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Stockholm ( Swedish: [ˈstɔ̂kː (h)ɔlm] ⓘ) [10] is the capital and most populous city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, [11] with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. [11] The city stretches across fourteen ...
Geography of Stockholm. Coordinates: 59°19′35″N 18°04′21″E. June 2017 aerial view of western Stockholm and Lake Mälaren. ESA satellite photo of Stockholm. The City of Stockholm is situated on fourteen islands and on the banks to the archipelago where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea. The city centre is virtually situated on the water.
Originally, there were 265 station points. The World Heritage Site includes 34 points in ten countries (north to south: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine), four of which are in Sweden ( Jupukka hill, one of the Sweden's station points, pictured). [22] Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland.
Other Swedish cities were deprived of their export privileges by the so-called "Bothnian Trade Coercion" (Bottniska handelstvånget). Most Swedish cities were granted a trade monopoly over a limited surrounding area, but for Stockholm most of the lands surrounding the Gulf of Bothnia formed part of the city's trade territory. However, the state ...
List of cities in Sweden. Map of Sweden. Stockholm, capital of Sweden. Gothenburg. Malmö. This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town ( Swedish: stad, plural städer ). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter. The ...
The King of Sweden and H.M. The Queen of Sweden. Royal flag with the greater national coat of arms. 1905–present. Royal pennant of Sweden, used by H.M. The King of Sweden above the royal flag on naval ships. Split pennant with the greater national coat of arms. 1905–present. Used by other members of the Royal House.
Culture in Stockholm. Apart from being a large city with an active cultural life, Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, houses many national cultural institutions. There are two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Stockholm County area: the Royal Palace Drottningholm (within Ekerö Municipality) and the Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery).
Stockholm Archipelago. / 59.38778; 18.73581. The Stockholm Archipelago ( Swedish: Stockholms skärgård) is the largest archipelago in Sweden, and the second-largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea (the largest being the Archipelago Sea across the Baltic in Finland). Part of the archipelago has been designated as a Ramsar site since 1989.