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Östermalms IP
Östermalms IP is a sports venue, sports ground located in the Östermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. Completed in 1906, the facility played host to several sports during the 1912 Summer Olympics. These sports included Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics, equestrian, Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics, fencing (including the part for the Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics, modern pentathlon), and Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics, tennis. It also hosted the exhibition for Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics, baseball at those same games. Current tenants are the bandy department of Djurgårdens IF Bandy, Djurgårdens IF, the youth program of the said club's Djurgårdens IF Fotboll, football department and several lower league teams. The athletic grounds also hosts a speed skating rink during winter. The ice hockey rink was completed for the 1926–1927 season. References1912 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 218–20. - accessed 8 July 2010. ... [...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] |
