Gamla stan
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Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- City
- Stockholm
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- quarter
- Part of
- Södermalm city district
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Stockholm
- Population
- 3000
- Body of water
- Söderström
- Shares border with
- Södermalm
- Image
- Gamla stan February 2013 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gamla stan
- topic's main category
- Category:Gamla stan
- Commons gallery
- Gamla stan
- located in/on physical feature
- Stadsholmen
- different from
- Gamla stan metro station
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Encyclopedic overview
Gamla Stan ( Swedish: [ˈɡâmːla ˈstɑːn], "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla Stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Gamla Stan includes the surrounding islets Riddarholmen, Helgeandsholmen and Strömsborg. It has a population of approximately 3,000.
Gamla Stan has played a prominent role in the history of Swedish architecture, with many of Sweden's most renowned architects shaping the area; these include figures such as Nicodemus Tessin and Carl Hårleman, who worked on the Stockholm Palace, still located in the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gamla stan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.