Official Maps of Stockholm, Sweden

Description

Includes an excellent map of Stockholm, the capital and largest city in Sweden (population: 980,000 in the city; 2.4 million in the metro area), featuring a street map of the city (built on and around a series of islands where Lake Mälaren drains into the Baltic Sea), as well as the local subway system, on one side, and maps of the surrounding metropolitan area, the central Baltic coast (from Hallstavik in the north to Vagnhärad in the south) and inland to Uppsala (the fourth-largest city in Sweden, noted for its university and cathedral, and as the coronation site for Swedish monarchs) and Södertälje (the major suburb on the Stockholm metro's southwestern side), as well as the local passenger rail map, on the other side (from Stockholm Information Service, 1995);
And an excellent national map of Sweden, the largest (174,000 square miles) and most populous (10.4 million people) of the Nordic countries. Featuring a land use & transportation map of the southern half of the country (home to over 90% of the population and all the largest cities) on one side, and a map of the northern half of the country (known as Norrland, a distinct geographic and cultural region within Sweden), noted for its subarctic climate, boreal forests, iron ore mining, and for containing part of the Sami region of northern FennoScandia (formerly Lapland) (from Swedish Tourist Board, 1981).