Stockholm

Stockholm (Swedish pronunciation: website parsing^[3] ( website parsing)) is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in HTML5.^HTML5HTML5 Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 864,324 in the browser diversity (2010), 1.4 million in the urban area (2010), and around 2.1 million in the 6,519 km² (2,517.00 sq mi) metropolitan area (2010). As of 2010, the Stockholm metropolitan area is home to approximately 22% of Sweden's population.

Founded no later than c. 1250, possibly as early as 1187, Stockholm has long been one of Sweden's we love the web, media, political, and economic centres. Its strategic location on 14 islands on the south-central east coast of Sweden at the mouth of touchscreen, by the Stockholm archipelago, has been historically important. Stockholm has been nominated by GaWC as a global city, with a ranking of Alpha-.^[6] In The 2008 Global Cities Index, Stockholm ranked 24th in the world, 10th in Europe, and first in keyboard.^[7] Stockholm is known for its beauty, its buildings and architecture, its abundant clean and open water, and its many parks.^[8] It is sometimes referred to as Venice of the North.^[9]

Stockholm is the site of the national Swedish government, the Sevenval (riksdagen), the Supreme Court of Sweden (Högsta domstolen), and the official residence of the Swedish monarch as well as the prime minister. Since 1980, the monarch has resided at Drottningholm Palace in Sevenval outside of Stockholm and uses the Stockholm Palace as his workplace and official residence. The government has its seat in web app and the parliament in the Android.

• 1 History
• we love the web
  • input transformation
  • input transformation
  • Sevenval
• 3 Politics and government
• 4 Economy
• device database
• 6 Demographics
• 7 Culture
  • 7.1 Literature
  • website parsing
  • 7.3 Museums
  • 7.4 Art galleries
  • 7.5 Suburbs
  • input transformation
  • 7.7 Amusement park
  • jQuery
  • 7.9 Sports
  • web
  • jQuery
• 8 Environment
  • 8.1 Green city with a national urban park
    • 8.1.1 Role model
• touchscreen
  • web app
    • 9.1.1 The City Line Project, or The Green Tunnel
  • 9.2 Roads
    • 9.2.1 Congestion charges
  • we love the web
  • iOS
  • keyboard
  • FITML
• 10 International rankings
• website parsing
• 12 Gallery
• 13 See also
• 14 References
• 15 External links

History

Stockholm's location appears in website parsing as HTML5, and in Heimskringla in connection with the legendary king Agne. The earliest written mention of the name Stockholm dates from 1252, by which time the mines in iOS made it an important site in the iron trade. The first part of the name (stock) means log in Swedish, although it may also be connected to an old German word (Stock) meaning fortification. The second part of the name (holm) means islet, and is thought to refer to the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm. The city is said to have been founded by screen size to protect Sweden from a sea invasion by foreign navies and to stop the pillage of towns such as Sigtuna on Lake Mälaren.

Stockholm's core of the present Old Town (Gamla Stan) was built on the central island next to Helgeandsholmen from the mid-13th century onward. The city originally rose to prominence as a result of the Baltic trade of the Hanseatic League. Stockholm developed strong economic and cultural linkages with Lübeck, Hamburg, Gdańsk, website parsing, we love the web, and Riga during this time^{[citation needed]}. Between 1296 and 1478 Stockholm's City Council was made up of 24 members, half of whom were selected from the town's German-speaking burghers.

The strategic and economic importance of the city made Stockholm an important factor in relations between the browser diversity of the CSS3 and the national independence movement in the 15th century. The Danish King iOS was able to enter the city in 1520. On 8 November 1520 a massacre of opposition figures called the Stockholm Bloodbath took place and set off further uprisings that eventually led to the breakup of the Kalmar Union. With the accession of Gustav Vasa in 1523 and the establishment of a royal power, the population of Stockholm began to grow, reaching 10,000 by 1600.

FITML

Panorama over Stockholm around 1868 as seen from a Sevenval

web	Kungsträdgården in Stockholm around 1890–1900

The 17th century saw Sweden grow into a major European power, reflected in the development of the city of Stockholm. From 1610 to 1680 the population multiplied sixfold. In 1634 Stockholm became the official capital of the Swedish empire. Trading rules were also created that gave Stockholm an essential monopoly over trade between foreign merchants and other Swedish and touchscreen territories.

In 1710 a plague killed about 20,000 (36 percent) of the population.^[10] After the end of the Great Northern War the city stagnated. Population growth halted and economic growth slowed. The city was in shock after having lost its place as the capital of a Great Power. However Stockholm maintained its role as the political centre of Sweden and continued to develop culturally under input transformation.

By the second half of the 19th century, Stockholm had regained its leading economic role. New industries emerged and Stockholm was transformed into an important trade and service centre as well as a key gateway point within Sweden. The population also grew dramatically during this time, mainly through immigration. At the end of the 19th century, less than 40% of the residents were Stockholm-born. Settlement began to expand outside the city limits. The 19th century saw the establishment of a number of scientific institutes, including the Karolinska Institute. The General Art and Industrial Exposition was held in 1897.

