what's sweden's currency?
Swedish krona
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 On the same day , the Sveriges Riksbank , Sweden 's central bank , made a credit facility of 5 billion Swedish krona ( € 520 million ) available to Kaupthing Bank Sverige AB , the Swedish subsidiary of Kaupthing . The loan was to pay " depositors and other creditors " . 

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 In 2001 , Sweden launched a new 10 @-@ year environmental tax shift designed to convert 30 billion kroner ( $ 3 @.@ 9 billion ) of income taxes to taxes on environmentally destructive activities . Other European countries with significant tax reform efforts are France , Italy , Norway , Spain , and the United Kingdom . Asia 's two leading economies , Japan and China , are considering carbon taxes . 

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 Sweden receives Booth 's strongest criticism , where consumerist influences are blamed for the apparent downfall of the Nordic model of social democracy and recurrent failures of the Swedish justice system . He argues that Sweden , with its strict rules of social etiquette , has a strong culture of conformity . 

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 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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 Sweden has achieved the largest E85 flexible @-@ fuel vehicle fleet in Europe , with a sharp growth from 717 vehicles in 2001 to 243 @,@ 136 through December 2014 . As of 2008 a total of 70 % of all flexifuel vehicles operating in the EU were registered in Sweden . The recent and accelerated growth of the Swedish fleet of E85 flexifuel vehicles is the result of the National Climate Policy in Global Cooperation Bill passed in 2005 , which not only ratified the Kyoto Protocol but also sought to meet the 2003 EU Biofuels Directive regarding targets for use of biofuels , and also let to the 2006 government 's commitment to eliminate oil imports by 2020 . 
