Stockholm

[ stok-hohm, -hohlm; Swedish stawk-hawlm ]

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noun

the chief seaport in and the capital of Sweden, in the SE part.

Stockholm

/ ˈstɒkhəʊm; ˈstɔkhɔlm /

noun

the capital of Sweden, a port in the E central part at the outflow of Lake Mälaren into the Baltic: situated partly on the mainland and partly on islands; traditionally founded about 1250; university (1877). Pop: 765 582 (2004 est)

Stockholm

Capital of Sweden and largest city in the country, located in southern Sweden on the Baltic Sea .

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Each year the Nobel Prizes (except the prize for peace) are awarded in Stockholm.

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Also, Afghanistan did not feature in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's top 25 largest exporters of major arms last year.

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“He filmed those concerts from the ’70s that he wanted me to watch, with Albert King playing guitar and smoking a pipe onstage in rainy Stockholm.”

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Beijing spends 1.6% of GDP on its military, far less than the US or Russia, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

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Syria's embassy to Stockholm says Syrians were among the 10 victims of a gunman who carried out the worst shooting in Swedish history, at a school in Orebro this week.

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Last September, there was a school shooting south of Stockholm, when a 15-year-old is suspected to have wounded a classmate - although that attack was linked to Sweden's problem of gang violence.

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