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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 .
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]
Roulette was developed in 18th century France [8] from a primitive form created by Blaise Pascal (17th century). [9] In 1843, Louis and François Blanc introduced the single 0 style roulette wheel. Many other gambling games and card games (including the French suits around 1480) [10] were invented in France, some from earlier games :
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]
Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other “elemental stuff” of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for writing ...
Sweden purchases Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy from France 1786: 20 March: Foundation of Swedish Academy: 1787: First secondary education school in Sweden for girls, Societetsskolan, founded in Gothenburg 1788: Sweden declares war against Russia, initiating Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) 1790