Sweden Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 12,518 km total; Swedish State Railways (SJ)—11,179 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 6,959 km electrified and 1,152 km double track, 182 km 0 891-meter gauge; 117 km rail ferry service, privately owned railways—511 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 332 km electrified· 371 km 0.891-meter gauge electrified

Highways classified network, 97,400 km, of which 51,899 km paved; 20,659 km gravel; 24,842 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 2,052 km navigable for small steamers and barges

• 1  Pipelines: 84 km natural gas

Ports: 17 major and 30 minor

Civil air: 65 major transports

Airfields: 263 total 259 usable; 135 with permanent-surface runways; 9 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 88 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: excellent domestic and international facilities; 7.41 million telephones (89.0 per 100 popl.); 4 AM, 345 FM, 810 TV stations; 9 submarine coaxial cables, 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite antennas, 1 Eu-telsat antenna

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.