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Stockholm, through time.

Discover Stockholm’s history, age reference and living heritage.

A city has many beginnings. Ages below count calendar years to 2026 from the stated milestone, not exact birthdays or the first human presence. Illustrations are AI-created artistic interpretations, not historical evidence.

Imagined Stockholm trading community in the thirteenth century, timber waterfront houses and boats, Nordic light.
Imagined Stockholm trading community in the thirteenth century, timber waterfront houses and boats, Nordic light. · AI illustration

First surviving written reference

Stockholm

774 yearsfrom 1252 CE to 2026

Stockholm's name appears in surviving letters from 1252. Its waterways helped shape a trading city whose older streets remain visible in Gamla Stan. The date is a documentary milestone, not a precise first-settlement date.

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