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By the end of the 15th century, the population in Stockholm can be estimated to 5,000–7,000 people, which made it a relatively small town compared to several other contemporary European cities. On the other hand, it was far larger than any other city in Sweden.
1602: Norrmalm is made an autonomous city. [6] 1611: Gustavus II Adolphus becomes king. [6] 1618: The scandal around the infamous brothel of Sara Simonsdotter is exposed. 1622: First preserved map of Stockholm dates from this year; 1625: A devastating fire destroys the south-western part of Stadsholmen. A city plan for the area is produced the ...
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.
About 3.0% of the Gold Rush "Argonauts" before 1850 were female or about 3,500 female gold rushers, compared to about 115,000 male California gold rushers. By California's 1852 "special" state census, the population had already increased to about 200,000, of which about 10% or 20,000 were female. [60]
Spain made about 30 of these large grants, nearly all several square leagues (1 Spanish league = 2.6 miles, 4.2 km) each in size. The total land granted to settlers in the Spanish colonial era was about 800,000 acres (3,237 km 2) or about 35,000 acres (142 km 2) each. The few owners of these large ranchos patterned themselves after the landed ...
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]
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Stockholmskällan is a database with over 30 000 archive items related to history of Stockholm, made available as a website since 2006 and freely accessible to the public. The main purpose is to present Stockholm's history to students and teachers and to offer primary sources to use in teaching. [1] [2]