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  Stockholm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Stockholm, or Stor-Stockholm, consists of most of the municipalities in the county, and has a population of 1,704,930 (2005).
In 1270 Stockholm appears in historical documents as a city and in 1289 it was described as the largest-populated city in the Swedish region.
Stockholm might be best known for the Nobel Prizes and the prize ceremony held each year, but the city also houses the largest concentration of universities with research and higher education in Sweden.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stockholm   (1319 words)

  
 Metropolitan Stockholm
Metropolitan Stockholm ( Stor-Stockholm or literally Greater Stockholm), is a metropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm.
The metropolitan region is located with in Stockholm County.
It is the largest of the three metropolitan areas in Sweden, followed by Metropolitan Gothenburg and Metropolitan Malmö.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/m/me/metropolitan_stockholm.html   (58 words)

  
 Stockholm County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stockholm County, or Stockholms län, is a County or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden.
The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.
The arms for the County of Stockholm is a combination of the arms of Uplandia, Sudermannnia and the City of Stockholm.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stockholm_County   (252 words)

  
 Stockholm [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stockholm County Stockholm County, or Stockholms län, is a County or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden.
The Metropolitan Stockholm Metropolitan Stockholm (Stor-Stockholm or literally Greater Stockholm), is a metropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm.
Royal Palace in Stockholm The Stockholm Palace, or Stockholms slott, is the royal palace and official residence of the Swedish monarch, in Stockholm.
www.wikimirror.com /Stockholm   (4178 words)

  
 Metropolis Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hence, metropolitan Stockholm is facing a vicious circle where areas considered to be poor and inhabited by many immigrants and by ethnic minorities a decade ago, are becoming poorer in relative and absolute terms while new, (vulnerable and disfavoured) immigrant groups move in.
As already mentioned, there are six municipalities in the Stockholm metropolitan region, (including eight larger housing areas): two residential areas in the municipality of Stockholm, two areas in the municipality of Botkyrka, and one each in the municipalities of Solna, Södertälje, Haninge, and Huddinge.
The municipality of Stockholm chiefly invests its efforts in actions related to the labour market, while Haninge is trying to stimulate social processes believed to increase a sense of social security, to build local participatory frameworks, and enhance the quality of life of its population.
www.international.metropolis.net /events/goth/cooperation.html   (5971 words)

  
 Stockholm - Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stockholm ['stɔkhɔlm, ˘stɔkhɔlm] is the capital and the largest City of Sweden.
The City of Stockholm is administratively a Municipality within Stockholm County, with an city population of 761,721 (2004), and with 1,695,946 (2004) including the suburbs (Stockholm County except Norrtälje, Nykvarn, Nynäshamn and Södertälje).
Stockholm might be most well known for the Nobel Prizes and the prize ceremony held each year, but the city also houses the largest concentration of universities with research and higher education in Sweden.
www.greatestinfo.org /Stockholm   (493 words)

  
 Metropolitan Stockholm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metropolitan Stockholm (also known as Greater Stockholm or Stor-Stockholm in Swedish), is a metropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm.
The metropolitan region is located within Stockholm County.
Metropolitan Stockholm is divided into 5 areas: Stockholm City Centre, South Stockholm, West Stockholm in the city of Stockholm; and the Northern suburbs and Southern suburbs, which consists of several municipalities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stor-Stockholm   (143 words)

  
 Stockholm - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden.
The City of Stockholm is administratively a municipality within Stockholm County.
The population of the city proper is 761,721 (2004), and with the suburbs included, the population is 1,695,946 (2004) (Stockholm County except Norrtälje, Nykvarn, Nynäshamn and Södertälje).
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Stockholm   (564 words)

  
 Stockholm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stockholm also created trading rules that gave Stockholm an essential monoply over trade between foreign merchants and other Swedish and Scandinavian territories.
The city is subdivided into 18 boroughs, which carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas.
Unofficially Stockholm is divided into three major parts: Stockholm City Centre ( Innerstaden), South Stockholm ( Söderort) and West Stockholm ( Västerort).
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stockholm   (1319 words)

  
 Stockholm -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stockholm is the (A seat of government) capital and the largest (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city of (A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula) Sweden.
The City of Stockholm is administratively a (An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) municipality within (Click link for more info and facts about Stockholm County) Stockholm County.
As a capital, Stockholm is the site of the (The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit) Government and the (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) Parliament of Sweden.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/St/Stockholm.htm   (1269 words)

  
 Stockholm Trip Report
Here was a city of similar population, in a somewhat smaller metropolitan region, that had decided 50 years ago to build a first-class transportation system, and had got the job done.
Today, as Stockholm looks ahead to celebrating its 750th anniversary next year, it is a city that moves, thanks to a subway system with 100 stations and an integrated commuter rail network with 48 stations.
Stockholm has been called the cleanest city in Europe and touts the fact that residents fish and swim in downtown waters.
www.cityofseattle.net /tda/trade_info/past_missions/stockholmtripreport.htm   (4589 words)