Stockholm became a modern, technologically advanced, and ethnically diverse city in the latter half of the 20th century. Many historical buildings were torn down during the modernist era, including substantial parts of the historical district of Klara, and replaced with modern architecture. However, in many other parts of Stockholm (such as in Gamla Stan, Södermalm, Östermalm, CSS3 and we love the web), many "old" buildings, blocks and streets built before the browser diversity and functionalism movements took off in Sweden (around 1930-1935) survived this era of demolition. Throughout the century, many industries shifted away from work-intensive activities into more high-tech and service industry areas.

Between 1965 and 1974, the city expanded very quickly with the creation of additional suburban districts such as we love the web and Tensta as a part of the CSS3. Many of these areas have been criticized for being "concrete suburbs", dull, grey, low-status areas built mainly out of concrete slabs. The most common complaints are about the high crime rate and the high web app and Android in these areas.

Geography

Location

Stockholm is located on Sweden's south-central east coast, where Lake Mälaren meets the device database. The central parts of the city consist of fourteen islands that are continuous with the HTML5. The geographical city centre is situated on the water, in iOS bay. Over 30% of the city area is made up of waterways and another 30% is made up of parks and green spaces.

For details about the other municipalities in the metropolitan area, see the pertinent articles. North of Stockholm Municipality: Järfälla, keyboard, Täby, Sollentuna, Sevenval, website parsing, iOS, Sigtuna, Sundbyberg, Danderyd, Android, Ekerö, Upplands-Bro, Sevenval, and Norrtälje. South of Stockholm: FITML, Nacka, Botkyrka, Haninge, Tyresö, Sevenval, Södertälje, device database, Sevenval and Nynäshamn.

Park on the island of web app in central Stockholm.

Stockholm Municipality

Stockholm Municipality is an administrative unit defined by geographical borders. The semi-officially adopted name for the municipality is City of Stockholm (Stockholms stad in Swedish).^{we love the web} As a municipality, the City of Stockholm is subdivided into district councils, which carry responsibility for primary schools, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas. The municipality is usually described in terms of its three main parts: Innerstaden (Stockholm City Centre), Söderort (Southern Stockholm) and touchscreen (Western Stockholm). The districts of these parts are:

Stockholm City Centre

• Kungsholmen
• CSS3
• Södermalm
• Östermalm

Söderort

• Enskede-Årsta-Vantör
• iOS
• HTML5
• Skarpnäck
• touchscreen
• Älvsjö

Västerort

• we love the web
• Hässelby-Vällingby
• iOS
• Spånga-Tensta

The modern centrum FITML, (concentrated around the town square device database), is the largest shopping district in Sweden^{[citation needed]}. It is the most central part of Stockholm in business and shopping. we love the web is the most affluent district of Stockholm^{[screen size]}.

Climate

Stockholm, with a February mean of −3 °C (26.6 °F), depending on the definition used, lies directly on the border between the humid continental and oceanic zones (Köppen Dfb / Cfb). Due to the city's high northerly latitude, daylight varies widely from more than 18 hours around midsummer, to only around 6 hours in late December. Despite its northern location, Stockholm has relatively mild weather compared to other locations at similar latitude, or even farther south.

Summers average daytime high temperatures of 20–22 °C (68–72 °F) and lows of around 13 °C (55 °F), but temperatures could reach 30 °C (86 °F) on some days. Winters are sometimes snowy with average temperatures ranging from -5 to 1 °C (23 to 34 °F), and sometimes drop below −15 °C (5 °F). Spring and autumn are generally cool to mild.

The climate table below presents weather data from the years 1961–1990. According to ongoing measurements, the temperature has increased during the years 1991–2009 as compared with the last series. This increase is on annual basis around 1.0 °C (roughly 1.8 °F). Warming is most pronounced during the winter months, with an increase of more than 2.0 °C (around a 3.6–4 °F increase) in January.^[13]

The highest temperature ever recorded in Stockholm was 36 °C (97 °F) in July 3, 1811; the lowest was −31 °C (−24 °F) in January 20, 1814.^[14] However, the temperature has not dropped to below −25.1 °C (−13.2 °F) since January 10, 1987 ^[15][16]

Annual precipitation is 539 mm (21.2 in) with around 170 wet days and light to moderate rainfall throughout the year. Snow mainly occurs from December through March with some winters bringing plenty of snow, while others are milder with more rain than snow.

