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100 unusual facts about Stockholm


2012 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships

The 2012 ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship was held in Stockholm, Sweden on 26 August 2012.

Agne

Agne returned to Sweden and they arrived at Stocksund (Stockholm) where they put up their tent on the side of the river where it is flat.

Alan Clay

Clay studied clowning in Stockholm, Sweden in 1977, and then formed the Imperial Trunk Fools Theatre Company (pictured right), which toured New Zealand in 1978 performing at Community Arts Festivals.

Allmänna BB

Allmänna BB (Allmänna barnbördshuset, "General maternity hospital", literally The general childbirth house) was a childbirth hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.

Appeal Virtual Machines

Appeal Virtual Machines was a Swedish company created in 1998 by students from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

August Kippasto

He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight competition along with two other Estonians, Georg Baumann and Oskar Kaplur, at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, where he was eliminated after losing against Ödön Radvány and Karel Halík.

Bengt Richter

Born at Stockholm, he was a pupil and son-in-law of the medal engraver Arvid Karlsteen.

Benjamin Szold

While a student he officiated during the holy days at Brieg, Silesia (1857), and at Stockholm, Sweden (1858).

Bernard Meyer

Meyer participated at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, where he obtained a silver medal in Team Jumping with the French team.

Borse Dubai

In September 2007, Borse Dubai secured 28% of the London Stock Exchange as part of a wider deal with the US-based Nasdaq designed to settle their long-running battle for control of the Stockholm-based exchanges and telecommunications operator OMX.

Brita Zippel

Brita Zippel, also called Britta Sippel (died 29 April 1676) was an alleged Swedish witch, known as "Näslösan", one of the most famous figures of the great witch mania called "Det Stora oväsendet" ("The Great noise") in Sweden between 1668-1676, and the most famous of the city of Stockholm.

Cabbage roll

The creditors lived in Stockholm until 1732, and during this time it is most likely that the dolma was introduced in Sweden.

Cambodian Television Network

Cambodian Television Network (CTN) was launched in March 2003 as a joint venture between local conglomerate the The Royal Group and Stockholm-based Modern Times Group, this free-to-air terrestrial television channel Cambodian Television Network (CTN) is now part of Mobitel.

Cecil Healy

Cecil Patrick Healy (28 November 1881 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales – 29 August 1918 in Somme, France) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Charlie Crofts

In 19430 he was the Australian delegate to the Fourteenth Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, the International Federation of Trade Unions' Fifth Annual Congress in Stockholm, and the British Commonwelath Labour Conference in London; he also served as a deputy on the board of the International Labour Organization.

Christina Johansdotter

Christina Johansdotter (died 1740) was a Swedish murderer, who killed a child in Stockholm with the sole purpose of being executed.

Chrystal Macmillan

In 1911, Macmillan attended the sixth congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) in Stockholm.

Cool James

Born in Mwanza, Tanzania and having finished his primary studies at Kurasini Primary School in Tanzania, he moved with his mother and siblings to Stockholm, Sweden.

Crypto AG

Originally called AB Cryptoteknik and founded by Arvid Gerhard Damm in Stockholm in 1920, the firm manufactured the C-36 mechanical cryptograph machine that Damm had patented.

Dadi Pudumjee

His university education was in Pune later at the NID National Institute of Design and Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad under late Meher Contractor, after which he went to the Marionette Theatre Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and studied puppetry under Michael Meschke.

Diino

The company, Diino Systems AB, was founded 2004 and is based Stockholm, Sweden, with sales offices in Atlanta, London and Mexico City.

Don't Get Around Much Anymore – Live at Bullerbyn

Don't Get Around Much Anymore – Live at Bullerbyn is a live 1975 jazz recording of a two-evening jam session at the Bullerbyn jazz club, Stockholm, Sweden.

Du Londel Troupe

The troupe followed the royal court between the royal palaces and performed on the court- theatres, such as the Drottningholm Theatre and Confidencen, but they also performed for the public in the theatre of Bollhuset in Stockholm during the Winter.

Dynamit Nobel

After the death of his younger brother Emil in an 1864 nitroglycerin explosion at the family's armaments factory in Heleneborg, Stockholm, Nobel founded Nitroglycerin AB in Vinterviken, Stockholm.

East Middle Sweden

The region is situated in the central part of the Sweden, close to the county and the metropolitan area of Stockholm.

Egron Lundgren

He studied at the Academy of Stockholm, and afterwards in Paris under Cogniet.

Elisa Bernerström

Elisa Bernerström, a maid, met the soldier Bernard Servenius when his regiment was stationed in Stockholm.

