Tag Archives: Sweden

Sweden Geography

Located in northern Europe, Sweden is bordered to the east by the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia, giving the country a long coastline, which forms the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula. To the west are the Scandinavian Alps, which form a natural border with Norway. To the northeast it borders Finland, to the… Read More »

Åland Islands, Finland

Archipelago between Finland and Sweden Largely unnoticed by the world, there is the island region of Åland in the middle of the Gulf of Bothnia. Between Stockholm in Sweden and Turku on the Finnish side, 6,500 individual islands are spread over an area of 6,784 square kilometers and make up one of the largest archipelagos… Read More »