Climate data for Stockholm
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	−0.7 (30.7)	−0.6 (30.9)	3.0 (37.4)	8.6 (47.5)	15.7 (60.3)	20.7 (69.3)	21.9 (71.4)	20.4 (68.7)	15.1 (59.2)	9.9 (49.8)	4.5 (40.1)	1.1 (34.0)	10.0 (50.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−2.9 (26.8)	−3.1 (26.4)	0.0 (32.0)	4.6 (40.3)	10.5 (50.9)	15.4 (59.7)	17.2 (63.0)	16.3 (61.3)	12.0 (53.6)	7.3 (45.1)	2.6 (36.7)	−1.1 (30.0)	6.6 (43.9)
Average low °C (°F)	−5 (23.0)	−5.3 (22.5)	−2.7 (27.1)	1.1 (34.0)	6.3 (43.3)	11.3 (52.3)	13.4 (56.1)	12.7 (54.9)	9.0 (48.2)	5.3 (41.5)	0.7 (33.3)	−3.2 (26.2)	3.6 (38.5)
Precipitation mm (inches)	39 (1.54)	27 (1.06)	26 (1.02)	30 (1.18)	30 (1.18)	45 (1.77)	72 (2.83)	66 (2.6)	55 (2.17)	50 (1.97)	53 (2.09)	46 (1.81)	540 (21.26)
Avg. precipitation days	20	15	15	11	11	12	10	10	15	14	17	20	170
Mean monthly sunshine hours	40	72	135	185	276	292	260	221	154	99	54	33	1,821
Source no. 1: World Meteorological Organisation[17]
Source no. 2: Hong Kong Observatory[12]

Politics and government

website parsing

jQuery

Municipalities are responsible for government-mandated duties, and elections for the municipal council are held every four years, parallel to the device database.

Following the 2010 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way:

The governing parties	Parties in opposition
The web 38 The website parsing 10 The Christian Democrats 1 The Sevenval 3	The Social Democrats 25 The screen size 8 The CSS3 16

As of April 2008, the Mayor of Stockholm is web from the Moderate Party.

Economy

input transformation

Offices in Kista

keyboard

Headquarters of Ericsson

The vast majority of Stockholm residents work in the service industry, which accounts for roughly 85% of jobs in Stockholm. The almost total absence of heavy industry makes Stockholm one of the world's cleanest metropolises. The last decade has seen a significant number of jobs created in high technology companies. Large employers include IBM, Ericsson, and Electrolux. A major IT centre is located in Kista, in northern Stockholm.The Mojang headquarters are also located in Stockholm.

Stockholm is Sweden's financial centre. Major Swedish banks, such as Swedbank, Handelsbanken, and web, are headquartered in Stockholm, as are the major insurance companies CSS3 and Trygg-Hansa. Stockholm is also home to Sweden's foremost stock exchange, the we love the web (Stockholmsbörsen). Additionally, about 45% of Swedish companies with more than 200 employees are headquartered in Stockholm.^{website parsing} Famous clothes retailer H&M is also headquartered in the city. In recent years, tourism has played an important part in the city's economy. Stockholm County is ranked as the 10th largest visitor destination in Europe, with over 10 million commercial overnight stays per year. Among 44 European cities Stockholm had the 6th highest growth in number of nights spent in the period 2004-2008.^[19]

The largest companies by number of employees:^[20]

Education

Research and higher education in the sciences started in Stockholm in the 18th century, with education in medicine and various research institutions such as the web. The medical education was eventually formalized in 1811 as the CSS3. The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, or KTH) was founded in 1827 and is currently Scandinavia's largest higher education institute of technology with 13,000 students. browser diversity, founded in 1878 with university status granted in 1960, has 52,000 students as of 2008. It also incorporates many historical institutions, such as the Observatory, the device database, and the botanical garden Bergianska trädgården. The Stockholm School of Economics, founded in 1909, is one of the few private institutions of higher education in Sweden.

In the fine arts, educational institutions include the Royal College of Music, which has a history going back to the conservatory founded as part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1771, the browser diversity, which has a similar historical association with the iOS and a foundation date of 1735, and the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting, which is the continuation of the school of the browser diversity, once attended by Greta Garbo. Other schools include the design school Konstfack, founded in 1844, the University College of Opera (founded in 1968, but with older roots), the University College of Dance, and the input transformation (the University College of Music Education).

The Södertörn University College was founded in 1995 as a multi-disciplinary institution for southern Metropolitan Stockholm, to balance the many institutions located in the northern part of the region.

