Editing Geography of Sweden (section)

== Extreme points ==
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The extreme points of Sweden include the coordinates that are farthest north, south, east and west in Sweden, and the ones that are at the highest and the lowest elevations in the country. Unlike Norway and Denmark, Sweden has no external territories that can be considered either inside or outside the country depending on definition, meaning that the extreme points of Sweden are unambiguous.

The latitude and longitude are expressed in [[Geographic coordinate system#Degrees: a measurement of angle|decimal degree notation]], in which a positive latitude value refers to the Northern Hemisphere, and a negative value refers to the Southern Hemisphere. Additionally, a negative elevation value refers to land below sea level. The coordinates used in this article are sourced from [[Google Earth]], which makes use of the [[World Geodetic System]] (WGS)&nbsp;84, a geodetic reference system.

=== Latitude and longitude ===
[[Image:Treriks.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Treriksröset]], Sweden's northernmost point]][[Image:Smygehuk-1.jpg|thumb|upright|Signpost in the harbour of [[Smygehuk]], Sweden's southernmost point]]
Sweden's northernmost point is [[Treriksröset]], in the [[Lapland, Sweden|Lapland]] province,<ref name="cia" /> where the borders of Sweden, Norway, and Finland meet. The closest Swedish city to the area is [[Kiruna]], which is Sweden's northernmost city.<ref name="google trerik" /> Sweden's southernmost point is in the harbour of the fishing village Smygehuk, near the city of [[Trelleborg]],<ref name="trelleborg">{{cite web|url=http://www.trelleborg.se/Lar-kanna-Trelleborg/Upptack-Trelleborg/Utflyktsmal/Smygehuk/|title=Trelleborgs kommun - Smygehuk|date=May 15, 2003|publisher=Trelleborg.se|language=sv|access-date=2008-10-28|archive-date=2012-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318072108/http://www.trelleborg.se/Lar-kanna-Trelleborg/Upptack-Trelleborg/Utflyktsmal/Smygehuk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> which borders the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name="google smyge" /> At the [[pier]] of the harbour, a signpost displays the exact position of the point, as well as the distance to Treriksröset, [[Stockholm]], [[Berlin]], [[Paris]], and [[Moscow]].<ref name="trelleborg"/>

