what timezone does sweden have?
Central European Time
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 Beginning and ending dates are roughly the reverse in the southern hemisphere . For example , mainland Chile observed DST from the second Saturday in October to the second Saturday in March , with transitions at 24 : 00 local time . The time difference between the United Kingdom and mainland Chile could therefore be five hours during the Northern summer , three hours during the Southern summer and four hours a few weeks per year because of mismatch of changing dates . 

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 Above the Arctic Circle , an extreme case is reached where there is no daylight at all for part of the year , up to six months at the North Pole itself , a polar night . In the southern hemisphere the situation is exactly reversed , with the South Pole oriented opposite the direction of the North Pole . Six months later , this pole will experience a midnight sun , a day of 24 hours , again reversing with the South Pole . 

contradiction
 Swedish is the official national language of both Sweden and Finland ( in Finland besides Finnish language who is the biggest official language of Finland ) . As of 2006 , it was the first or sole native language of 7 @.@ 5 to 8 million Swedish residents . In 2007 around 5 @.@ 5 % ( c . 290 @,@ 000 ) of the population of Finland were native speakers of Swedish , though the percentage has been declining steadily since Finland became part of Russia after the Finnish War 1808 – 1809 . The Finland Swedish minority is concentrated in the coastal areas and archipelagos of southern and western Finland . In some of these areas , Swedish is the predominant language ; in 19 municipalities , 16 of which are located in Åland , Swedish is the sole official language . Åland county is an autonomous region of Finland . 

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 Swedish is the sole official language of Åland ( an autonomous province under the sovereignty of Finland ) where the vast majority of the 26 @,@ 000 inhabitants speak Swedish as a first language . In Finland as a whole Swedish is one of the two " national " languages , with the same official status as Finnish ( spoken by the majority ) on the state level and an official language in some municipalities . 

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 The 2011 declaration by Russia that it would not turn its clocks back and stay in DST all year long was subsequently followed by a similar declaration from Belarus . Russia 's plan generated widespread complaints due to the dark of wintertime morning , and thus was abandoned in 2014 . The country changed its clocks to Standard Time on October 26 , 2014 and intends to stay there permanently . 