  
 Case studies of research and policy on migrants in cities - Stockholm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stockholm was affected because most of this migration was directed to industrial towns in the provinces surrounding Stockholm.
Stockholm's share of the "million apartments" housing programme was thus concentrated in Kista, Rinkeby and Tensta in the north west and in Skärholmen in the south.
Other large groups in the Stockholm region are persons of Polish origin (12,000, approximately one third of the total Polish population in Sweden) and persons born in the republics of former Yugoslavia (12,000, representing about one eighth of their total number in Sweden).
www.ercomer.org /metropolis/proceedings/Stockholm.html   (6580 words)

  
 Metaphrasis 15aug96   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Constantinople side was headed by Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, the Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Besides, it is very important for the 'Synod of Stockholm', registered as the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church, to have monks of their own, of whom they have none now.
It is equally important for the 'Synod of Stockholm' to bring their clerical structure into line with the Estonian laws.
www.stetson.edu /~psteeves/relnews/estonia1508.html   (836 words)

  
 Sweden - Stockholm
In a metropolitan area with well over a million people, you can escape the crowds--to a quiet beach, a lush forest, or even a deserted island if you like--sometimes in as little as half an hour.
Stockholm's Old Town is located on a small island in the very heart of the city.
Vaxholm island is situated astride what used to be the primary waterway from the Baltic to Stockholm, and so its exceptionally picturesque harbor is graced by a brooding 16th century fortress.
www.geographia.com /sweden/stockholm.html   (1183 words)

  
 Stockholm Metropolitan Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The forested areas and woodlands extending from the periphery of Stockholm metropolitan area into the central areas are called "the green wedges" and often connect parks and other green areas in central Stockholm with areas outside.
The wedges are important both for providing many inhabitants in Stockholm access to green area, and contributing to maintain biodiversity in centrally located green areas.
The overall goal of the project, within the framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (www.millenniumassessment.org), is to strengthen the capacity to sustainably manage urban ecosytems for the well-being of human populations.
www.ekoparken.org /9engelska/english.htm   (1438 words)

  
 Stockholm Hotels, Travel, Tourism, Tours, and Stockholm Vacations
Stockholm is located on the islands separating Lake Malaren from the Baltic Sea.
Stockholm originated on the narrow Strommen channel that connects the lake to the sea.
In addition to having superb shopping, lively festivals, and royal palaces, Stockholm is home to a slew of world-class museums including the famed Vasamuseet, which showcases the world’s oldest ship, the Royal Warship Vasa.
www.internationalcircuit.com /stockholm-sweden/travel.html   (328 words)

  
 CTM -- Stockholm National City Park
There is a “co-management group“ led by the Stockholm County Board where also locally evolved organisations such as Ekoparksförbundet and Kommittén för Gustavianska Parken participate.
A large array of other users and interest groups participate in the management of green areas in metropolitan Stockholm, e.g.
The overall goal of the project, within the framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is to strengthening the capacity to sustainably manage urban ecosystems for the well-being of human populations.
www.ctm.su.se /index.php?group_ID=601   (661 words)

  
 Round Table of the International Association of Metropolitan Libraries (INTAMEL)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Officially discontinued as Round Table and subsumed its activities as the new Metropolitan Libraries Section.
The International Association of Metropolitan Libraries (INTAMEL) aims to be a platform primarily for libraries of cities with 400,000 or more inhabitants, although libraries serving wide and diverse geographical areas with the same or more population may be included, and exceptions may be made e.g.
Metropolitan Ervin Szabo Library, Budapest 30 August - 4 September 1998
www.ifla.org /VII/rt3/rtiamcl.htm   (275 words)

  
 Stockholm: The Baltic Palette
The Baltic Palette - Sustainable Development of the Metropolitan Areas in the Central Baltic Region.
The aim is also to increase political and social stability of the entire Central Baltic Sea Region through the creation of a functioning, interdependent urban system among developed and transitional economies.
This is achieved through such activities as co-operation and competition between metropolitan regions in co-operation and competition, sustainable development of the urban areas, developing the infrastructure for transport and development corridors connecting the urban systems.
www.rec.org /rec/programs/sustainablecities/Baltic.html   (152 words)

