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Also known as County of Stockholm

county in Sweden

AI overview

Stockholm County is a region in Sweden that includes the capital city of Stockholm and surrounding areas. It is the most populous county in Sweden and serves as the country's economic, political, and cultural center.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
county of Sweden
Country
Sweden
Located in
Sweden
Capital
Stockholm
Population
2486251
Area
10206.06
Head of government
Sven-Erik Österberg
Shares border with
Åland
Image
Vaxholmsleden February 2013 02 (crop).jpg
Licence plate code
AB
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topic's main category
Category:Stockholm County
Commons category
Stockholm County
different from
Region Stockholm
short name
Stockholm
category for people born here
Category:Births in Stockholm County
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Stockholm County
inception
1714-00-00
category of associated people
Category:People from Stockholm County
native label
Stockholms län
P11012
Mainz
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Encyclopedic overview

Stockholm County (Swedish: Stockholms län, pronounced [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlms ˈlɛːn]) is a county (Swedish: län) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland (Roslagen) and Södermanland (Södertörn). More than one fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county. Stockholm County is also one of the statistical riksområden (national areas) according to NUTS:SE, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics within the EU. With more than two million inhabitants, Stockholm is the most densely populated county of Sweden.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stockholm County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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