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The history of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, for many centuries coincided with the development of what is today known as Gamla stan, the Stockholm Old Town. Stockholm's raison d'être always was to be the Swedish capital and by far the largest city in the country.
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.
The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's GDP, [13] and is among the top 10 regions in Europe by GDP per capita. [14] Considered a global city , [ 15 ] it is the largest in Scandinavia and the main centre for corporate headquarters in the Nordic region. [ 16 ]
Seal of Stockholm known from an imprint from 1296; most likely the city's first seal mentioned in a letter from 1281. [ 1 ] The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Stockholm , Sweden .
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps.From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [1]
On 1 January 1952, the City of Stockholm comprised an area of 187.96 km 2, of which 182.19 km 2 was land. [7] After new measurements and area calculations completed on 1 January 1955 and 1 January 1958, the city covered on 1 January 1961 an area of 187.04 km 2, of which 182.19 km 2 land.
Stockholm School of Economics (Handelshögskolan i Stockholm) founded General Strike of 1909: 1910 SAC Syndikalisterna established 1919: AB Svensk Filmindustri established 1921: June 30: Capital punishment abolished for all crimes committed in peacetime 1933 February 24 Swedish Association for Sexuality Education founded 1934
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