Nordic Countries
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic island state in the North Atlantic with a population of about 393,000 in late 2025 and a land area of 103,000 km². It is a unitary parliamentary republic whose capital and largest city is Reykjavík, noted for a geologically active landscape powered by abundant geothermal and hydropower resources, a high level of human development, and membership in organizations such as NATO, the European Economic Area, and the Schengen Area.
Sweden
Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with its capital in Stockholm. A member of the European Union since 1995 and NATO since 2024, it has a high‑income, export‑oriented economy and extensive welfare institutions. The country’s landscape ranges from Arctic mountains and forests in the north to lakes and archipelagos in the south, and its population was about 10.6 million in 2025.