Sweden's westernmost point is on Stora Drammen, an [[islet]] in [[Skagerrak]] outside the coast of [[Bohuslän]].<ref name="scb">{{cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/AA/OV0904/2000I02/A01S%C3%850201_03.pdf|title=Geografiska uppgifter (Geographical data)|publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]]|language=sv, en|access-date=2008-10-28}}</ref> [[Seabirds]] and [[harbor seal]]s have colonies on the islet, but it is uninhabited by humans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swedenoffroad.com/sv/reportage/pic6.html |title=Reportage - Stora Drammen |publisher=Sweden Offroad Tour |language=sv |access-date=2008-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209050300/http://www.swedenoffroad.com/sv/reportage/pic6.html |archive-date=February 9, 2005 }}</ref> Sweden's easternmost point is on [[Kataja]],<ref name="scb"/> an islet south of [[Haparanda]] in the [[Bothnian Bay]].<ref name="atlas">{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigeatlas.se/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418155906/http://www.sverigeatlas.se/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-18 |title=Svenskt ortnamnsregister |publisher=Sverigeatlas.se |language=sv |access-date=2008-10-28 }}</ref> The islet is divided between Sweden and Finland. The border was established in 1809, after the [[Finnish War]], between what was previously two islets, a Swedish one called Kataja and a smaller Finnish one called Inakari. Since 1809, [[post-glacial rebound]] has caused the sea level in the region to drop relative to land level, joining the two islets.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tingbrand|first=Per|title=Kataja - Sveriges östligaste skär|publisher=Svenska Kryssarklubben|location=[[Borås]]|year=1984|language=sv|series=Västkustrapsodi}}</ref> If counting the [[mainland]] only, Stensvik in [[Strömstad]] is Sweden's westernmost point,<ref name="eniro stensvik"/> and Sundholmen in [[Haparanda]] is the easternmost point.<ref name="sundholm"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Heading
!  Location
! Province
!  Bordering entity
!  class="unsortable" |  Coordinates<ref name="wgs84">Coordinates obtained from [[Google Earth]]. Google Earth makes use of the [[World Geodetic System|WGS84]] geodetic reference system.</ref>
! class="unsortable" |  Ref
|- class="vcard"
| North
| class="fn org" | [[Treriksröset]], [[Kiruna Municipality|Kiruna]]
| [[Swedish Lapland|Lapland]]
| [[Troms]], [[Norway]], and [[Lapland (Finland)|Lapland]], [[Finland]]
| {{coord|69.06|20.548611|region:SE_type:landmark|name=Treriksröset (Northernmost)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="google trerik">{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=69.06,20.548611&spn=0.01,0.01&q=69.06,20.548611|title=Google Maps (Treriksröset)|work=Google|access-date=2008-10-28}}</ref><ref name="scb"/><ref name="page4"/>
|- class="vcard"
| South
| class="fn org" | [[Smygehuk]], [[Trelleborg Municipality|Trelleborg]]
| [[Scania]]
| [[Baltic Sea]]
| {{coord|55.336944|13.359444|region:SE_type:landmark|name=Smygehuk (Southernmost)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="google smyge">{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.336944,13.359444&spn=0.01,0.01&q=55.336944,13.359444|title=Google Maps (Smygehuk)|work=Google|access-date=2008-10-28}}</ref><ref name="scb"/><ref>Almqvist & Wiksells stor-atlas, p. 7</ref>
|- class="vcard"
| West
| class="fn org" | [[Stora Drammen]], [[Strömstad Municipality|Strömstad]]
| [[Bohuslän]]
| [[Skagerrak]]
| {{coord|58.928611|10.9575|region:SE_type:landmark|name=Stora Drammen (Westernmost)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="scb"/><ref name="google drammen">{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=58.928611,10.9575&spn=0.01,0.01&q=58.928611,10.9575|title=Google Maps (Stora Drammen)|work=Google|access-date=2008-10-11}}</ref><ref name="eniro storadrammen">{{cite web|url=http://kartor.eniro.se/query?what=map&mapstate=8;10.9575;58.928611|language=sv|title=Eniro Maps (Stora Drammen)|work=[[Eniro]]|access-date=2008-10-29}}</ref>
|- class="vcard"
| West (mainland)
| class="fn org" | Stensvik, [[Strömstad]]
| Bohuslän
| Skagerrak
| {{coord|58.997222|11.113056|region:SE_type:landmark|name=Stensvik (Westernmost on mainland)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="eniro stensvik">{{cite web|url=http://kartor.eniro.se/query?what=map&mapstate=8;11.113056;58.997222|language=sv|title=Eniro Maps (Stensvik)|work=[[Eniro]]|access-date=2008-10-29}}</ref><ref>Almqvist & Wiksells stor-atlas, p. 6</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stromstad.se/download/18.3eb156c911583e457c4800012463/F%C3%B6ruts%C3%A4ttningar%2Banalyser%2Boch%2B%C3%B6verv%C3%A4ganden.pdf|title=Förutsättningar, analys och överväganden|publisher=Strömstad.se|language=sv|access-date=2008-10-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225071319/http://www.stromstad.se/download/18.3eb156c911583e457c4800012463/F%C3%B6ruts%C3%A4ttningar%2Banalyser%2Boch%2B%C3%B6verv%C3%A4ganden.pdf|archive-date=2009-02-25}}</ref>
|- class="vcard"
| East
| class="fn org" | Finnish border on north coast of [[Kataja]], [[Haparanda Municipality|Haparanda]]
| [[Norrbotten]]
| [[Bothnian Bay]]
| {{coord|65.710833|24.155833|region:SE_type:landmark|name=Kataja (Easternmost)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="scb"/><ref name="google kataja">{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=65.710833,24.155833&spn=0.01,0.01&q=65.710833,24.155833|title=Google Maps (Kataja)|work=Google|access-date=2008-10-29}}</ref><ref name="eniro kataja">{{cite web|url=http://kartor.eniro.se/query?what=map&mapstate=8;24.155833;65.710833|language=sv|title=Eniro Maps (Kataja)|work=[[Eniro]]|access-date=2008-10-29}}</ref>
|- class="vcard"
| East (mainland)
| class="fn org" | Sundholmen, [[Haparanda]]
|  Norrbotten
| [[Torne (Finnish and Swedish river)|Torne River]], and the Bothnian Bay
| {{coord|65.815|24.150556|region:SE_type:landmark|name=Sundholmen (Easternmost on mainland)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="sundholm">{{cite web|url=http://www.haparanda.se/topplankar/forvaltning/kommunledningsforvaltning/samhallsbyggnadskontor/planer/arkiv/sundholmen.4.19caa05410ae9b91f5a8000531.html|title=Sundholmen är ett internationellt centrum i Bottenviksbågen och Barentsområdet|publisher=Haparanda.se|language=sv|access-date=Mar 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503221325/http://www.haparanda.se/topplankar/forvaltning/kommunledningsforvaltning/samhallsbyggnadskontor/planer/arkiv/sundholmen.4.19caa05410ae9b91f5a8000531.html |archive-date=May 3, 2008}}</ref><ref name="page4">Almqvist & Wiksells stor-atlas, p. 4</ref><ref name="google sundholm">{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=65.815,24.150556&spn=0.01,0.01&q=65.815,24.150556|title=Google Maps (Sundholmen)|work=Google|access-date=2008-10-29}}</ref>
|}
[[File:Norra Kvill National Park, Sweden (by Pudelek).jpg|thumb|203x203px|Sweden trees <ref>'''Norra Kvill National Park, Sweden (by Pudelek).jpg'''</ref>]]

