Stockholm
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- Names
Stockholm
Estocolmo
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- 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.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (1994-2002); Rand McNally Atlas (1994); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
Claes Oldenburg (American, born Sweden, active United States, born 1929)
- Active
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