Sweden - Wikipedia Sweden, [e] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [f][g] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and shares a maritime border with Denmark to the south At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi)[4] and with a population of 10 6 million, Sweden is the largest and most populous Nordic country, and is