Stockholm County
Stockholm County in Sweden comprises the country's capital city, Stockholm, and its surrounding municipalities. With 2.3 million inhabitants, it is both the country's most populous region and the most densely populated one.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Stockholm and Södermalm.
Stockholm
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Stockholm is Sweden's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within Stockholm County. The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the Stockholm archipelago with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.
Södermalm
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Södermalm is the southern borough of central Stockholm, consisting of the island of Södermalm proper, two smaller islands connected to it from the west, as well as the neighbourhood of Hammarby Sjöstad on the opposite bank of the Hammarby Sjö in the east, which is a redeveloped former industrial area that was transformed into a model sustainable residential community.
Södertälje
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Södertälje, is a city in the province of Södermanland and Stockholm County in Sweden. Many visit the city for attractions like the science centre Tom Tits and the open air museum Torekällberget.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sigtuna and Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
Sigtuna
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Sigtuna is a city in Sigtuna Municipality in Stockholm County, north of Stockholm's northern suburbs. The city of Sigtuna was Sweden's capital from the 10th to the 13th centuries and has 8,000 residents.
Stockholm Arlanda Airport
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Stockholm Arlanda Airport, commonly known as Arlanda, is an international airport in the Stockholm County region of Sweden, some 35 km north of central Stockholm.
Norrtälje
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Norrtälje, archaic spelling Norrtelje, is a town in northern Stockholm County, and the gateway to the northern parts of Stockholm archipelago. The ports of Kapellskär and Grisslehamn have international ferry connections.
Stockholm archipelago
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The Stockholm archipelago, Stockholms skärgård or skärgården, is a group of thousands of islands in the Svealand region, extending east of Stockholm in the Baltic Sea.
Märsta
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Märsta is with its 27,000 inhabitants the largest city in Sigtuna Municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden. It is located between the capital Stockholm, some 35 km to the south, and Sweden's fourth largest city Uppsala, some 30 km to the north, and some 4 km from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.
Ekerö
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Ekerö is a freshwater archipelago in lake Mälaren, which forms a municipality in Stockholm County. Ekerö is also the only Swedish municipality with two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Viking age settlement Birka, and Drottningholm Palace, which is the residence of the Royal family.
Södertörn
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Södertörn is an island in Sweden, making up the southern part of Stockholm County province, protruding into the Baltic Sea. With many bridges to Stockholm's islands and to Södertälje, Södertörn is usually perceived as part of mainland Sweden.
Stockholm County
- Type: county of Sweden with 2,450,000 residents
- Description: county in Sweden
- Also known as: “County of Stockholm”, “SE110”, “Stockholm”, and “Stockholms Län”
- Neighbors: Åland and Uppsala County
- Location: Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Stockholm County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Stokkolma”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة ستوكهولم”
- Aragonese: “Condau d’Estocolmo”
- Armenian: “Ստոկհոլմի լեն”
- Asturian: “provincia d’Estocolmu”
- Asturian: “Provincia d’Estocolmu”
- Azerbaijani: “Stokholm leni”
- Balinese: “County Stockholm”
- Basque: “Stockholmeko konderria”
- Basque: “Stockholmgo konderria”
- Belarusian: “лен Стакгольм”
- Belarusian: “лэн Стакгольм”
- Belarusian: “Стакгольм (лен)”
- Belarusian: “Стакгольм (лэн)”
- Belarusian: “Стакгольм”
- Bengali: “স্টকহোম কাউন্টি”
- Bosnian: “Kotar Stockholm”
- Bosnian: “Okrug Stockholm”
- Bosnian: “Stockholms län”
- Bosnian: “Stockholmski kotar”
- Bulgarian: “Стокхолм”
- Bulgarian: “Стокхолмска област”
- Catalan: “comtat d’Estocolm”
- Catalan: “Comtat d’Estocolm”
- Cebuano: “Stockholms län”
- Chinese: “Stockholm Koān”
- Chinese: “斯德哥尔摩省”
- Chinese: “斯德哥爾摩省”
- Cornish: “Konteth Stockholm”
- Croatian: “Stockholms län”
