Here's some basic information for you when it comes to travel to Sweden...
CAPITAL
Stockholm
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Swedish
EMERGENCY SERVICE
Ambulance/Fire/Police 112
FLAG
MONEY
Sweden's currency is the krona.
TIME
Sweden is one hour ahead of GMT/UTC; thus when it's noon in Sweden, it's 11am in London, 6am in New York, 3am in San Francisco,
6am in Toronto, 9pm in Sydney and 11pm in Auckland. In the summer Sweden observes daylight savings time, setting clocks forward an hour on the last Sunday in
October and; clocks are wound back in the first Sunday of the following March.
ELECTRICITY
Electricity is 220V AC, 50 Hz, as in Australia, Asia and most of Europe; appliances designed
for DC supply or different voltages need a transformer.
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Sweden uses the metric system of measurements. Petrol is bought in litres and food is
weighed in kilos.
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