  
 Rusk:Inside Game/Outside Game: Segregation and Spatial Planning in Metropolitan Areas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
That is how co-author Dirk Frieling summarized a comparative study of urban trends in the Netherlands and the United States presented March 12 at a conference in The Hague sponsored by NIROV.
Commissioned by three Dutch ministries, the study, “Inside Game/Outside Game: Segregation and Spatial Planning in Metropolitan Areas,” was conducted by David Rusk, noted American urban expert, Frieling, and his Dutch colleague Leon Groenemeijer of ABF Strategie.
In short, Haaglanden and KAN were not hyper-segregated regions like greater Detroit or greater Chicago, but neither were their American peer metropolitan areas.
www.gamaliel.org /Strategic/StrategicpartnersRuskNIROVdoc.htm   (1139 words)

  
 StockCS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The NUP delivers numerous locally enjoyed ecosystem services, services that enhance the quality of life in metropolitan Stockholm, however these are frequently overlooked by urban planners and decision makers.
The overall goal of this project is to analyze how the capacity to sustainably manage urban ecosystems for the well being of human populations could be strengthened.
The County administrative board of Stockholm has the responsibility for the co-ordination of stakeholders involved in the park via a “co-management group”.
www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu /cubes/events/StockCS.htm   (336 words)

  
 EFI - Publication Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A logical consequence of the lack of such applications is that the organized body of economic data pertaining to metropolitan areas, etc., is extremely limited.
The present application of these tools and concepts represents an attempt to uncover relationships, by means of which some light may be thrown on the very functioning of a metropolitan economy.
Again, seen from a practical point of view, it is my hope that the theoretical framework to be provided here may help to throw some light on the future developmental possibilities of the economy of the Stockholm area, and, further, that the findings to be presented here may be of some interest to city planners….
web.hhs.se /efi/summary/8084.htm   (279 words)

  
 MTAB in Stockholm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The base for our local, national, and international operations is located in Bromma, outside Stockholm.
Some fifteen special vehicles serve our customers in the metropolitan Stockholm area every day.
Stockholm : +46-8-54600100 Gothenburg : +46-31-582155 Malmoe : +46-40-186770 Lulea : +46-920-250025
www.mtab.se /eng_office_sthlm.htm   (212 words)

  
 Options for Governing Australia's Large Metropolitan Areas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1997, the average metropolitan area consisted of 114 local governments: 2 counties, 42 [general purpose] municipalities or towns, and 70 special districts, of which 21 were school districts.
Stockholm, as observed earlier, has a two-tier city government structure comprising a whole of city county government and 26 municipalities.
Firstly, our local government areas in our metropolitan areas are already quite large in comparison with those found in other large cities throughout the world, and if they became larger, they could be too distant from their people to provide effective local government.
www.beyondfederation.org.au /mark-7th.html   (4464 words)

  
 A Virtual Travel to Sweden - Sverige
By the 16th century Sweden had evolved into a strongly centralized nation, with Stockholm as its capital.
Göteborgs Stad - the City of Gothenburg (city population: 467 000; metropolitan population: 766 000).
Stockholm Challenge is an international renowned award programme for innovative use of IT.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/sweden.htm   (957 words)

  
 Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
Bob Heimberger is a sergeant in the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department assigned to the chief’s office as the department’s community oriented problem solving coordinator.
He was formerly chief of police in Lauderhill, Fla.; served in various civilian administrative positions in the St. Louis Metropolitan, Ft. Pierce, Fla., and New York City police departments; and was a police officer in the Madison, Wis., Police Department.
Paul Stephenson is the Deputy Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police Service, having been appointed to this position in February 2005.
www.popcenter.org /aboutCPOP.html   (2908 words)

  
 defaultCity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
DefaultCity has already 15 hotspots in production in Stockholm, and during May, June and July, we will build another 15 new hotspots every month.
This will instantly increase the number of locations, also known as hotspots, where the customers can use their subscriptions.
The goal is to make it possible to bring your portable computer, or palm device, to the restaurant, café or why not to the park in the summer, and still have access to high speed Internet.
www.defaultcity.net /press-eng.html   (203 words)

  
 Criminality and Violence among the Mentally Disordered : The Stockholm Metropolitan Project (Cambridge Studies in ...
The authors attempt to describe the criminality of the mentally ill and to identify the complex chain of factors which cause it.
As part of their analysis they examine a unique group of 15,117 persons born in Stockholm who were studied from prenatal development to the age of thirty.
As part of their analysis they examine a unique cohort composed of 15,117 persons born in Stockholm who were studied from pregnancy to the age of thirty.
www.literacyconnections.com /0_0521580730.html   (317 words)

  
 Haninge Kommun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Just south of metropolitan Stockholm you will discover this beautiful archipelago and enjoy the great outdoors in the form of over 3.600 islands, islets and skerries.
Bike or walk round Ornö, the largets island in Stockholm the south part of the archipelago.
Tyresta national park is situated just two miles southeast of Stockholm, yet it is one of Sweden’s most untouched natural areas, covered by a unique primal forest.
www.haninge.se /templates/Page.asp?id=3239   (1317 words)

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