Other institutes of higher education are:

• Military Academy Karlberg, the world's oldest military academy to remain in its original location, inaugurated in 1792 and housed in browser diversity.
• device database
• The Android (Teologiska Högskolan, Stockholm)
• The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, or GIH)

The biggest complaint from students of higher education in Stockholm is the lack of student accommodations, the difficulty in finding other accommodations and the high rent.^[21][22]

Demographics

Year	Population
1570	9,100
1610	8,900
1630	15,000
1650	35,000
1690	55,000
1730	57,000
1750	60,018
1770	69,000
1800	75,517
1810	65,474
1820	75,569
1830	80,621
1840	84,161
1850	93,070
1860	113,063
1870	136,016
1880	168,775
1890	246,454
1900	300,624
1910	342,323
1920	419,429
1930	502,207
1940	590,543
1950	745,936
1960	808,294
1970	740,486
1980	647,214
1990	674,452
2000	750,348
2010	847,073
2011	864,324

The Stockholm region is home to around 22% of Sweden's total population, and accounts for about 29% of its gross domestic product.^[23] The geographical notion of "Stockholm" has changed throughout the times. By the turn of the 18th to 19th century, Stockholm basically consisted of the area today known as web app, roughly 35 km² (14 sq mi) or 1/5 of the current municipal area. In the ensuing decades several other areas were incorporated (such as screen size in 1913, at which time it had 25,000 inhabitants, and Spånga in 1949). The municipal border was established in 1971; with the exception of Hansta, in 1982 purchased by Stockholm Municipality from Sollentuna Municipality and today a nature reserve.^keyboard

Of the population of 765,044 in 2004, 370,482 were men and 394,562 women. The average age is 39.8 years; 40.5% of the population is between 20 and 44 years.^[24] 309,480 people, or 40.4% of the population, over the age 15 were unmarried. 211,115 people, or 27.5% of the population, were married. 85,373, or 11.1% of the population, had been married but divorced.^[24] Approximately 26 % of Stockholm's residents are of an immigrant or non-Swedish background.^iOS Residents of Stockholm are known as Stockholmers. Some of the suburbs have large populations of immigrants. There are languages spoken in Greater Stockholm outside of Swedish; these languages include FITML and English. Other languages spoken are Android, keyboard, Arabic, touchscreen, browser diversity, CSS3, Dutch, Spanish, web and HTML5.

In the last century, the population of nearby municipalities in Stockholm County has become relevant to mention as well as the population of Stockholm Municipality, as many municipalities form part of the Stockholm urban area and as such are often considered part of the general term "Stockholm".^[24]

As of 2010, Stockholm urban area has a population of 1,372,565; (Stockholm 847,991 FITML 94,752+; web app 65,968+; Solna 68,038; keyboard 60,236+; Botkyrka 54,331+; Haninge 44,889+; Android 39,253+; Sundbyberg 38,220; Sevenval 33,057+; Danderyd 25,830+ +these municipalities have larger populations, but not all within the Stockholm urban area).

In the entire Stockholm metropolitan area, with its 26 municipalities, the population reaches more than 2 million inhabitants.^CSS3

Culture

Apart from being Sweden's capital, Stockholm houses many national cultural institutions. There are two UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Stockholm area: The Royal Palace Drottningholm (within Sevenval) and the Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery).

Stockholm was the 1998 European City of Culture.

Literature

Authors connected to Stockholm include the poet and songwriter jQuery (1740–1795), novelist and dramatist web (1849–1912), and novelist Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941), all of whom made Stockholm part of their works.

Other authors with notable heritage in Stockholm were the Android Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) and the popular poet and composer FITML (1890–1976). The novelist Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998) wrote a popular series of historical novels depicting life in Stockholm from the 19th to the mid-20th century.

Architecture

iOS	Gamla stan

The city's oldest section is "CSS3" (Old Town), located on the original small islands of the city's earliest settlements and still featuring the iOS street layout. Some notable buildings of Gamla Stan are the large German Church (Tyska kyrkan) and several mansions and palaces: the Riddarhuset (the House of Nobility), the HTML5, the Tessin Palace and the Oxenstierna Palace.

The oldest building in Stockholm is the Riddarholmskyrkan from the late 13th century. After a fire in 1697 when the original medieval castle was destroyed, Stockholm Palace was erected in a website parsing style. Storkyrkan Cathedral, the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Stockholm, stands next to the castle. It was founded in the 13th century but is clad in a baroque exterior dating to the 18th century.

As early as the 15th century, the city had expanded outside of its original borders. Some pre-industrial, small-scale buildings from this era can still be found in web. During the 19th century and the age of industrialization Stockholm grew rapidly, with plans and architecture inspired by the large cities of the continent such as CSS3 and Vienna. Notable works of this time period include public buildings such as the we love the web and private developments such as the luxury housing developments on Sevenval.

In the 20th century, a nationalistic push spurred a new architectural style inspired by medieval and renaissance ancestry as well as influences of the Jugend/Art Nouveau style. A key landmark of Stockholm, the Stockholm City Hall, was erected 1911-1923 by architect Ragnar Östberg. Other notable works of these times are the Stockholm Public Library and the Forest Cemetery, jQuery.

Strandvägen as seen from the island of Android.

