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Stockholm is located on Sweden's east coast at the 59th parallel north, [46] where the freshwater Lake Mälaren—Sweden's third-largest lake—flows out into the Baltic Sea. The central parts of the city consist of fourteen islands that are continuous with the Stockholm archipelago .
Stockholm County (Swedish: Stockholms län [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlms ˈlɛːn]) is a county (Swedish: län) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County . It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea .
The counties of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges län) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Sweden. There are twenty-one counties; however, the number of counties has varied over time, due to territorial changes and to divisions and/or mergers of existing existing counties.
The 25 provinces of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges landskap) are historical, geographical and cultural regions. They have no administrative function (except in some sports contexts), but retain their own cultural identities, dialects and folklore.
State flag and military ensign: White saltire on red in the upper hoist corner. The canton in red and white represented Norway. 1838–1844: Alternate state flag: Used by private ships serving the Swedish Royal mail. 1761–1813: Military ensign of the Archipelago fleet: An all blue triple-tailed flag to be used by the Arméns flotta. mid-17th ...
Media related to National Areas of Sweden at Wikimedia Commons Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe; Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1. SVERIGE - NUTS level 2; SVERIGE - NUTS level 3; Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative ...
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.
A region (Swedish: region) is a self-governing local authority of Sweden. There are 21 regions (one of which is a municipality having the same responsibilities as a region), each corresponding roughly to a county .