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ID: 7009861 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009861			Record Type: administrative

Stockholm (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 59 20 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 59.3333 decimal degrees
Long: 018 05 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 18.0833 decimal degrees

Note: Built upon numerous islands as well as on the mainland, primarily by the Swedish ruler Birger Jarl in 13th cen.; rapidly developed as member of Hanseatic League; extensively rebuilt in 1634; destroyed by fires & rebuilt in 18th cen., expanded in 19th cen.

Names:

Stockholm (preferred,C,V,English-P)

שטוקהולם (C,U,Hebrew )

Estocolmo (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

....

Europe (continent) (P)

........

Sweden (nation) (P)

............

Stockholm (county) (P)

................

Stockholm (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	construction here was documented by 1252
city (C)
national capital (C)	............	established by Queen Christina in 1634
county seat (C)
port (C)
market center (C)	............	grew rapidly as the result of trade agreements with German city of Lübeck
cultural center (C)
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)

Related geographic places:

capital of ....	Sweden .......... (nation)
..................	(World, Europe) [1000097]
capital of ....	Swedish Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................	(World, Europe) [8698296]

Sources and Contributors:

שטוקהולם..........	[IMJ]
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)

Estocolmo..........	[VP]
....................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-53

Stockholm..........	[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
....................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 891
....................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 278
....................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 10/09/98
....................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
....................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 189
....................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)

Subject: .....	[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 891
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 278
..................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 10/09/98
..................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-53
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 189
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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