- Czech: “Stockholm”
- Danish: “Stockholms Amt”
- Danish: “Stockholms län”
- Dutch: “Stockholm”
- Dutch: “Stockholms lan”
- Dutch: “Stockholms län”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ستوكهولم”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة ستوكهولم”
- Esperanto: “provinco Stokhlolmo”
- Esperanto: “Stockholms län”
- Estonian: “Stockholmi lään”
- Faroese: “Stockholms län”
- Finnish: “Tukholma”
- Finnish: “Tukholman lääni”
- French: “comté de Stockholm”
- French: “Comté de Stockholm”
- French: “province de Stockholm”
- French: “Stockholm”
- Galician: “condado de Estocolmo”
- Galician: “Condado de Estocolmo”
- Georgian: “სტოკჰოლმი”
- German: “SE-AB”
- German: “Stockholm”
- German: “Stockholms län”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Στοκχόλμης”
- Greek: “κομητεία της Στοκχόλμης”
- Gujarati: “સ્ટોકહોમ કાઉન્ટી”
- Hebrew: “מחוז סטוקהולם”
- Hebrew: “מחוז שטוקהולם”
- Hebrew: “סטוקהולם”
- Hindi: “स्टॉकहोम काउंटी”
- Hindi: “स्टॉकहोम लैन”
- Hungarian: “Stockholm megye”
- Icelandic: “Stokkhólms lán”
- Ido: “Komtio Stockholm”
- Indonesian: “County Stockholm”
- Indonesian: “Daerah Stockholm”
- Irish: “Contae Stócólm”
- Irish: “Stócólm”
- Italian: “contea di Stoccolma”
- Italian: “Contea di Stoccolma”
- Italian: “Stockholms län”
- Japanese: “ストックホルム県”
- Kannada: “ಸ್ಟಾಕ್ಹೋಮ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
- Karelian: “Tukholma”
- Korean: “스톡홀름 주”
- Korean: “스톡홀름주”
- Kurdish: “Stockholm (län)”
- Kurdish: “Stockholm”
- Ladin: “Contea de Stockholm”
- Latin: “Holmiae Comitatus”
- Latvian: “Stokholmas lēne”
- Latvian: “Stokholmas lēnis”
- Limburgan: “Stockholms län”
- Lithuanian: “Stokholmo lenas”
- Lombard: “contea de Stocolma”
- Lombard: “Contea de Stocolma”
- Low German: “Lehn Stockholm”
- Macedonian: “Стокхолм”
- Malay: “Daerah Stockholm”
- Maltese: “Stokkolma”
- Marathi: “स्टॉकहोम काउंटी”
- Mazanderani: “استکهلم اوستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Stockholm Koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Stockholm Kōan”
- Mingrelian: “სტოკჰოლმი (ლენი)”
- Mingrelian: “სტოკჰოლმი”
- Northern Frisian: “Stockholm”
- Northern Frisian: “Stockholms län”
- Northern Sami: “Stockholmma leatna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stockholm len”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stockholms fylke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stockholms län”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stockholms len”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stockholms län”
- Norwegian: “Stockholms län”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Comtat d’Estocòlme”
- Ossetian: “Стокгольм (лен)”
- Ossetian: “Стокгольм”
- Ossetian: “Стокгольмы лен”
- Persian: “استان استکهلم”
- Persian: “شهرستان استکهلم”
- Polish: “Sztokholm”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Estocolmo”
- Portuguese: “Estocolmo”
- Portuguese: “Província de Estocolmo”
- Portuguese: “Stockholm”
- Romanian: “comitatul Stockholm”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Stockholm”
- Romanian: “Stockholm län”
- Romanian: “Stockholms lan”
- Russian: “лен Стокгольм”
- Russian: “Стокгольм (лен)”
- Russian: “Стокгольм”
- Rusyn: “Край Штокголм”
- Scots: “Coonty o Stockholm”
- Scots: “Stockholm Coonty”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Stockholms län”
- Serbian: “Stockholms län”
- Serbian: “Stokholm”
- Serbian: “Стокхолм”
- Serbian: “Стокхолмски округ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Stockholm”
- Sinhala: “ස්ටොක්හෝම් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Štokholmský kraj”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Stockholm”
- Slovenian: “Stockholms län”
- Spanish: “condado de Estocolmo”
- Spanish: “Estocolmo”
- Spanish: “provincia de Estocolmo”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Estocolmo”
- Swahili: “Stockholms län”
- Swedish: “SE-AB”
- Swedish: “stockholm”
- Swedish: “Stockholms län”
- Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Estokolmo”
- Tajik: “Стокҳолм”
- Tamil: “ஸ்டோக்ஹோல்ம் கவுண்டி”
- Tatar: “Стокгольм ләне”
- Telugu: “స్టాక్హోమ్ కౌంటీ”
- Thai: “เทศมณฑลสต็อกโฮล์ม”
- Turkish: “Stockholm län”
- Turkish: “Stockholm”
- Turkish: “Stockholms lan”
- Turkish: “Stockholms län”
- Turkish: “Stokholm ili”
- Turkish: “Stokholm lan”
- Turkish: “Stokholm, İsveç”
- Turkish: “Stokholm”
- Ukrainian: “лен Стокгольм”
- Ukrainian: “Стокгольм”
- Urdu: “سٹاکہوم کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “hạt Stockholm”
- Vietnamese: “Hạt Stockholm”
- Vietnamese: “Stockholm”
- Volapük: “Stokholmiän”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Estokolmo”
- Welsh: “Sir Stockholm”
- Western Frisian: “Provinsje Stokholm”
- Western Frisian: “Stockholms län”
- Wu Chinese: “斯德哥尔摩省”
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