What is Stockholm?

  • (noun): The capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic.
    Example: "The Nobel Prize is awarded in Stockholm"
    Synonyms: capital of Sweden

Stockholm

Stockholm ( ) is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 871,952 in the municipality (2010), 1,372,565 in the urban area (2010), and 2,119,760 in the 6,519 km2 (2,517.00 sq mi) metropolitan area (2010). As of 2010, the Stockholm metropolitan area is home to approximately 22% of Sweden's population.

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Public Transport In Stockholm
... Public transport in Stockholm consists of bus, metro, regional/suburban rail, light rail, tram and archipelago boat operation in Stockholm County, Sweden ...
AIK IF - Players - Current Roster
... Columbia, Canada 84 Sweden ! Blomdahl, PatricPatric Blomdahl 5.0 !W L 2010 ... Stockholm, Sweden 17 Sweden ! Carlsson, FredrikFredrik Carlsson 2.0 !D L 2006 ... Täby, Sweden 28 Sweden ! Frisk ...
Erik Palmstedt - Notable Works
... Börshuset, (Stockholm bourse), 1767-1778 (illustration) ... Norrbro, the old "North Bridge", Stockholm, rebuilt in stone, in partnership with Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, 1781-1807 Tullhuset, the Customs Warehouse along Skeppsbron, Stockholm, 1783-1790 Svartå slott, 1783-1792 ...
Embassy Of Iran, Stockholm - Protests At The Embassy
... and taken to the Kronoberg Remand Prison in Stockholm, where twenty-nine of them were later detained in custody pending trial ...
Stockholm, New Jersey
... Stockholm is an unincorporated community, located in the southeastern part of Hardyston Township in Sussex County in the U.S ... Like many neighboring towns, Stockholm is home to a number of lakes including Deer Trail Lakes, Lake Stockholm, Lake Gerard, Beaver Lake, Lake Tamarack ... Stockholm was known in colonial times as Snufftown and was named after Stockholm, Sweden ...

Famous quotes containing the word stockholm:

    “He was begotten in the galley and born under a gun. Every hair was a rope yarn, every finger a fish-hook, every tooth a marline-spike, and his blood right good Stockholm tar.”
    —Naval epitaph.