Stockholm
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Stockholm is a city in Sweden, located in Europe[1][1][1]. It was established in 1187[2].
The city has a population of 985,000 as of 2022[3][4]. Swedish is the official language.
Stockholm operates in two time zones: UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00.
Key Facts
- Member of: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group[3], International Cities of Refuge Network[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Stockholm[5]
- Country: Sweden[6], Kalmar Union[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Saltsjön[8], Mälaren[9]
- Continent: Europe[10]
- Instance of: big city[11], port city[12], largest city[13], national capital[14]
- Official language: Swedish[15]
- Named after: trunk[16], islet[17]
- Postal code: 100 00–200 00[18]
- Commons category: Stockholm[19]
- Patron saint: Eric IX of Sweden[20]
- Local dialing code: 08[21]
- Inception: 1187[22]
- Significant event: 1912 Summer Olympics[23]
- Official website: https://start.stockholm/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stockholm[25]
- Commons gallery: Stockholm[26]
- Population: 975,819[27], 647,214[28], 674,452[29], 750,348[30], 847,073[31], 975,551[32], 978,770[33], 984,748[34]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Stockholm[35]
- Time of earliest written record: 1252[36]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[42], Meyer’s Universum, Sechster Band[43], Meyer’s Universum, Achter Band[44]
- Capital of: Sweden[45], Stockholm County[46], Stockholm[47]
- Official name: Stockholm[48]
- Nickname: Venice of the North[49], Nordens Venedig[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Stockholm[51]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Stockholm include Stockholm Arlanda Airport[52], an international airport[53], in Sweden[54], founded in 1959[55]; holmium[56], a chemical element[57]; Stockholm Bromma Airport[58], an international airport[59], in Sweden[60], founded in 1936[61]; Stockholm Skavsta Airport[62], an airport[63], in Sweden[64]; Stockholm Västerås Airport[65], an international airport[66], in Sweden[67], founded in 1930[68]; Stockholm Water Prize[69], a science award[70], in Sweden[71], founded in 1991[72]; Stockholm metropolitan area[73], a metropolitan area[74], in Sweden[75]; and Stockholm Codex Aureus[76], an illuminated manuscript[77].
Why It Matters
Stockholm has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[78] Stockholm is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[79]
Entities named for Stockholm include Stockholm Arlanda Airport[52], an international airport[53], in Sweden[54], founded in 1959[55]; holmium[56], a chemical element[57]; Stockholm Bromma Airport[58], an international airport[59], in Sweden[60], founded in 1936[61]; Stockholm Skavsta Airport[62], an airport[63], in Sweden[64]; Stockholm Västerås Airport[65], an international airport[66], in Sweden[67], founded in 1930[68]; and Stockholm Water Prize[69], a science award[70], in Sweden[71], founded in 1991[72].