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The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . Sweden ( Konungariket Sverige ) , is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . The capital city is Stockholm , which is also the most populous city in the country . Sweden is a unitary state , currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities . The Swedish Empire ( stormaktstiden , `` the era of great power '' ) refers to the Kingdom of Sweden 's territorial control of much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries , a time when Sweden was one of the great European powers .