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Sculptures Of Swedish Rulers
Sculptures of Swedish rulers have been created since the 17th century. Most of the Swedish royal sculptures are located in Stockholm. Many of these can be seen in the city center around Stockholm Palace, in Gamla stan, Riddarholmen, Kungsträdgården and Stadshusterassen. Uppsala and Rottneros Park have three sculptures each. Gothenburg, Karlskrona, Örebro and Halmstad have two sculptures each. List of sculptures {, class="wikitable " , - !width=15%, Ruler (incl. de facto rulers) !width=7%, Year !width=19%, Sculptor !width=12%, City !width=16%, Place !width=19%, Notes !width=12%, Coordinates , - , Birger jarl , 1854 , Bengt Erland Fogelberg , Stockholm , Birger Jarls Torg,Riddarholmen , , , - , Magnus III of Sweden, Magnus III , 1984 , Rune Karlzon , Jönköping , Skolgatan , , , - , Torkel Knutsson , c. 1907 , Ville Vallgren , Vyborg, Russia , , , , - , Margaret I of Denmark, Margaret , 2006 , Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen , Roskilde, Denmark , in front of ROV Center , equestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
