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The system was started by Nils Brenning, professor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and Gösta Gahm, professor at the Stockholm University. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The model represents the Solar System on the scale of 1:20 000 000, i.e. one metre represents 20,000 km. [ 3 ]
The Stockholm area used to contain many more lakes and watercourses than it does today, much due to post-glacial rebound, but also because of lake reclamation for settlements and health. Historical lakes, such as Fatburssjön on Södermalm and Träsket on Norrmalm , were putrid and associated with a high mortality rate in Stockholm until the ...
Depiction of the Stockholm Archipelago, c. 1740. The Stockholm Archipelago is a joint valley landscape that has been shaped – and is still being shaped – by post-glacial rebound. [4] [5] It was not until the Viking Age that the archipelago began to assume its present-day contours. The islands rise by about three millimeters each year.
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 Stockholm Observatory site at Saltsjöbaden was established with a 40-inch (102 cm) reflecting telescope from Grubb, built in 1931. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Also of historical interest is a double telescope by Grubb, the 24/20-inch refractor, with has one 24-inch aperture another 20-inch on the same mount established in 1931.
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, [12] and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. [11]
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.
Kastellholmen (The Castle Isle) is an islet in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden. It belongs to the district of Skeppsholmen. It is connected to adjacent Skeppsholmen through the Kastellholmsbron bridge. [1] Kastellholmen has an area of 31,000 m 2. Kastellholmen has previously been known as Notholmen, Lilla Beckholmen and Skansholmen.