Erik Leonard Ekman

While there, he was offered a position as the Regnellian amanuensis at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, which he gladly accepted.

Filmtecknarna

The founders, Jonas Odell, Lars Ohlson, and Stig Bergqvist, were students in Stockholm who joined together to make small super 8 films in the 1970s.

Georg von Rosen

Georg von Rosen (February 13, 1843, Paris - March 3, 1923, Stockholm), was a Swedish painter, known for his treatment of subjects from Swedish history and Norse mythology.

intåg i Stockholm (1864) målning av Georg von Rosen.jpg"Sten Sture the Elder enters Stockholm" (1864).

George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford

Smythe was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, by Ellen Burke, daughter of Sir Thomas Burke, Bt.

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

West Germany (performing under the banner Germany) was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held in Stockholm, Sweden.

Gherasim Luca

From 1967, his reading sessions took him to places like Stockholm, Oslo, Geneva, New York City, and San Francisco.

Gipsy Daniels

Daniels continued fighting in Wales and England, but in September 1925 he travelled to mainland Europe for the first time in his career, to face Swedish boxer Harry Persson at the Cirkus in Stockholm.

Göran Beijer

He served as parish priest of Saint James's church in Stockholm.

Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland

Vane entered the foreign service and held posts in Paris and Stockholm before entering the House of Commons in 1841 as a member for South Durham.

Harry Stewart

Yogi was originally a Hindu mystic from Stockholm, but in time his crystal ball act was abandoned in favor of more homespun humor.

Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton

He served in various positions at the British embassies in Washington and Stockholm and was also assistant private secretary to the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, from 1932 to 1934 and First Secretary to the War Cabinet Office from 1939 to 1940.

Highwon

Highwon is a Swedish rap group from Stockholm, Sweden that consists of Ison, Fille, Aleks, Hoosam and Sabo.

Holmquistite

It was first described in 1913 from an occurrence in Utö, near Stockholm, Sweden.

ICES – International Cultural Exchange Services

John had previously worked in Youth Exchange Executive Roles for over 10 years in the United States, based in San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California and internationally in Brighton, Madrid and Stockholm.

Interdynamic MP-9

The MP-9 came from a design that a Swedish company Interdynamic AB of Stockholm had for a cheap submachine gun for military applications.

Ivan Mazepa's Hetman's Banner

Ivan Mazepa's Hetman's Banner is one of the only three Cossack banners in the world (the second one is in Moscow, the third is in Stockholm).

Jawhar Namiq

On March 22 in 2011, Kak Jawher died in Stockholm - Sweden , leaving a wife (Nergis Awni) and three children (Serwan, Aran, Sahi).

Johann Gottlieb Naumann

In 1777, as a result of negotiations by Swedish diplomat Count Löwenhjelm, Naumann was appointed to reform the Stockholm Hovkapell and assist King Gustavus III in his opera plans.

Jubileumspokalen

Jubileumspokalen (literally: The Jubilee Trophy) or Solvallas Jubileumspokal is an annual Group One harness event for trotters that is held at Solvalla in Stockholm, Sweden.

Koop Islands

Koop Islands is the third studio album by the Stockholm-based electronic music duo Koop.

Kurt Kaiser

In 1999 Kaiser was invited to Sweden to perform for a gathering of dignitaries and guests at the prestigious Museum of History at Stockholm, at the request of the Ambassador of the United States.

Lagrelius Point

He named it Cape Lagrelius after Axel Lagrelius of Stockholm, who had contributed toward the cost of the expedition.

Law-Racoviţă Station

After two years of negotiations, during the 2005 meeting of the Antarctic Treaty in Stockholm, an agreement was signed through which Australia donated to the Romanian Antarctic Foundation and the Romanian Institute for Polar Research one of their research stations on the east coast of Antarctica, Law Station, which was renamed Law-Racoviță Station, after Romanian explorer Emil Racoviță and placed under the directorship of Negoiță.

Lisbeth Salander

In the trilogy, Salander has the name "V. Kulla" displayed on the door of her apartment on the top floor of Fiskargatan 9 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Margarita Stolbizer

Stolbizer represented the Argentine Congress in the 2002 conference of Parliamentarians for Global Action in Stockholm, and was named Vice President of their International Council.

Markus Leoson

Markus Leoson began 1986 at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

Matti Raekallio

A professor at the Swedish Royal College of Music (1994-1995), Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover (2005-2010) and the Sibelius Academy (1998-2008 ), Raekallio trained Antti Siirala and Gergely Boganyi at the latter.

