Stockholm County
Stockholm County
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Stockholm County in Sweden | |
Location map of Stockholm County in Sweden | |
| Coordinates: 59°20′0″N 18°10′0″E / 59.33333°N 18.16667°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Formed | 1714 |
| Capital | Stockholm |
| Municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Claes Lindgren (acting) |
| • Council | Stockholm Region |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,519.3 km2 (2,517.1 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023) | |
• Total | 2,454,821 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
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| GDP | |
| • Total | SEK 1,340 billion €125.384 billion (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE-AB |
| Website | www www |
Stockholm County (Swedish: Stockholms län [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlms ˈlɛːn]) is a county (Swedish: län) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland (Roslagen) and Södermanland (Södertörn). More than one fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county. Stockholm County is also one of the statistical riksområden (national areas) according to NUTS:SE, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics within the EU. With more than two million inhabitants, Stockholm is the most densely populated county of Sweden.