Railways
total: 11,837 km (includes 1,955 km of privately-owned railways)
standard gauge: 11,837 km 1.435-m gauge (7,317 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (1996)

Highways
total: 138,000 km
paved: 105,018 km (including 1,330 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,982 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 2,052 km navigable for small steamers and barges

Pipelines natural gas 84 km

Ports and harbors Gavle, Goteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Hudiksvall, Kalmar, Karlshamn, Malmo, Solvesborg, Stockholm, Sundsvall

Merchant marine
total: 164 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,036,831 GRT/1,919,367 DWT
ships by type: bulk 7, cargo 33, chemical tanker 27, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 29, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 41, short-sea passenger 7, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 12 (1997 est.)

Airports 255 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 145
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 83
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 24 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 110
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 105 (1997 est.)

Heliports 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.