45
National day: 5 June
www.denmark.dk

Finland
Capital: Helsinki
Republic (president: Tarja Halonen)
Prime minister: Matti Vanhanen, Centern (The Center Party).
Official languages: Finnish, Swedish
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Area: 338 145 km2.
GDP: total = billion USD 162.3824, per capita USD 30 959 (OECD, 2006).
GDP-growth: + 2,9 % (OECD, 2006).
Time zone: UTC +2 (EEC)
Calling code: +358
National day: 6 December
www.finland.fi

Norway
Capital: Oslo
Monarchy (Harald V)
Prime minister: Jens Stoltenberg, Arbeiderpartiet (Norwegian Labour Party).
Official Languages: Norwegian
Currency: Norwegian krone (NOK)
Area: 386 985 km2.
GDP: total = billion USD 218.1899, per capita USD 47 206 (OECD, 2006).
GDP-growth: 2.25 % (OECD, 2006).
Time zone: UTC+1 (CET)
Calling code: +47
National day: 17 May
www.norge.no

Greenland
Capital: Nuuk
Monarchy (Margrethe II of Denmark)
Prime minister: Hans Enoksen, Siumut (Social Democrats).
Official languages: Greenlandic, Danish
Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
Area: 2 166 086 km2, Greenland is the worlds largest island.
GDP: (included in the numbers for Denmark, see above).
GDP-growth: (included in the numbers for Denmark, see above).
Time zone: UTC (0 to -4)
Calling code: +299
National day: 21 June
www.statgreen.gl

Faroe Islands
Capital: Torshavn
Monarchy (Margrethe II of Denmark)
Prime minister: Jóannes Eidesgaard, Føroya Javnaðarflokkur (Social Democrats).
Official languages: Faroese, Danish
Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
Area: 1 395, 74 km2, consists of 18 islands.
GDP: (included in the numbers for Denmark, see above).
GDP-growth: (included in the numbers for Denmark, see above).
Time zone: UTC
Calling code: +298
National day: 29 July
www.hagstova.fo

Åland
Capital: Mariehamn
Republic (president: Tarja Halonen of Finland)
Premier: Roger Nordlund, Åländsk Center (The Center Party).
Official languages: Swedish
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Area: 1526 km2
GDP: (included in the numbers for Finland, see above).
GDP-growth: (included in the numbers for Finland, see above).
Time zone: UTC +2
Calling code: +358
National day: 9 June
www.aland.ax

Iceland
Capital: Reykjavik
Republic (Pesident Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson)
Prime minister: Geri H. Haarde, the Independence Party
Official languages: Icelandic
Currency: Icelandic Króna (ISK)
Area: 103, 000 km2
GDP: total = billion USD 107,4, per capita USD 35 800 (OECD, 2006). 
GDP-growth: +2,6% (OECD, 2006).
Time zone: UTC
Calling code: +354
National day: 17 June
www.iceland.is

About 25 million people live in the Nordic countries, which are divided as follows between the different countries and self-governing regions:

Sweden:	9 million
Denmark:	5,4 million
Finland:	5,3 million
Norway:	4,6 million
Greenland:	56 000
Faroe Islands:	48 500
Åland:	26 000
Iceland:	300 000