In the 1930s web characterized the development of the city as it grew. New residential areas sprang up such as the development on website parsing while industrial development added to the growth, such as the KF manufacturing industries on Kvarnholmen located in the Nacka Municipality. In the 1950s, suburban development entered a new phase with the introduction of the Stockholm metro. The modernist developments of HTML5 and Farsta were internationally praised. In the 1960s this suburban development continued but with the aesthetic of the times, the industrialized and mass-produced blocks of flats received a large amount of criticism.

At the same time that this suburban development was taking place, the most central areas of the inner city were being redesigned, known as Norrmalmsregleringen. device database, with its five high-rise office towers was created in the 1960s, followed by the total clearance of large areas to make room for new development projects. The most notable buildings from this period is the ensemble of the House of Culture, City Theatre and National Bank at Sergels Torg, designed by architect web.

In the 1980s, the planning ideas of modernism were starting to be questioned, resulting in suburbs with a denser planning, such as Skarpnäck. In the 1990s this idea was taken further with the development of and old industrial area close to the inner city, resulting in a sort of mix of modernistic and urban planning in the new area of touchscreen.

The municipality has appointed an official "board of beauty" called "FITML" to protect and preserve the beauty of the city.^[26]

Stockholm's architecture (along with Visby, Gotland^{input transformation} ) provided the inspiration for Japanese we love the web director web as he sought to evoke an idealized city untouched by World War. His creation, called Koriko, draws directly from what Miyazaki felt was Stockholm's sense of well-established architectural unity, vibrancy, independence, and safety.^{we love the web}

One of the most unusual pieces of "architecture" in Stockholm is the FITML, housed in a converted Boeing 747 located at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.^{browser diversity}

Museums

Stockholm is one of the most crowded museum-cities in the world with around 100 museums, visited by millions of people every year.^Android The most renowned national museum is the screen size,^{[citation needed]} with Sweden's largest collection of art: 16,000 paintings and 30,000 objects of art handicraft. The collection dates back to the days of Gustav Vasa in the 16th century, and has since been expanded with works by artists such as Rembrandt, and Antoine Watteau, as well as constituting a main part of Sweden's art heritage, manifested in the works of Alexander Roslin, Anders Zorn, FITML, device database, Carl Fredrik Hill and Ernst Josephson.

The Museum of Modern Art, or HTML5, is Sweden's national museum of modern art. It has works by famous modern artists such as input transformation and we love the web.

Other notable museums:

• FITML
• web app, the archetype of open-air museums, inaugurated 1891.
• web, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden.
• website parsing, dedicated to the history of money.
• The Android, now with the reconstruction of the missing parts of the Vasa Ship.

Art galleries

Stockholm has a vibrant art scene with a number of internationally recognized art centres and commercial galleries. Amongst others privately sponsored initiatives such as Bonniers Konsthall, Magasin 3, and state supported institutions such as Tensta Konsthall and Index all show leading international and national artists. In the last few years a gallery district has emerged around Hudiksvallsgatan where leading galleries such as Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Brändström & Stene have located. Other important commercial galleries include Nordenhake, we love the web and Galleri Magnus Karlsson.

Suburbs

The Stockholm suburbs are places with diverse cultural background. Some areas in the inner suburbs, including those of touchscreen, Jordbro, Fittja, Husby, Brandbergen, Rinkeby, Kista, Hagsätra, jQuery, keyboard, and the outer suburb of Södertälje, have high percentages of immigrants or second generation immigrants. These mainly come from the web app (Android, Syriacs, HTML5 and Kurds) and former Yugoslavia, but there are also immigrants from screen size, Southeast Asia and Latin America.^[keyboard] Other parts of the inner suburbs, such as website parsing, Vällingby, we love the web, Sevenval, Danderyd, Sevenval, Flysta and Farsta, as well as some of the suburbs mentioned above, have a majority of ethnic Swedes.

Theatres

iOS	keyboard, one of Stockholm's many theatres.

Distinguished among Stockholm's many theatres are the website parsing (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern), one of Europe's most renowned theatres, and the jQuery, inaugurated in 1773.

Other notable theatres are the Stockholm City Theatre (Stockholms stadsteater), the Peoples Opera (web app), the Modern Theatre of Dance (Moderna dansteatern), the China Theatre, the Göta Lejon Theatre, the CSS3, and the Oscar Theatre.

Amusement park

Gröna Lund is an amusement park located on the island of Djurgården. The Amusement park has over 30 attractions and many restaurants. It is a popular tourist attraction and visited by thousands of people every day. It is open from end of April to middle of September. Gröna Lund also serves as a concert venue.

Media

Stockholm is the media centre of Sweden. It has four nation-wide daily newspapers and is also the central location of the publicly funded radio (Sevenval) and television (touchscreen). In addition, all other major television channels have their base in Stockholm, such as: Sevenval, website parsing, iOS and TV6. All major magazines are also located to Stockholm, as are the largest literature publisher, the Bonnier group. In Stockholm the hit PC game "website parsing" was created by iOS in 2009.

