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In 1719 the archipelago had an estimated population of 2,900, consisting mostly of fishermen. Today the archipelago is a popular holiday destination with some 50,000 holiday cottages (owned mainly by Stockholmers). The Stockholm Archipelago Foundation , dedicated to the preservation of the nature and culture of the archipelago, owns some 15% of ...
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.
The island of Styrsö, in the archipelago of Gothenburg, as seen from the sea. Böttö, one of the smallest islands. The southern Gothenburg archipelago lies off the coast of Gothenburg, Sweden's second-largest city. It has 5,000 permanent and another 6,000 summer residents. The archipelago is completely car free. Transportations is carried out ...
ESA satellite photo of Stockholm. The City of Stockholm is situated on fourteen islands and on the banks to the archipelago where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea. The city centre is virtually situated on the water. The area of Stockholm is one of several places in Sweden with a joint valley terrain. [1]
Cities and towns in Sweden are neither political nor administrative entities; rather they are localities or urban areas, independent of municipal subdivisions. The largest city, in terms of population, is the capital Stockholm , in the east, the dominant city for culture and media, with a population of 1,250,000.
This is a list of municipalities of Sweden after the division at the turn of the year of 2011–12. There are 290 municipalities. There are 290 municipalities. All statistics are from 1 January 2013, except for population (30 September 2013) and density (1 January 2013 and 30 September 2013).
Stockholm (/ ˈ s t ɒ k h oʊ (l) m /; [10] Swedish: [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlm] ⓘ) [11] 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 , [ 12 ] with 1.6 million in the urban area , [ 13 ] and 2.5 million in the metropolitan area ...
Map of Östergötland archipelago. The Östergötland archipelago is the collective name of three archipelagoes located to the east of the shore of Östergötland, Sweden, spanning three municipalities. It consists of 8,888 islands. [1] It measures more than 60 kilometres (37 miles) from north to south and five kilometres (3.1 mi) west to east.