Stockholm County

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Stockholm County Stockholms län (Swedish)
County
Flag Coat of arms
Stockholm County in Sweden
Location map of Stockholm County in Sweden
Coordinates: 59°20′0″N 18°10′0″E / 59.33333°N 18.16667°E / 59.33333; 18.16667
Country	Sweden
Formed	1714
Capital	Stockholm
Municipalities	26 Botkyrka Danderyd Ekerö Haninge Huddinge Järfälla Lidingö Nacka Norrtälje Nykvarn Nynäshamn Österåker Salem Sigtuna Södertälje Sollentuna Solna Stockholm Sundbyberg Täby Tyresö Upplands Väsby Upplands-Bro Vallentuna Värmdö Vaxholm
Government
• Governor	Anna Kinberg Batra (M)
• Council	Stockholm Region
Area
• Total	6,519.3 km2 (2,517.1 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2019)[1]
• Total	2,377,081
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Demonyms	Stockholmer Stockholmite
GDP [2]
• Total	SEK 1,340 billion €125.384 billion (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE-AB
Website	www.regionstockholm.se www.lansstyrelsen.se

Stockholm County (Swedish: Stockholms län [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlms ˈlɛːn]) is a county (Swedish: län) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland (Roslagen) and Södermanland (Södertörn). More than one fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county. Stockholm County is also one of the statistical riksområden (national areas) according to NUTS:SE, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics within the EU. With more than two million inhabitants, Stockholm is the most densely populated county of Sweden.