Michael Henrich

In 2003 he was selected to represent Team Canada again at the Sweden Hockey Games in Stockholm, Sweden, where Canada placed third.

Mikael Reuterswärd

On 29 January 2010, Reuterswärd was found dead in his cabin outside Stockholm.

Montreal Victorias

In Stockholm, Sweden, the club played exhibition games against an all-Sweden team, winning 17–1.

Munax

Munax AB was founded in March 2007 and has its headquarters in the center of Stockholm, Sweden with shareholders from Sweden, Iceland, U.S.A. and China.

Nena von Schlebrügge

In 1955 at the age of 14 Nena was discovered by Vogue photographer Norman Parkinson when he was on a tour in Stockholm, Sweden.

Nicolae Milescu

In 1660-1664, he acted as representative of his country with its Ottoman overlord, and then as envoy to Berlin and Stockholm.

Oliver Philpot

As the ship arrived in Sweden, Philpot was handed over to the Swedish police and taken to the British Legation in Stockholm, it was Thursday 4 November 1943—less than five days since the breakout.

Orkla Mining Company

(Orkla Grube-Aktiebolag) was established as a limited company at a constituting meeting in Stockholm on 7 December 1904.

Philip Stieg

Thereafter, he did a fellowship in cell transplantation for restorative neurological function at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

Pierre Brizon

He also asked for an inquiry into the position the government had taken regarding sending delegates to the Third Zimmerwald Conference, held in 1917 in Stockholm.

Postage stamps and postal history of Norway

These stamps were also used in Jan Mayen island, and, from February 1945, in a Norwegian post office established in Stockholm.

Potential Kontinental Hockey League expansion

In November 2009, the KHL and AIK IF from Stockholm, Sweden (at that time playing in the HockeyAllsvenskan) signed a document announcing an invitation from the KHL to AIK IF club to become a member of the KHL, and join the league, beginning from the 2010–11 season provided that AIK observes all the terms and conditions, and meets all KHL admission criteria.

Primus stove

The Primus stove, the first pressurized-burner kerosene (paraffin) stove, was developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm, Sweden.

Richard Wetherill

Ruiner af Klippboningar I Mesa Verde's Cañons, Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners, 1893.

Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden

She died in Stockholm and was buried in the Cloister Church at the Black Friars' Monastery.

Saab Formula Junior

Nonetheless, two first places and a track record (Stockholm) were achieved.

Sadananda


On account of his poor health,
he is unable to give his originally planned lectures at the University of Stockholm.

Samir Brikho

Brikho holds a Master of Science degree in Thermal Technology from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

Siegfried Hausner

In 1975 Hausner was handpicked by Siegfried Haag to lead the group, known as Kommando Holger Meins who conducted the West German embassy siege in Stockholm to force the release of 26 of his RAF comrades.

Sir John Major, 1st Baronet

Major was born at Bridlington in Yorkshire, and started in business there, commanding a ship in the Stockholm trade.

Skilda världar

Skilda världar ("Worlds apart") was a Swedish soap opera from 1996-2002 about two families in Stockholm and their friends.

Sport policies of the Arab League

Egypt became the first Arab country to send an Olympic delegation - fencer Ahmed Hassanein - to the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Stalinisme

Den tyska propagandan i Sverige under krigsåren 1939-1945. Stockholm: Socialdepartementet, 1946.

Sten Heckscher

Sten Heckscher (born 29 July 1942 in Stockholm) is a Swedish lawyer and Social Democratic politician.

Stephen Albert

Following composition lessons in Stockholm with Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Albert studied with Joseph Castaldo at the Philadelphia Musical Academy (BM 1962); in 1963 he worked with George Rochberg at the University of Pennsylvania.

Stockholm-class corvette

In early 2009 the Swedish government decided that the two ships in the class was to join the EU-lead taskforce outside Somalia, where its would fight piracy.

In the early 1980s a series of submarine incidents occurred within Swedish territorial waters, the most famous of which was U 137 which ran aground outside Karlskrona 1981.

The modernisation included new engines, combat control systems, fire control systems, SIGINT and navigational systems.

Stockholm, New Jersey

Stockholm was known in colonial times as Snufftown and was named after Stockholm, Sweden.

Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania

In early 1944 VLIK sent colonel Kazimieras Amraziejus on a mission to Stockholm, but he was captured and interrogated by the Gestapo in Estonia.

Sweden men's national volleyball team

The team's biggest success came in 1989, when Sweden won the silver medal at the 1989 European Championship in Örebro and Stockholm, from September 23 to October 1.

