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GeographyMarch 22, 20261 min readEarthGuessr Team

How to Recognise Sweden in Satellite Images

Sweden has a long Baltic coastline and a largely forested interior, with more extensive agriculture in the south.

Sweden regional satellite composite with shaded relief
NASA Earth Observatory / MODIS, August 2004. Regional composite with shaded relief and bathymetry; it shows landforms, not political boundaries or current conditions.

Sweden has a long Baltic coastline and a largely forested interior, with more extensive agriculture in the south. Vänern and Vättern stand out as large inland water bodies. Mountains rise along the western border with Norway, while much of the east has lower relief.

Large lakes and a forested interior

Locate Vänern and Vättern, then compare southern farmland with the forested country farther north.

Similar landscapes across borders

Finland also has forest and lakes. Norway shares the Scandinavian mountains. A close view of conifers or a small lake may be ambiguous, so compare the outline of a larger water body and nearby terrain.

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