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Stockholm

[ stok-hohm, -hohlm; Swedish stawk-hawlm ]

noun

  1. the chief seaport in and the capital of Sweden, in the SE part.


Stockholm

/ ˈstɒkhəʊm; ˈstɔkhɔlm /

noun

  1. the capital of Sweden, a port in the E central part at the outflow of Lake Mälaren into the Baltic: situated partly on the mainland and partly on islands; traditionally founded about 1250; university (1877). Pop: 765 582 (2004 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Stockholm

  1. Capital of Sweden and largest city in the country, located in southern Sweden on the Baltic Sea .
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Notes

Each year the Nobel Prizes (except the prize for peace) are awarded in Stockholm.
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A new, violent chapter in Sweden's gang wars began when Abdo's mother was murdered in 2023 at her home in Uppsala, north of Stockholm.

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Edward Carr, senior scientist and director of the Stockholm Environment Institute’s center in the U.S., said the report’s cancellation is “another effort to erase the evidence on which serious policy debate can be constructed.”

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The incident happened on the eve of the Walpurgis spring festival, which brings large crowds onto the streets of Uppsala, which is located north of the capital Stockholm, and known for its university.

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Also, Afghanistan did not feature in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's top 25 largest exporters of major arms last year.

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“He filmed those concerts from the ’70s that he wanted me to watch, with Albert King playing guitar and smoking a pipe onstage in rainy Stockholm.”

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