Swedish Trotting Oaks

The Swedish Trotting Oaks (Swedish: Svenskt Trav-Oaks or only Oaks) is an annual national Group One harness event for trotters that is held at Solvalla in Stockholm, Sweden.

Tage Erlander

He died on 21 June 1985 in Stockholm and, after a ceremony, was returned to Ransäter, Värmland in a triumphant procession for the final rest.

Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra

In September 2001, TPO, led by conductor Lin Tien-chi, had a tour to Scandinavia to give two concerts in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland.

Talaat Pasha

Before the assassination, the British intelligence services identified Talaat in Stockholm where he had gone for a few days.

The Real Group

The Real Group was formed in 1984, when its original members were students at the Swedish Royal College of Music.

The Way Life's Meant to Be

The song was recorded at the Polar Studios in Stockholm, unlike the majority of the songs of the album that were recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich.

Trallpunk

During the 1990s, trallpunk saw increased popularity, particularly due to the club Kafé 44 in Stockholm and the band De Lyckliga Kompisarna (The Happy Friends).

Valborg Eriksdotter

She also visited the court at Stockholm, and she is believed to be the unidentified royal mistress who were mentioned as a friend of Karin Månsdotter during the Sture Murders in 1567.

Viktor Fomin

Fomin made his debut for USSR on 26 June 1955 in an away friendly game against Sweden in Stockholm when he came out as substitute on the 41st minute (the Soviet Union won the game 6:0).

Volvo S40

It is set on 25 October 2003, where 32 people supposedly purchased a Volvo S40, at the same local Volvo dealership in Dalarö, a small village to the south-east of Stockholm.

Watchet

Under Alfred the Great (AD 871−901) Watchet became an important Saxon port, and the site of a mint with coins found as far away as Copenhagen and Stockholm.

What the Swedish Butler Saw

The film was shot in Stereoscopic 3-D at studios in Stockholm with exteriors in Denmark.

William Edmund Harper

By 1938 he was suffering from ill-health, which was further undermined by a bout of pneumonia while representing Canada at the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Stockholm.

World Gymnaestrada

The World Gymnaestrada is the successor to the two Lingiads that were held in Stockholm in 1939 (100 years after Pehr Henrik Lings death) and 1949.


Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin

The album consists of concert recordings made in Berlin to celebrate DeVille’s 25 years of performing, and concert recordings made in Stockholm.

Among the Vultures

The tour continued to be sold out through Scandinavia with dates in Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland ending at the Helsinki Ice Hall (Venue Capacity of 8200) in Helsinki, Finland.

Annika Hallin

Annika Susanne Hallin (born February 16, 1968 in Hägersten, Stockholm) is a Swedish actress.

Benjamin F. Angel

In 1857, Angel was appointed by President James Buchanan as Minister to Sweden and Norway, and remained in Stockholm until 1861.

Berndt August Hjorth

In 1889 he opened a tools and machinery shop in Stockholm, BA Hjorth & Co, incorporated as a shareholder company in 1916 and in 1954 renamed Bahco.

Christian Pontus Andersson

Christian Pontus Andersson (born 1977) is a Swedish artist and sculptor, living in Södermalm, Stockholm.

Emil Oskar Nobel

Emil died on 3 September 1864, the victim of an explosion while experimenting with nitroglycerine in his father's factory in Heleneborg, Stockholm.

European Network for Training Economic Research

From March 1, 2011 Richard Blundell (UCL, London), Torsten Persson (University of Stockholm) and Jean Tirole (Université de Toulouse I) agreed to form the new scientific committee at ENTER.

Frank Etc.

It was founded in Stockholm in 1994 by the industrial designer Nikolaus Frank and the graphic designer Cecilia Frank.

Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist

In 1930, more than 500 people worked at the Primus factory, on the Stockholm island Lilla Essingen.

Get On

However, according to Richard Stanley, the band had been playing the song live already during the previous summer, months before the recording sessions in Stockholm.

Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir

Musafir was a member of the Indian delegations to the International Peace Conference in Stockholm in 1954, World Peace Conference in Helsinki in 1965, and the World Peace Conference in Berlin in 1969.

Gustavo Bergalli

During this time, he led his own quintet, played with the Swedish Radio Jazz Group and the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, accompanying many famous visitors such as Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Mintzer, Jim McNeely, Joe Lovano, Phil Woods, Jimmy Heath, Maria Schneider and John Scofield.

Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm

Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm was also active as a translator of plays, and she was also an instructor and a teacher of drama, both in private-tutoring and in Högre lärarinneseminariet in Stockholm, where she tutored until 1906.

