Stockholmskällan is a

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with over 30 000

archive An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...

items related to

history of Stockholm The history of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, for many centuries coincided with the development of what is today known as Gamla stan, the Stockholm Old Town. Stockholm's ''raison d'être'' always was to be the Swedish capital and by far the larges ...

, made available as a

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since 2006 and freely accessible to the public. The main purpose is to present Stockholm's history to students and teachers and to offer

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s to use in teaching.

Organization

Stockholmskällan is run by the

City of Stockholm Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms kommun or ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, maki ...

and primarily handled by the city's education administration, in cooperation with Stockholm City Archives,

Stockholm City Library Stockholm Public Library (Swedish: ''Stockholms stadsbibliotek'' or ''Stadsbiblioteket'') is a library building in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, and one of the city's most notable structures. The name is today u ...

Stockholm City Museum The Stockholm City Museum ( sv, Stadsmuseet i Stockholm) is a museum documenting, preserving and exhibiting the history of Stockholm. The museum is housed in Södra Stadshuset at Slussen on Södermalm. The building was completed in 1685. In the 1 ...

and the

Museum of Medieval Stockholm The Museum of Medieval Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms medeltidsmuseum), centrally located north of the Royal Palace, was constructed around old monuments excavated in an extensive archaeological dig (dubbed ''Riksgropen'', "National/State Pit") in t ...

. These organizations collaborate with

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Spårvägsmuseet The Spårvägsmuseet, or Tramway Museum, was located at Tegelviksgatan 22 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. It was owned and operated by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (the Greater Stockholm Local Transit Company), and shows the development of public t ...

, '' Föreningen Stockholms Företagsminnen'' ("Stockholm Business History Association"), the

National Library of Sweden The National Library of Sweden ( sv, Kungliga biblioteket, ''KB'', meaning "the Royal Library") is Sweden's national library. It collects and preserves all domestic printed and audio-visual materials in Swedish, as well as content with Swedish ...

and The Unstraight Museum. In the past, the Stockholm City Investigation and Statistics Office has also contributed material. The institutions contribute and publish a selection from their collections of different types of archive material on the Stockholmskällan website. An editorial team based at the Education Administration in the City of Stockholm coordinates and organizes the work and is responsible for the educational work directed at schools.

History

In 2001, the Education Administration and the City Archives began a cooperation called "the historical laboratory". In 2003, the City Museum, the City Archives, the City Library and the Education Administration decided to create a common website for publishing source material on the Internet. During the years 2003-2006, the cooperation with schools in the city of Stockholm continued and a large part of the material in Stockholmskällan was entered at the direct request of the teachers and students involved. The Stockholmskällan website went public in February 2006. During 2016, work was underway to renew the Stockholmskällan website and to make it responsive so that the website will work better on mobile phones and tablets. In 2017, Stockholmskällan received the international 'Heritage in Motion Award 2017' in the category 'website and online content' at the European Museum Academy conference in

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Stockholmskällan's contents comes from the institutions that cooperate and collaborate on the website. Each institution is responsible for the contents published on the website. The contents includes more than 30 000 photographs, archive documents, printed documents, maps, works of art, reading suggestions, films, audio files, objects, drawings and other content that in some way informs about life in Stockholm through the centuries. A large number of publications can be read in full text.

Target audience

The website is primarily aimed at teachers and students, where the material is intended to be used in teaching. The website contains lesson suggestions and examples of how Stockholmskällan's primary sources and other contents can be used in schools. The website is also aimed at anyone interested in the history of

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 liv ...

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Gallery of examples

Rotekarta1924b.jpg, Sub-district map of Stockholm in 1924. Farsta T-bana 1963.jpg, Photography from the center of Farsta in 1963. Stockholm ogillar julbockar 1721.png, Stockholm authorities ban Yule goats, 1720. Sonora - den svenska skivan.png, Sonora - the Swedish record, 1906. Varmmjölksautomat på Östermalmstorg.jpg, Hot milk machine on

Östermalmstorg Östermalmstorg is a square in the district of Östermalm, in Stockholm, Sweden. It is known principal for Östermalm Market Hall (''Östermalmshallen'') which first opened in 1889. Östermalmshallen's interior is a marketplace for food and r ...

, year unknown. Sevenbom, Brunnsbacken.jpg, View from Brunnsbacken over

Saltsjön Saltsjön is a bay of the Baltic Sea that extends from Stockholm archipelago to the inner city of Stockholm. Its innermost part reaches the eastern shore of Gamla stan at Skeppsbrokajen. It is navigable for large craft and the major ferry lines ...

. Johan Sevenbom, 1773.

External links

Images from Stockholmskällan on Wikimedia CommonsOfficial website

References