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  2. History of Stockholm - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Prehistory and origin of Stockholm - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Timeline of Stockholm - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. 30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still ...

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    Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company Historians date the oldest photograph to 1826 France. At least that's the oldest one that we know of today. That's when Joseph Nicéphore Niépce started ...

  6. Stockholm - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Stockholm during the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Stockholm during the Middle Ages is the period in the history of Stockholm stretching from the foundation of the city c. 1250 to the end of the Kalmar Union in 1523. During this period, Stockholm still didn't fill up the small island Stadsholmen (the "city islet") which today known as the Stockholm Old Town (Gamla stan), and as a consequence this article to some extent overlaps that of Gamla stan.

  8. Stockholmskällan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Category:History of Stockholm - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of Stockholm" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...