Ingeborg Tott

The Princess in the group of sculptures "Sankt Göran och Draken" (Saint George and the Dragon) in the Storkyrkan in Stockholm, which were made in 1471-1475, are considered to bear the features of Ingeborg.

It Only Happens Every Time

It Only Happens Every Time is a 1977 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra with singer Monica Zetterlund in Helsinki and Stockholm and released by EMI in Europe and by Inner City Records in the US.

Jean Elichagaray

Jean Baptiste Pierre Eugène Elichagaray (September 3, 1886 – June 8, 1987) was a French rower who competed in the men's eights event at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Jeannie Peterson

When AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment was published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Jeannie signed on and within a few years became the Editor-in-Chief.

Kahn Lectures

After considering Arthur Pillans Laurie, Eugénie Sellers Strong and Herbert Joseph Spinden, the Department settled on the Swedish art historian Johnny Roosval, professor at Stockholm University, as the first lecturer.

Krister Linder

In 2009, he won the Jameson Film Music Award at the Stockholm International Film Festival for the score to the animated feature film Metropia (directed by Tarik Saleh) and that same year, he did co-vocals on the song "Departer" on the album Night Is the New Day by Katatonia.

Linjeflyg

On 15 January 1977, Flight 618 operated by Vickers Viscount SE-FOZ crashed at Kälvesta on approach to Bromma Airport, Stockholm due to ice accretion on the tailplane leading to a loss of control.

Lyndhurst Winslow

He won two gold medals, once each in the men's singles and doubles at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Marcel Jacques Boulenger

Twelve years later he participated in the art competition at the Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Marguerite Georges

She toured Europe in 1812–1813, during which she performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and Dresden.

Marguerite Morel

She was appointed premier dancer and was counted as the star of the ballet in the advertisements on the public performances at Bollhuset in Stockholm alongside Louis Gallodier.

MS Viking Cinderella

SF Line originally planned the Cinderella to take over the Mariella's place in Helsinki–Stockholm traffic (the Mariella would have been placed on a new route from Helsinki to Norrköping).

Murphy Himself

The duo had a terrific success together, completing Badminton several times, receiving the silver medal at the 1990 FEI World Equestrian Games in Stockholm representing the British Team, and competing in the Barcelona Olympics.

Norr Mälarstrand

Stepped gables then present were removed and replaced by the evenly spaced functionalist silhouettes — the nine floors of which resulted in comparisons with cities in America and the epithet "Manhattan of Stockholm".

Over-Governor of Stockholm

The Over-Governor, or Överståthållaren of Stockholm was the highest official for the City between 1634 and 1967.

Radiosurgery

The device was invented at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1967 by Lars Leksell, Ladislau Steiner, a Romanian born neurosurgeon, and Börje Larsson, a radiobiologist from Sweden's Uppsala University.

Ragnhild Grågås

Ragnhild Grågås (died 1510), was the person after whom the Gåsgränd in Gamla stan in Stockholm, Sweden is named.

Rålambshovsparken

Rålambshovsparken (sometimes called Rålis) is a big park in Marieberg district in Kungsholmen, Stockholm.

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati

In addition he gave guest lectures and composition seminars in Tel Aviv, Stockholm, Darmstadt, Bilthoven (the Netherlands) and Buenos Aires, and from 1973 held a professorship at the Musikhochschule in Vienna.

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The organization also organizes two annual festivals at its home, the Stockholm Concert Hall, namely the Stockholm International Composer Festival (2007: Tan Dun) and Composer Weekend in May, focusing on a contemporary Swedish composer.

Söder tea

Söder tea (tea from Södermalm - a district of Stockholm) or Söderblandning (blend from Södermalm) is a Swedish blend of tea made from black tea, tropical fruits and flowers.

Sonim Technologies

Sonim currently employs over 150 people worldwide, across 15 locations including Bangalore, India; London, the United Kingdom; Stockholm, Sweden; and Madrid, Spain.

Sophie Hagman

At some point, Hagman was employed to look after the children to Louis Gallodier, dance master of the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.

Stockholm–Roslagens Järnvägar

In 1885 the line from Stockholm East Station (Stockholm) to Rimbo opened, what is now the longest part of Roslagsbanan and originally built and run by the private enterprise Stockholm-Rimbo Järnväg (SRJ).

Swedish county road 260

Swedish county road 260 (Länsväg 260) is a primary county road in Sweden from the Lugnet junction on the border of Stockholm and Nacka to the Handen junction beneath national road 73 in Haninge.

Ulf Adelsohn

He was the chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students, opposed the occupation of the Student Union Building in Stockholm in 1968 and was a co-founder of Borgerliga Studenter – Opposition '68 later in the same year.