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Vättern is the second largest lake ( by surface area ) in Sweden , after Vänern and the sixth largest lake in ___MASK35___ . It is a long , finger - shaped ___MASK94___ of fresh water in south central Sweden to the southeast of Vänern pointing at the tip of Scandinavia . Northern ___MASK35___ is the northern ___MASK96___ or region of ___MASK35___ . Although no definitive borders or definition exists for the term , geographically , Northern ___MASK35___ ___MASK63___ be considered to consist approximately of all of ___MASK35___ above the 52nd parallel north ; which includes ( from west to east ) most or all of : Iceland , the Republic of Ireland , the Isle of Man , the United Kingdom , the Faroe Islands , the Netherlands , northern Germany , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , northern Poland , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and northwest Russia . However , narrower definitions ___MASK63___ also be used based on other geographical factors , such as climate and ecology . Greenland , geographically a ___MASK96___ of North America , is politically a ___MASK96___ of the Kingdom of Denmark , and ___MASK63___ be included depending on the definition . Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian ___MASK59___ in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to ___MASK20___ in the southwest by a ___MASK18___ - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest ___MASK59___ in the ___MASK44___ by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the ___MASK59___ . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . Scandinavia is a historical and cultural region in Northern ___MASK35___ characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North ___MASK40___ . Finland , officially ___MASK36___ of Finland , is a ___MASK5___ in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the ___MASK89___ 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 5 . 5 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 ___MASK44___ . Norway (; ___MASK79___ : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom of Norway , is a sovereign and unitary ___MASK25___ whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard . The ___MASK90___ Peter I Island and the sub - ___MASK90___ 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 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included ___MASK61___ provinces , now in Sweden : ___MASK42___ , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . Län ( Swedish ) and lääni ( Finnish ) refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland . The provinces of Finland were abolished on ___MASK76___ 1 , 2010 . Jönköping is a ___MASK77___ in southern Sweden with 93 , 797 inhabitants ( 2015 ). Jönköping is situated at the southern end of Sweden ' s second largest lake , Vättern , in the province of ___MASK87___ . Vetlanda is a locality and the seat of Vetlanda ___MASK16___ , Jönköping County , Sweden with 13 , 050 inhabitants in 2010 . Jönköping County is a county or " län " in southern Sweden . It borders the counties of ___MASK32___ , Västra Götaland , Östergötland , Kalmar and Kronoberg . The total county ___MASK93___ was 337 , 013 inhabitants in March 2011 . The capital and largest ___MASK77___ is Jönköping . About one quarter of the total county ___MASK93___ lives in the combined Jönköping - Huskvarna urban area around the southern point of Lake Vättern . Vetlanda ___MASK16___ ( Vetlanda kommun ) is a ___MASK16___ in Jönköping County , in southern Sweden where the town of Vetlanda is the seat . The ___MASK16___ was created in 1971 , when the ___MASK77___ of Vetlanda ( instituted in 1920 ) was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form a unitary ___MASK16___ . In 1863 , when the first local government acts in Sweden came into force , there were more than 20 entities within the area of the present ___MASK16___ . Vetlanda is the birthplace of Johan Franzén , professional ice hockey center playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League . The ___MASK44___ ( 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 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . ___MASK20___ is a Scandinavian country in Europe . The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries , it is south - west of Sweden and south of Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of ___MASK20___ is the ___MASK5___ that comprises ___MASK20___ proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North ___MASK47___ : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . ___MASK20___ has a total area of , and a population of 5 . 7 million . The country consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate .