Sweden

Helena Silfverhielm; Claes Göran Stefansson

doi:10.1192/S1749367600001430

Sweden

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018

Helena Silfverhielm and

Claes Göran Stefansson

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Helena Silfverhielm: Affiliation:
National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), S-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden, email Helena.Silfverhielm@socialstyrelsen.se
Claes Göran Stefansson: Affiliation:
National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), S-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden, email Helena.Silfverhielm@socialstyrelsen.se

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With an area of 450 000 km2, Sweden is one of the largest countries in Western Europe. It is 1500 km from north to south. It has nearly 9 million inhabitants (20 per km2). It is a constitutional, hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary government. Sweden is highly dependent on international trade to maintain its high productivity and good living standards. Many public services are provided by Sweden's 289 municipalities and 21 county councils. Municipal responsibilities include schools, child care and care of the elderly, as well as social support for people with a chronic mental illness. The county councils are mainly responsible for healthcare, including psychiatric care, and public transport at the regional level. Sweden is characterised by an even distribution of incomes and wealth. This is partly a result of the comparatively large role of the public sector.

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Information: International Psychiatry , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 9 - 12

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