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State flag and military ensign: White saltire on red in the upper hoist corner. The canton in red and white represented Norway. 1838–1844: Alternate state flag: Used by private ships serving the Swedish Royal mail. 1761–1813: Military ensign of the Archipelago fleet: An all blue triple-tailed flag to be used by the Arméns flotta. mid-17th ...
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 .
According to the Collins English Dictionary, a national flag is "a flag that represents or is an emblem of a country." [1] The word country can be used to refer to a sovereign state, sometimes also called an independent state. [2] It is customary in international law that states adopt a flag to distinguish themselves from other states. [3]
Flag of Saxony-Anhalt: The state flag of Saxony-Anhalt is a yellow and black bi-color. In the center of the flag is the coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt: 1948– Flag of Schleswig-Holstein: The state flag of Schleswig-Holstein is a horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and red. 1991– Flag of Thuringia
Royal Flag of Sweden flying over the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The Royal flag (Kungliga flaggan) is identical to the triple-tailed naval ensign, but has in its centre a white field with the greater or the lesser coat of arms surrounded by the Order of the Seraphim, which has the monarch as its grand master. The monarch personally decides about ...
The 25 provinces of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges landskap) are historical, geographical and cultural regions. They have no administrative function (except in some sports contexts), but retain their own cultural identities, dialects and folklore.
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.
Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms kommun or Stockholms stad) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, making it the second most densely populated.