The Metropolitan Stockholm area has numerous historical buildings, five Royal Palaces and more than 80 museums. In Ekerö, a freshwater archipelago in lake Mälaren, you will find the UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Viking age settlement Birka, and Drottningholm Palace. Population: approximately 2.3 million inhabitants Capital: Stockholm

Eric the Victorious (Old Norse: Eiríkr inn sigrsæli, Modern Swedish: Erik Segersäll; c. 945 – c. 995) was a Swedish monarch as of around 970.Although there were earlier Swedish kings, he is the first Swedish king in a consecutive regnal succession, who is attested in sources independent of each other, and consequently Sweden's list of rulers usually begins with him.

Nell'atletica il grande protagonista fu l'americano Jim Thorpe.Dopo aver vinto sia la gara del decathlon che quella del pentathlon il re Gustavo V di Svezia si complimentò personalmente con lui indicandolo come il miglior atleta del mondo. Pochi mesi dopo però gli furono ritirate le medaglie vinte perché prima dell'inizio delle Olimpiadi aveva giocato in una squadra di baseball …

Overview. The following table is an overview of high speed rail in service or under construction by country, ranked by the amount in service. It shows all the high speed lines (speed of 200 km/h (120 mph) or over) in service.

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