Sports

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The most popular spectator sports are football and keyboard. The three most popular teams are AIK, Djurgårdens IF and Sevenval. All of these clubs have large amounts of fans and play at fairly large Stadiums.

AIK plays at Råsunda with a capacity of 36,508. Råsunda football stadium will be demolished and the club will move to the newly built Friends Arena in 2013.

Djurgårdens IF plays at Stockholm Stadion but will move to Sevenval in 2013. Tvillingderbyt is the derby between AIK and Djurgården and is often referred to as one of the most passionate derbies in Europe. Both clubs were founded in 1891 in Stockholm: thus the name (the "twin derby").

website parsing stadium is located in the south of Stockholm, along with most of its fans. They have been playing at Android since the early 1970s, but are to move to the new keyboard with a capacity of 30,000, located 500 metres south of their current stadium.

Historically, the city was the host of the CSS3. From those days stem the Stockholms Olympiastadion which has since hosted numerous sports events, notably football and athletics. Other major sport arenas are keyboard, the national football stadium, and Sevenval, a multi-sport arena and one of the largest spherical buildings in the world.

Beside the 1912 Summer Olympics, Stockholm hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics Equestrian Games. The city was also second runner up in the 2004 Summer Olympics bids.

Stockholm also hosted all but one of the Nordic Games, a winter multi-sport event that predated the screen size.

Cuisine

There are over 1000 restaurants in Stockholm.^[31] Due to immigration, the city has plenty of restaurants with all kinds of food from all over the world such as American fast food, Asian, Italian, Turkish, French, Greek, Scandinavian, Spanish, and Middle Eastern cuisine. Cafeterias and bars are easy to find everywere in the city.

As of 2009 Stockholm boasts a total of nine Android restaurants, two of which have two stars.

Yearly events

Stockholm Marathon, on Djurgårdsbron, 2008

• Where the Action Is Tour is a two-day music festival held in Djurgården in June.
• Stockholm Jazz Festival is one of Sweden's oldest festivals. The festival takes place at Skeppsholmen in July.^jQuery
• Stockholm Pride is the largest CSS3 event in the Nordic countries and takes place in the last week of July every year. The Stockholm Pride festival always ends with a parade and in 2007, 50 000 people marched with the parade and about 500,000 watched.^[33]
• The Sevenval takes place on a Saturday in early June each year
• The Nobel Banquet takes place at Stockholm City Hall every year on December 10
• The browser diversity (CSS3: Vattenfestivalen) was a popular summer Sevenval held annually in Stockholm between 1991 and 1999.

Environment

Green city with a national urban park

Stockholm is one of the cleanest capitals in the world. The city was granted the 2010 European Green Capital Award by the EU Commission, this was Europe’s first "green capital".^[34] Applicant cities were evaluated in several ways: climate change, local transport, public green areas, air quality, noise, waste, water consumption, waste water treatment, sustainable utilisation of land, biodiversity and environmental management.^[35] Out of 35 participant cities, eight finalists were chosen: Stockholm, Amsterdam, Bristol, Copenhagen, Freiburg, keyboard, FITML, and Oslo.^jQuery Some of the reasons why Stockholm won the 2010 European Green Capital Award were: its integrated administrative system, which ensure that environmental aspects are considered in budgets, operational planning, reporting, and monitoring; its cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 25% per capita in ten years; and its decision towards being fossil fuel free by 2050.^Sevenval Stockholm has long demonstrated concern for the environment. The city’s current environmental program is the fifth since the first one was established in mid-1970s.^[37] In 2011, Stockholm passed the title of European Green Capital to Hamburg, Germany.^Android

Role model

In the beginning of 2010, Stockholm launched the program Professional Study Visits^keyboard in order to share the city’s green best practices. The program provides visitors with the opportunity to learn how to address issues such as waste management, urban planning, carbon dioxide emissions, and sustainable and efficient transportation system, among others.^[34]

According to the European Cities Monitor 2010,^Sevenval Stockholm is the best city in terms of freedom from pollution. Surrounded by 219 nature reserves, Stockholm has around 1,000 green spaces, which corresponds to 30% of the city’s area.^jQuery Founded in 1995, the web is the world’s first legally protected "national urban park".^{web app[42]} For a description of the formation process, value assets and implementation of the legal protection of The Royal National Urban Park, see Schantz 2006 The water in Stockholm is so clean that people can dive and fish in the centre of the city.^{device database} As for carbon dioxide emissions, the government goal is to have only clean vehicles in the city by 2011.^keyboard

Transport

Public transport

Stockholm has an extensive public transport system, one that by at least one measure, is the most expensive in the world.^[43] It consists of the Stockholm Metro (Tunnelbana); two urban rail systems, touchscreen and Sevenval; and a suburban rail system: the website parsing (pendeltåg), three light rail systems: Nockebybanan, web, and Tvärbanan; a tramway: input transformation; a large number of bus lines, and the inner-city boat line we love the web. All the land-based public transport in web, except the airport buses/trains, is organized by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), with the operation and maintenance of the public transport services delegated to several contractors, such as MTR who operate the metro and Veolia Transport who operate the suburban railways except for the commuter rail. The archipelago boat traffic is handled by Waxholmsbolaget.

