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The name Stockholm first appears in historical records in letters written by Birger Jarl and King Valdemar dated 1252. However, the two letters give no information about the appearance of the city and events during the following decades remain diffuse.
Seal of Stockholm known from an imprint from 1296; most likely the city's first seal mentioned in a letter from 1281. [ 1 ] The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Stockholm , Sweden .
Stockholm in art: Winter scene from Stockholm by Alfred Bergström Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, born in Stockholm in 1833. Art in Stockholm. Stockholm in art / Paintings of Stockholm; Public art in Stockholm Efter badet; The Four Elements; Cuisine of Stockholm Söder tea; Events in Stockholm Nobel Banquet; Stockholm Japan Expo
The prehistory of Stockholm is the continuous development and series of events that made the mouth of Lake Mälaren strategically important; a location which by the mid 13th century had become the centre of the newly consolidated Swedish kingdom.
Stockholmskällan is a database with over 30 000 archive items related to history of Stockholm, made available as a website since 2006 and freely accessible to the public. The main purpose is to present Stockholm's history to students and teachers and to offer primary sources to use in teaching. [1] [2]
Stockholm during the Middle Ages is the period in the history of Stockholm stretching from the foundation of the city c. 1250 to the end of the Kalmar Union in 1523. During this period, Stockholm still didn't fill up the small island Stadsholmen (the "city islet") which today known as the Stockholm Old Town (Gamla stan), and as a consequence this article to some extent overlaps that of Gamla stan.
The ship Vasa gives an idea of the era.. In Swedish history, the first half of the 17th century was a period of awakening.As a leading European power, a role which the country was to impose itself following the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), required the capital to be refurnished with a worthy architectonic rob—the nation was determined never to repeat the embarrassment experienced ...
The Stockholm Bloodbath (Swedish: Stockholms blodbad) was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between 7 and 9 November 1520. The event is also known as the Stockholm massacre . [ 1 ]