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The process of reshaping Stockholm was initiated by a major fire in 1625 which destroyed the south-western part of today's old town. As a result, two new boulevard -like streets were created — Stora Nygatan and Lilla Nygatan — and along the eastern waterfront the medieval wall was replaced by a row of prestigious palaces — Skeppsbron .
Poster from Stockholmskällan, showing a suicide note from 1820, Stockholm City Archives. The heading Historia på riktigt! translates as "History for real!". 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.
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.
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 ...
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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It was created by Liss Eriksson in 1967. From the mid-19th century to the early-mid 20th century Gamla stan was considered a slum , many of its historical buildings left in disrepair, and just after World War II , several blocks together five alleys were demolished for the enlargement of the Riksdag (see Brantingtorget ).
Severe turbulence forced a flight that took off from Stockholm and was destined for Miami to make a U-turn over Greenland Thursday, according to the airline.