Stockholmsområdet vid 3 000 f.kr.Illustration av olika historiska vattenstånd i Stockholmstrakten med hjälp av Västerbron
Stockholm is the caipital oSwaden an constitutes the maist populatit urban area inScandinavie.[6][7] Stockholm is the maist muckle ceety in Swaden, wi a population o 851,155 in themunicipality (2010), 1.37 million in the urban area (2010), an aroond 2.1 million in the 6,519 km2 (2,517.00 sq mi)metropolitan area (2010). As o 2010, the Stockholm metropolitan area is hame tae approximately 22% o Swaden's population.
Foondit no later than circa 1250, possibly as early as 1187, Stockholm haes lang been ane o Swaden'scultural,media,poleetical, aneconomic centres. Its strategic location on 14 islands on the sooth-central east coast o Swaden at the mooth oLake Mälaren, bi theStockholm airchipelago, haes been historically important. Stockholm haes been nominatit biGaWC as aglobal ceety, wi a rankin o Alpha-.[8] In The 2008 Global Cities Index, Stockholm rankt 24t in the warld, 10t in Europe, an first inScandinavie.[9] Stockholm is kent for its beauty, its biggins an airchitectur, its abundant clean an open watter, an its mony pairks.[10] It is whiles referred tae asVenice o the North.[11]
