Stockholm, Södermanland Province, Sweden
🇸🇪 Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. It has the most populous urban area in Sweden as well as in Scandinavia. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County.
Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's GDP, and is among the top 10 regions in Europe by GDP per capita. It is the largest city in Scandinavia and the main centre for corporate headquarters in the Nordic region. The city is home to some of Europe's top ranking universities, such as the Stockholm School of Economics, Karolinska Institute, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. It hosts the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and banquet at the Stockholm Concert Hall and Stockholm City Hall. One of the city's most prized museums, the Vasa Museum, is the most visited non-art museum in Scandinavia. The Stockholm metro has been called the longest art gallery in the world. Sweden's national football arena is located north of the city centre, in Solna. Avicii Arena, the national indoor arena, is in the southern part of the city.
Stockholm is the seat of the Swedish government and most of its agencies, including the highest courts in the judiciary, and the official residencies of the Swedish monarch and the Prime Minister. The government has its seat in the Rosenbad building, the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) is seated in the Parliament House, and the Prime Minister's residence is adjacent at Sager House. Stockholm Palace is the official residence and principal workplace of the Swedish monarch, while Drottningholm Palace, a World Heritage Site on the outskirts of Stockholm, serves as the Royal Family's private residence.
Stockholm Arlanda Airport (IATA: ARN, ICAO: ESSA) is the largest and busiest airport in Sweden. Stockholm Central Station has train connections to many Swedish cities as well as to Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark. The popular X 2000 service to Gothenburg takes three hours. Most of the trains are run by SJ AB.
Stockholm, Stockholm, Suecia
Stockholm is rated Alpha − by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Alpha level cities are linked to major economic states and regions and into the world economy.
Stockholm is the #14 city in the world according to the Global Power City Index (GPCI) which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to their magnetism, or their comprehensive power to attract people, capital, and enterprises from around the world. It does so through measuring six key functions: Economy, Research and Development, Cultural Interaction, Liveability, Environment, and Accessibility.
Stockholm is the #26 city in the world according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) which evaluates and ranks the competitiveness of the major financial centres of the world according to a wide range of criteria – Human Capital, Business, Finance, Infrastructure and Reputation.
Stockholm is ranked #26 and rated B by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. B cities are international hub cities. Stockholm was ranked #92 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Stockholm has a population of over 1,515,017 people. Stockholm also forms the centre of the wider Stockholm metropolitan area which has a population of over 2,344,124 people. Stockholm is the #99 hipster city in the world, with a hipster score of 4.4802 according to the Hipster Index which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores. Stockholm is ranked #24 for startups with a score of 15.748.
Twin Towns – Sister Cities Stockholm is twinned with: 🇧🇴 La Paz, Bolivia; 🇧🇦 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 🇨🇴 Cali, Colombia; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark; 🇪🇪 Tallinn, Estonia; 🇫🇴 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands; 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland; 🇪🇹 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 🇬🇱 Nuuk, Greenland; 🇮🇸 Reykjavík, Iceland; 🇮🇹 Bassano del Grappa, Italy; 🇮🇹 Syracuse, Italy; 🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia; 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Lithuania; 🇲🇪 Podgorica, Montenegro; 🇲🇦 Khemisset, Morocco; 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands; 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia; 🇷🇸 Belgrade, Serbia; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey; 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine; 🇲🇽 Guadalajara, Mexico; 🇿🇲 Lusaka, Zambia.