Stockholm: History, Former Names & Timeline
An island city where Lake Mälaren meets the sea, capital of the Swedish empire that dominated the Baltic in the seventeenth century.
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Former names of Stockholm
| From | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1252 | Stockholm |
Timeline of Stockholm
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1252 | First mentioned in the records |
| 1520 | The Stockholm Bloodbath |
| 1523 | Gustav Vasa enters the city; Sweden leaves the Kalmar Union |
Who ruled Stockholm
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–401 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 400 BC–324 BC | Germanic tribes |
| 323 BC–201 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 200 BC–101 BC | Norsemen |
| 100 BC–399 | Unclaimed / no data |
| 400–799 | Swedes |
| 800–999 | Swedes and Goths |
| 1000–1399 | Sweden |
| 1400–1491 | Kalmar Union |
| 1492–1499 | Sweden |
| 1500–1599 | Kalmar Union |
| 1600–1814 | Sweden |
| 1815–1913 | Sweden–Norway |
| 1914–today | Sweden |