Capital City | Stockholm |
What time is it? | +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
Capital location | 59 20 N, 18 03 E |
Capital - history | By tradition, founded by a Swedish baron, Birger Jari, in about 1255, but the settlement probably existed before then. Name may come from Swedish words stak, meaning "bay" (or stock, meaning "pole"), and holm, meaning "island". |
Capital - time difference | UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |