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Stockholm is located on Sweden's east coast at the 59th parallel north, [46] where the freshwater Lake Mälaren—Sweden's third-largest lake—flows out into the Baltic Sea. The central parts of the city consist of fourteen islands that are continuous with the Stockholm archipelago .
On 31 December 2017 there were 949,761 residents in Stockholm, of which 234,703 people (24.71%) were born in a country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below - the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled ...
Stockholm County (Swedish: Stockholms län [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlms ˈlɛːn]) is a county (Swedish: län) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County . It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea .
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 name Scania for Skåne predominates in English. Some English exonyms, such as the Dales for Dalarna, East Gothland for Östergötland, Swedish Lapland for Lappland and West Bothnia for Västerbotten are common in English literature. [3] [4] [5] Swedes writing in English have long used the Swedish names only. [6] [7]
The names of the first two refer to ancient tribes, and the third is a geographical reference. They are still commonly used as geographical references. The boundaries have changed over time, with the most significant in 1658 (the cession of provinces from Denmark-Norway to Sweden) and 1812 (due to the loss of Finland to Russia in 1809).
Stockholm is a national area (riksområde) of Sweden. The national areas are a part of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) of Sweden. Geography
The spread of urban development within the City of Stockholm in 1913. The city became its own municipality on 1 January 1863, through the Swedish municipal reforms of 1862, [2] when Sweden's municipal system was introduced and Stockholm got its first city council (stadsfullmäktige). Royal Djurgården was incorporated from Danderyds skeppslag ...