page_title: History of Stockholm
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: History of Stockholm / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of northern Stockholm in Sweden. Svenska: Karta över norra Stockholm. English: Map of southern Stockholm in Sweden. Svenska: Karta över södra Stockholm.
context_page_description: The history of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, for many centuries coincided with the development of what is today known as Gamla stan, the Stockholm Old Town. Stockholm's raison d'être always was to be the Swedish capital and by far the largest city in the country.
context_section_description: In the late 20th century, Stockholm became a modern, technologically advanced and ethnically diverse city. Throughout the century, many industries shifted away from work-intensive activities into more high-technology and service-industry knowledge-based areas.
  The city continued to expand and new districts were created, some with high proportions of immigrants. Meanwhile, the inner city (Norrmalm) went through a criticised as well as admired wave of modernisation in the post-war period, the Redevelopment of Norrmalm, securing the city's geographical center as the political and business center for the future.
  In 1923 the Stockholm municipal government moved to a new building, the Stockholm City Hall. The Stockholm International Exhibition was held in 1930. In 1967 the city of Stockholm was integrated into Stockholm County.
caption: Map of Stockholm in 1928.
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