=== Elevation ===
[[Image:Kebnekaise view from Tuolpagorni.jpg|thumb|upright|At {{convert|2097|m|ft|0}}, [[Kebnekaise]] is Sweden's highest point.]]
The highest point in Sweden is the northern peak of Kebnekaise, which stands at {{convert|2097|m|ft|0}}. It is in the [[Scandinavian Mountains]] chain, in the province of Lapland.<ref name="dn">{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=597&a=817545 |title=Sydtoppen fortfarande högst i Sverige |last=Annika |first=Rydman |date=August 18, 2008 |publisher=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv |access-date=2008-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514223543/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=597&a=817545 |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="google kebnekaise"/> The mountain has two peaks, of which the [[Glacier|glaciated]] southern one was until fairly recently the highest at above {{convert|2100|m|ft|0}}. The top glacier on the southern peak has shrunk fast; therefore the summit is not as high as earlier. It was {{convert|2104|m|ft|0}} in 2008.<ref name="dn"/>
The northern peak, which stands at {{convert|2097|m|ft|0}}, is free of ice. Other points of comparable height in the vicinity of Kebnekaise include Sarektjåkka at {{convert|2089|m|ft|0}}, and Kaskasatjåkka at {{convert|2076|m|ft|0}}.<ref name="scb" />

Sweden's lowest point, which is {{convert|2.41|m|ft|2}} below sea level, is in the [[Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve]] in the city of [[Kristianstad]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sweden/|title=Sweden: Geography|publisher=[[CIA]]&nbsp;– [[The World Factbook]]|access-date=2008-10-28}}</ref> The point is at the bottom of what was once Nosabyviken, a bay on the lake of Hammarsjön. The bay was drained in the 1860s by John Nun Milner, an engineer, to get more [[arable land]] for Kristianstad.<ref name="vattenriket"/>
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|-
! class="unsortable" | Extremity
! Name
! Elevation
! class="unsortable" | Location
! class="unsortable" | Province
! class="unsortable" | Coordinates<ref name="wgs84"/>
! class="unsortable" | Ref
|- class="vcard"
| Highest
| class="fn org" | [[Kebnekaise]]
| {{convert|2097|m|ft|0}}
| [[Scandinavian Mountains]]
| Lapland
| {{coord|67.9|18.516667|type:mountain_region:SE_source:enwiki|name=Kebnekaise}}
|<ref name="dn"/><ref name="google kebnekaise">{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=67.9,18.516667&spn=0.1,0.1&q=67.9,18.516667|title=Google Maps (Kebnekaise)|work=Google|access-date=2008-10-11}}</ref><ref>Almqvist & Wiksells stor-atlas, p. 18</ref>
|- class="vcard"
| Lowest
| class="fn org" | [[Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve]]
| {{convert|−2.41|m|ft|2}}
| [[Kristianstad]]
| Scania (Skåne)
| {{coord|56.021581|14.178878|region:SE_type:landmark|name=Kuttanad (Lowest)}}
|<ref name="cia"/><ref name="atlas"/><ref name="vattenriket">{{cite web|url=http://www.vattenriket.kristianstad.se/plats/lagsta_punkten.htm|title=Lägsta punkten (Lowest point)|publisher=Kristianstad.se|language=sv|access-date=Mar 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306131149/http://www.vattenriket.kristianstad.se/plats/lagsta_punkten.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2008}}</ref>
|- class="vcard"
| Deepest lake (from its surface)
| class="fn org" | [[Hornavan]]
| {{convert|221|m|ft|0}}
| [[Arjeplog]]
| Norrbotten
| 
| 
|}

=== Transportation ===
Only public transportation.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Heading
! Airport
! Railway station
! Bus stop
|- class="vcard"
| North
| [[Kiruna Airport|Kiruna]]
| [[Vassijaure]] ({{coord|68.4290934|18.2606904}})
| [[Karesuando]] bus station ({{coord|68.441474|22.4791197}})
|- class="vcard"
| South
| [[Malmö Airport|Malmö]]
| [[Trelleborg]] ({{coord|55.371783|13.159206}}
| [[Smygehuk]] Hamnen ({{coord|55.339544|13.359984}})
|- class="vcard"
| West
| [[Göteborg Landvetter Airport|Göteborg]]
| [[Strömstad]]  ({{coord|58.936509|11.173283}})
| [[Strömstad]] [[Color Line (ferry operator)|Color Line]] terminal ({{coord|58.934442|11.170618}})
|- class="vcard"
| East
| [[Pajala–Ylläs Airport|Pajala]]
| [[Haparanda]] ({{coord|65|49|41|N|24|7|53|E}})
| [[Haparanda]]-[[Tornio]] bus station ({{coord|65|50|36|N|24|8|18|E}})
|-
| Highest
| [[Scandinavian Mountains Airport|Sälen]], {{convert|490|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| [[Storlien Station|Storlien]], {{convert|592|m|ft|abbr=on}} ({{coord|63|18|57|N|12|6|2|E}})
|
|}
=== Historically ===
Northernmost:
* before 1751: unclear (undefined border)
* 1751–1809: [[Nuorgam]], Finland
Southernmost: 
*Before 1648: [[Långe Jan|south cape of Öland]]
*1648-1815: [[Swedish Pomerania]]
Westernmost:
*Before 1658: [[Vinga (Gothenburg)|Vinga]]
*1638–1655: as a colony, [[New Sweden]]
Easternmost:
* 1617–1721: [[Ingria]]