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Europe/Stockholm In Sweden , the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00 ; Swedish : centraleuropeisk tid ). [ 1 ] Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). [ 2 ]
As in any language, seconds are never spoken. Time is usually rounded to the nearest multiple of 5, 15, or 20 minutes depending on context. Examples of ways of expressing time in spoken Swedish, translated: Six [6 am or 6 pm] Eighteen and thirty [18:30] Twenty (minutes) past seven [7:20 am or pm] Ten (minutes) to eight [7:50 am or pm]
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]
Arlanda South Station (Swedish: Arlanda södra station) is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden. The station is one of two stations at the airport to be served by the Arlanda Express, the other being Arlanda North Station. The station is located in a dedicated tunnel below the airport and is served ...
Maintained by the Swedish Transport Administration, the Western Main Line is electrified and consists entirely of double track, except the four-track sections between Gothenburg Central Station and Olskroken (2 km or 1.2 mi), in Järna (5 km or 3.1 mi), and south of Stockholm, between Flemingsberg and Stockholm South Station, about 14 km (8.7 mi).
The square is named after the presence of the equestrian statue of King Charles XIV John (1763–1844) today placed just north of the square but originally located south of the canal, and inaugurated on 4 November 1854, the 40th anniversary of the union between Sweden and Norway and four years after the inauguration of the lock of Nils Ericson.
Treaties of Stockholm, requiring Sweden to cede parts of Swedish Pomerania to Prussia and Bremen-Verden to Hanover 1720: Treaty of Frederiksborg, requiring Sweden to cede Schleswig to Denmark-Norway 1721: Treaty of Nystad, requiring Sweden to cede Estonia, Livonia and Ingria to Russia 1731: Foundation of Swedish East India Company: 1732
Stockholm presented as a capital worthy a powerful nation. Engraving from Eric Dahlberg's Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna around 1690. The Swedish pretensions and the quick growth at this time can be illustrated by two quotes separated in time by half a century; one from a temporary visitor, and the other from a prominent Swedish propagandist: