and dairy products accounting
for 37% of farm income; main crops - grains, sugar beets, potatoes;
100% self-sufficient in grains and potatoes; Sweden is about 50%
self-sufficient in most products; farming accounted for 1.2% of GDP
and 1.9% of jobs in 1990
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for narcotics shipped via the CIS and Baltic
states for the European market
Economic aid:
donor:
ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $10.3 billion
Currency:
1 Swedish krona (SKr) = 100 oere
Exchange rates:
Swedish kronor (SKr) per US$1 - 8.1255 (January 1994), 7.834 (1993),
5.8238 (1992), 6.0475 (1991) 5.9188 (1990), 6.4469 (1989)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

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Railroads:
12,084 km total; Swedish State Railways (SJ) 11,202 km - 10,819 km
1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,955 km electrified and 1,152 km double
track; 182 km 0.891-meter gauge; 117 km rail ferry service;
privately-owned railways 882 km - 511 km 1.435-meter standard gauge
(332 km electrified) and 371 km 0.891-meter gauge (all electrified)
Highways:
total:
205,000 km
paved:
69,754 km (including 936 km of expressways)
unpaved:
gravel 45,900 km; unimproved earth 38,060 km; NA 51,286 km (1990)
Inland waterways:
2,052 km navigable for small steamers and barges
Pipelines:
natural gas 84 km
Ports:
Gavle, Goteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Kalmar, Malmo, Stockholm;
numerous secondary and minor ports
Merchant marine:
161 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,049,554 GRT/2,516,350 DWT,
bulk 10, cargo 24, chemical tanker 25, combination ore/oil 1,
container 2, oil tanker 30, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 1,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 39, short-sea passenger 10, specialized tanker
4, vehicle carrier 13
Airports:
total:
252
usable:
248
with permanent-surface runways:
138
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
11
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
94
Telecommunications:
excellent domestic and international facilities; 8,200,000 telephones;
mainly coaxial and multiconductor cables carry long-distance network;
parallel microwave network carries primarily radio, TV and some
telephone channels; automatic system; broadcast stations - 5 AM, 360
(mostly repeaters) FM, 880 (mostly repeaters) TV; 5 submarine coaxial
cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1
EUTELSAT

@Sweden, Defense Forces

Branches:
Swedish Army, Royal