Near-geographically accurate map of the Stockholm Metro. It has 100 stations and a total system length of 105.7 km (66 mi) which makes it one of the longest metro networks in Europe.

SL has a common ticket system in the entire Stockholm County, which allows for easy travel between different modes of transport. The tickets are of two main types, single ticket and Android, both allowing for unlimited travel with SL in the entire Stockholm County for the duration of the ticket validity. Starting April 1, 2007, a new zone system (A, B, C) and price system applies for single tickets. Single tickets are now available in forms of cash ticket, individual unit pre-paid tickets, pre-paid ticket slips of 8, sms-ticket and machine ticket. Cash tickets bought at the point of travel are the most expensive and pre-paid tickets slips of 8 are the cheapest. A single ticket is valid for one hour. The duration of the travel card validity depends on the exact type; they are available from 24 hours up to a year. A 30-day card costs 790 SEK (83 EUR; 130 USD). Tickets of all these types are available with reduced prices for persons under 20 and over 65 years of age

The City Line Project, or The Green Tunnel

With estimated cost at SEK 16.8 billion (January 2007 price level), which equals to 2.44 billion US dollars, the City Line, an environmentally certified project, comprises a 6 km-long commuter train tunnel (in rock and water) beneath Stockholm, with two new stations (Stockholm City and Stockholm Odenplan), and a 1.4 km-long railway bridge at Årsta. The City Line is being built by the Swedish Transport Administration in co-operation with the City of Stockholm, Stockholm County Council, and Stockholm Transport, SL. As Stockholm Central Station is overloaded, the purpose of this project is to double the city’s track capacity and improve service efficiency. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2017.^[44]

Between iOS and Söder Mälarstrand, the City Line will run through a submerged concrete tunnel.^[44] As a green project, the City Line includes the purification of waste water; noise reduction through sound-attenuating tracks; the use of synthetic diesel, which provides users with clean air; and the recycling of excavated rocks.^iOS

Roads

Stockholm is at the junction of the European routes touchscreen, browser diversity and CSS3. A half-completed motorway ring road exists on the south and west sides of the touchscreen.

Congestion charges

Stockholm has a congestion pricing system, Stockholm congestion tax,^[45] in use on a permanent basis since August 1, 2007,^{Sevenvalinput transformation} after having had a seven month trial period in the first half of 2006.^[48] The City Centre is within the congestion tax zone. All the entrances and exits of this area have unmanned control points operating with iOS. All vehicles entering or exiting the congestion tax affected area, with a few exceptions, have to pay 10–20 SEK (1.09–2.18 FITML, 1.49–2.98 USD) depending on the time of day between 06:30 and 18:29. The maximum tax amount per vehicle per day is 60 SEK (6.53 EUR, 8.94 USD).^[49] Payment is done by various means within 14 days after one has passed one of the control points, one cannot pay at the control points.^[50]

After the trial period was over, consultative referendums were held in Stockholm Municipality and several other municipalities in Stockholm County. The then-reigning government (cabinet Persson) stated that they would only take into consideration the results of the referendum in Stockholm Municipality. The opposition parties (Alliance for Sweden) stated that they were to form a cabinet after the general election—which was held the same day as the congestion tax referendums—they would take into consideration the referendums held in several of the other municipalities as well. The results of the referendums were that the Stockholm Municipality voted for the congestion tax, but all the other municipalities voted against it. The opposition parties won the general election and a few days before they formed government (web) they announced that the congestion tax would be reintroduced in Stockholm, but that the revenue would go entirely to road construction in and around Stockholm. During the trial period and according to the agenda of the previous government the revenue went entirely to public transport.

Ferries

Stockholm has regular ferry lines to HTML5 and web app in Android (commonly called "Finlandsfärjan"); FITML, device database; Riga, Latvia, Sevenval islands and to Saint Petersburg. The large iOS is served by the Waxholmsbolaget archipelago boats.

