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The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in ___MASK10___ and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia , Finland . A population of makes it the eighth biggest city in the country . The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest . The population density is only , but the city ' s urban areas are populated very densely ( urban area : ___MASK59___ 618 / km² ), nationally second only to capital Helsinki ( urban area : ___MASK59___ , ___MASK38___ . 0 / km² ). Stockholm ( or ) is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries ; 932 , ___MASK80___ people live in the municipality , approximately ___MASK59___ . ___MASK52___ million in the urban area , and 2 . 3 million in the metropolitan area . The city is spread across 14 islands on the coast in the southeast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren , by the Stockholm archipelago and the Baltic Sea . The area has been settled since the Stone Age , in the 6th millennium BC , and was founded as a city in 1252 by a Swedish statesman Birger Jarl . It is also the capital of Stockholm County . Russia ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over ___MASK37___ million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European Russia . Russia ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . Norway (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom of Norway , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom . Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until ___MASK76___ , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( ___MASK99___ ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : Jämtland , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population of ___MASK90___ . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . Fennoscandia , Fenno - Scandinavia , or the Fennoscandian Peninsula , is the geographical peninsula of the Nordic region comprising the Scandinavian Peninsula , Finland , Karelia , and the Kola Peninsula . It encompasses Finland , Norway and Sweden , as well as Murmansk Oblast , much of the Republic of Karelia and parts of northern Leningrad Oblast in Russia . Its name comes from the Latin words " Fennia " ( Finland ) and " Scandia " ( Scandinavian ). The term was first used by the Finnish geologist Wilhelm Ramsay in ___MASK27___ . Geologically , the area is distinct because its bedrock is Archaean granite and gneiss with very little limestone , in contrast to neighboring areas in Europe . The Ural or Jayq / Zhayyq (, ), known as Yaik before ___MASK87___ , is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in Eurasia . It originates in the southern Ural Mountains and ends at the Caspian Sea . At , it is the third - longest river in Europe after the Volga and the Danube , and the 18th - longest river in Asia . The Ural River is conventionally considered part of the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia . Deathchain ( originally named Winterwolf ) is a death / thrash metal band from Kuopio , Finland . The band is signed to Dynamic Arts Records and toured Europe with Candlemass and Destruction in late 2005 . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland . It is in the region of Uusimaa , in southern Finland , on the shore of the Gulf of Finland . Helsinki has a population of , an urban population of ___MASK59___ , 214 , 210 , and a metropolitan population of over ___MASK59___ . ___MASK21___ million , making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland . Helsinki is located some north of Tallinn , Estonia , east of Stockholm , Sweden , and west of Saint Petersburg , Russia . Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities . The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately ___MASK2___ percent of the Earth ' s surface and about ___MASK17___ percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". Asia is Earth ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about ___MASK85___ % of Earth ' s total land area and ___MASK63___ . ___MASK69___ % of the Earth ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of ___MASK21___ . ___MASK21___ billion people . Leif Edling ( born 6 August ___MASK6___ ) is a Swedish musician , best known as the main songwriter , bass player and one of the founding members of the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass . He ' s the only constant member of the band since its inception to the present day . Nevertheless , since band ' s second reunion in 2002 Edling has been backed up again by founding rhythm guitarist Mats Björkman , who had been absent from ___MASK97___ to 2002 and was replaced by Michael Amott . Candlemass is an influential Swedish doom metal band established in Stockholm ___MASK61___ by bassist , songwriter and bandleader Leif Edling and drummer Matz Ekström . After releasing five full - length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s , Candlemass disbanded in ___MASK44___ , but reunited three years later . After breaking up again in 2002 , Candlemass reformed in 2004 and have continued to record and perform since then . Candlemass is also the seventh best selling artist coming out from Sweden selling as of 2010 more than 15 million albums worldwide . Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south of the country across the Gulf of Finland . Finland is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . Finland ' s population is ___MASK52___ . ___MASK52___ million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms of area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union .