Sweden is located in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak. It has over 3,218 km of coastline and is divided into 25 provinces. The people of Sweden, called Swedes, celebrate Midsummer by dancing around a pole filled with greens outside to welcome the arrival of summer. Sweden has a developed economy that utilizes its natural resources like timber and iron ore as well as hydroelectric power.