Stockholm

**Stockholm** is the capital city of Sweden. It is also the biggest city in Sweden. It is on the east coast of the country. The city is built on islands, with canals and open water in the inner city. Stockholm is found between Sweden's third largest lake, Mälaren, and the Baltic Sea.

Tyresta National Park is near Stockholm.

## Geography

Central Stockholm has four different parts - Kungsholmen, Södermalm, Norrmalm and Östermalm. It is built on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges. Kungsholmen and Södermalm are islands, while Norrmalm and Östermalm are parts of the mainland. Also, there are several smaller islands in the inner city - Gamla Stan, Riddarholmen, Djurgården and Skeppsholmen. Since Stockholm has so many islands, it is sometimes referred to as the "Venice of the North".

Gamla Stan is the oldest part of the city - the name means "Old Town", and is usually called that in English. Djurgården is mostly a large park, but there are buildings on the island. Most of these are museums that commemorate Sweden's and Stockholm's past - like Skansen, a zoo with a Swedish theme. Skeppsholmen is an island that used to be a training ground and military school, but most of the buildings are now used for museums and art galleries, such as the Modern Museum, or the East Asian museum. Riddarholmen is a part of Gamla Stan, but actually a different island.

All of the islands in Stockholm are connected by several bridges. The biggest one is Västerbron, going from Kungsholmen to Södermalm.

## History

Birger Jarl is considered the founder of Stockholm. It is believed that he rebuilt a defense building in the 13th century on what is today the island of the Old town. Around the fortification, a town grew. The town grew mainly because of its sea and land trading.

## Wikimania

The last Wikimania conference is hosted in this city in 2019.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Stockholm
- **imagesize**: 280px
- **image blank emblem**: Stockholm vapen bra.svg
- **blank emblem type**: Coat of arms
- **blank emblem size**: 100px
- **pushpin map**: Sweden
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Sweden
- **subdivision type3**: Municipalities of Sweden, Municipalities
- **subdivision type2**: Counties of Sweden, County
- **subdivision name2**: Stockholm County
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of Sweden, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Södermanland and Uppland
- **established title**: First mention
- **established date**: 1252
- **established title1**: Stad (Sweden), Charter
- **established date1**: 13th century
- **area total km2**: 188
- **area urban km2**: 381.63
- **area metro km2**: 6519
- **population as of**: 31 December 2011
- **population total**: 864324
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population metro**: 2091473
- **population density metro km2**: auto
- **population urban**: 1,372,565
- **population density urban km2**: 3597
- **population demonym**: Stockholmare
- **timezone**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset**: +1
- **timezone dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset dst**: +2
- **postal code**: 100 00-200 00
- **area code**: +46-8
- **website**: [http://www.stockholm.se/ www.stockholm.se]
- **image flag**: Flag_of_Stockholm.svg
- **flag size**: 120px