Swedish geography on the citizenship test: what you need to know

The first chapter of Sverige i fokus, the official study material for the medborgarskapsprov, is about the country itself: geography, climate, nature, natural resources and how Sweden works with climate change. It covers pages 5 to 9 of the booklet, and it is full of concrete, testable facts.

What the test can ask

This chapter is a numbers-and-names chapter. Expect questions on things like:

• Where Sweden lies: in Norden, with its northernmost part above the Arctic Circle, stretching about 1,600 kilometers from Treriksröset to Smygehuk.
• The seas and islands: Östersjön to the east with Gotland and Öland, Skagerrak and Kattegatt to the west, and about 250,000 islands in total.
• Why the climate is mild: the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Current.
• The divisions people mix up: three landsdelar (Götaland, Svealand, Norrland), 25 landskap, 21 län and 290 kommuner. The test loves these numbers precisely because they are easy to confuse.
• Population facts: almost 11 million people, about 85 percent in cities, and the big three cities.
• Natural resources: iron ore in Norrbotten, forest products, farmland in the south, and hydropower.
• Climate policy: the goal that emissions should be as close to zero as possible by 2045.

Terms worth knowing

A few words from this chapter that repay learning early: skärgård (archipelago), fjäll (the mountains), barrträd and lövträd (coniferous and deciduous trees), växthusgas (greenhouse gas) and hållbar utveckling (sustainable development).

How to study it

Our module Landet Sverige covers the whole chapter in simple Swedish, with every word tappable for a translation, the key vocabulary as flashcards, and practice questions cited to the exact pages. When you feel ready, check yourself with the free mini mock.

Source: Sverige i fokus (UHR, 2026), pp. 5-9.

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