Local time
Sun, 2:27 PM GMT+2Europe/StockholmCityCapital
Stockholm
59.35° N, 18.10° E
- Population
- 1,264,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 17
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 17 cities of Sweden in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Sweden, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Stockholm, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Stockholm have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Swedish "stak" (bay) or "stock" (stake or pole), combined with "holm" (island), probably gives Stockholm its name.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person