Stockholm
Stockholm is the caipital o Swaden an constitutes the maist populatit urban area in Scandinavie.[6][7] Stockholm is the maist muckle ceety in Swaden, wi a population o 851,155 in the municipality (2010), 1.37 million in the urban area (2010), an aroond 2.1 million in the 6,519 km2 (2,517.00 sq mi) metropolitan area (2010). As o 2010, the Stockholm metropolitan area is hame tae approximately 22% o Swaden's population.
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Ceety | |
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| Coordinates: 59°21′N 18°04′E / 59.350°N 18.067°ECoordinates: 59°21′N 18°04′E / 59.350°N 18.067°E | |
| Kintra | Swaden |
| Province | Södermanland an Uppland |
| Coonty | Stockholm Coonty |
| Municipalities | |
| First mention | 1252 |
| Chairter | 13t century |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 188 km2 (73 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 381.6 km2 (147.3 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 6519 km2 (2,517 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Ceety | 975,904 |
| • Density | 5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,605,030 |
| • Urban density | 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,377,081 |
| • Metro density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Stockholmare |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code(s) | +46-8 |
| Website | http://www.stockholm.se/ |
Foondit no later than circa 1250, possibly as early as 1187, Stockholm haes lang been ane o Swaden's cultural, media, poleetical, an economic centres. Its strategic location on 14 islands on the sooth-central east coast o Swaden at the mooth o Lake Mälaren, bi the Stockholm airchipelago, haes been historically important. Stockholm haes been nominatit bi GaWC as a global ceety, wi a rankin o Alpha-.[8] In The 2008 Global Cities Index, Stockholm rankt 24t in the warld, 10t in Europe, an first in Scandinavie.[9] Stockholm is kent for its beauty, its biggins an airchitectur, its abundant clean an open watter, an its mony pairks.[10] It is whiles referred tae as Venice o the North.[11]
Stockholm is the steid o the naitional Swadish govrenment, the Riksdag (parliament), an the offeecial residence o the Swadish monarch as well as the prime meenister. Syne 1980, the monarch haes residit at Drottningholm Palace ootside o Stockholm an uises the Ryal Palace o Stockholm as his wirkplace an offeecial residence.
References
eedit- ↑ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005" (xls) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 9 Mey 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner. Totalt". SCB. Archived frae the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2 Julie 2016.
- ↑ "Stockholm". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 Januar 2014.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Folkmängd per tätort och småort 2010, per kommun" (XLS) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 20 Juin 2013. Retrieved 2 Februar 2014.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Folkmängd och landareal i tätorter, per tätort. Vart femte år 1960 - 2019". Statistikdatabasen.
- ↑ "Tätorter 2010" (PDF). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 16 Juin 2011. freemit airtin in
|publisher=(help) (in Northren Sami) - ↑ "Byopgørelsen 1. januar 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 3 Juin 2011.
- ↑ "The World According to GaWC 2008". Archived frae the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ↑ "The 2008 Global Cities Index". Foreign Policy. 2008. Archived frae the original on 10 Januar 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2008. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Adventures in the 'Venice of the North', CNN.com June 5, 2009
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Stockholm. |
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Stockholm is ane o 133 places wi the historical ceety status in Swaden. |