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Daniel Solander became the first Swedish person to ever visit Brazil when he came to the country in 1768. [11] Mass emigration from Norway started circa 1865–1866, after the civil war was over. Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting migrants to the New World. United States, Canada and Brazil received many ...
By the turn of the 19th century, Stockholm largely consisted of the area today known as City Centre, roughly 35 km 2 (14 sq mi) or one-fifth of the current municipal area. In the ensuing decades several other areas were incorporated (such as Brännkyrka Municipality in 1913, at which time it had 25,000 inhabitants, and Spånga in 1949).
The history of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, for many centuries coincided with the development of what is today known as Gamla stan, the Stockholm Old Town. Stockholm's raison d'être always was to be the Swedish capital and by far the largest city in the country.
Stadion is known as the home arena of Djurgårdens IF. For Sweden men's national ice hockey team, the home arena is Avicii Arena, one of the largest spherical building in the world, but it is also hosting concerts and other events. Stockholm also hosted all but one of the Nordic Games, a winter multi-sport event that predated the Winter Olympics.
North-bound cliffs of Södermalm. Stockholm stands on a bedrock of gneiss and granite approximately 2 billion years old. Over millions of years, north-west to south-east oriented cracks appeared in the rock, which rivers transformed into the valleys still present in the landscape, for example the lakes Långsjön, Magelungen, and Drevviken.
Södermalm was once known as the "slum" area of Stockholm. However today, Södermalm is known as the home of bohemian , alternative culture and a broad range of cultural amenities . Meanwhile, the growing demand for housing, as well as an increasing gentrification of Stockholm's central parts, makes apartments in Södermalm more and more ...
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Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms kommun or Stockholms stad) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, making it the second most densely populated.