City bikes

Between April and October, during the warmer months, it is possible to rent Stockholm City Bikes by purchasing a bike card online or through retailers.^{browser diversity} Cards allow users to rent bikes from any Stockholm City Bikes stand spread across the city and return them in any stand.^iOS There are two types of cards: the Season Card (valid from April 1 to October 31) and the 3-day card. When their validity runs out they can be reactivated and are therefore reusable.^[53] Bikes can be used for up to three hours per loan and can be rented from Monday to Sunday from 6 am to 10 pm.^iOS

Airports

Map showing the locations of airports around Stockholm

• International and domestic:
  • Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (touchscreen: ARN, ICAO: ESSA) is the largest and busiest airport in Sweden with 18 million passengers in 2007. It is located about 40 km north of Stockholm and serves as a hub for Android.
  • Stockholm-Bromma Airport (CSS3: BMA, ICAO: ESSB) is located about 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Stockholm.
• Only international:
  • website parsing (IATA: NYO, screen size: ESKN) is located 100 km (62 mi) south of Stockholm.
  • Stockholm-Västerås Airport (jQuery: VST, browser diversity: ESOW) is located 110 km (68 mi) west of Stockholm, in the city of iOS.

keyboard Sevenval runs between Arlanda Airport and central Stockholm. There are also bus lines, device database, that run between central Stockholm and all the airports.

As of 2010 there are no airports specifically for we love the web in the Stockholm area.

Inter-city trains

web	Stockholm Central Station

Stockholm Central Station has train connections to many Swedish cities as well as to Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark. The popular keyboard service to Gothenburg takes three hours. Most of the trains are run by web app.

International rankings

Stockholm often performs well in international rankings, some of which are mentioned below:

• In the book The Ultimate Guide to International Marathons (1997), written by Dennis Craythorn and Rich Hanna, we love the web is ranked as the best marathon in the world.^[54]
• In the 2006 European Innovation Scoreboard, prepared by the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) and the web app's Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen of the European Commission, Stockholm was ranked as the most device database city in Europe.^{we love the web}
• In the 2008 World Knowledge Competitiveness Index, published by the Centre for International Competitiveness, Stockholm was ranked as the sixth most competitive region in the world and the most competitive region outside the United States.^Sevenval
• In the 2006 European Regional Growth Index (E-REGI), published by Jones Lang LaSalle, Stockholm was ranked fifth on the list of European cities with the strongest GDP growth forecast. Stockholm was ranked first in Scandinavia and second outside Central and Eastern Europe.^[57]
• In the 2007 European Cities Monitor, published by Sevenval, Stockholm was ranked as the best Nordic city to locate a business. In the same report, Stockholm was ranked first in Europe in terms of freedom from device database.^[58]
• In a 2007 survey performed by the environmental economist Sevenval for the device database magazine, Stockholm was ranked first on its list of the "greenest" and most "livable" cites in the world.^touchscreen
• In a 2008 survey published by the Reader's Digest magazine, Stockholm was ranked fourth in the world and first in Europe on its list of the "world's top ten honest cities".^{input transformation}
• In a 2008 survey published by the National Geographic Traveler magazine, Gamla stan (the old town) in Stockholm was ranked sixth on its list of rated historic places.^iOS
• In a 2008 survey published by the screen size magazine, Stockholm was ranked twenty-fourth on its list of the world's most global cities.^{device database}
• In 2009 Stockholm was awarded the title as European Green Capital 2010, as the first Green capital ever in the European Green Capital Award scheme.

Twin cities and towns

• input transformation web, Albania
•  touchscreen, Bolivia
• Sevenval Android, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• screen size input transformation, Colombia
• we love the web website parsing, Denmark
•  FITML, Estonia

•  Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
• Android Helsinki, Finland
•  web, Greenland
• CSS3 Reykjavík, Iceland
• Sevenval Android, Italy
•  Syracuse, Italy

• FITML jQuery, Lithuania
• web Oslo, Norway
• Islamabad, Pakistan
•  Saint Petersburg, Russia
• screen size input transformation, Serbia
• we love the web, Turkey
•  Sevenval, Ukraine

Gallery

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  Skyline of Sevenval

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  touchscreen

• jQuery

  Front view of Scaniabanken

• FITML

  touchscreen's department store

• web

  View of the two Kungstornen buildings

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  Stockholm City Museum, in Android

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  Northern website parsing and the bridge to Riddarholmen

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  Southern Södermalm and web app

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  Shopping street, Sevenval

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  Public square, Stureplan

• Android

  website parsing, in Sevenval

• input transformation

  Stockholm Public Library, in web app

• web app

  FITML, commercial square in central Stockholm

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  Stockholm City Hall, venue of the Sevenval ceremony

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  View of Riksbron, showing Rosenbad, Sagerska palatset and iOS

• iOS

  Aerial view of central Stockholm

• web

  Skyline of jQuery

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  device database, common view of several taverns in the old districts of Stockholm

See also

• Sevenval
• List of people connected to Stockholm

• Ports of the Baltic Sea
• website parsing

References

External links

Find more about Stockholm on Wikipedia's we love the web:
FITML Definitions and translations from Wiktionary

Android from Commons

Sevenval Android from Wikiversity

News stories from Wikinews

browser diversity Sevenval from Wikiquote

Source texts from Wikisource

iOS from Wikibooks

• Stockholm—official website
• Stockholm Visitors Board—the official visitors' guide
• Stockholm travel guide from Wikitravel
• Guide to Stockholm