ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · SWEDEN
Capital of Sweden
The capital of Sweden is Stockholm. The largest, Stockholm, has around 984,748 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALStockholm
POPULATION984,748
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Stockholm984,748 people
In context
Where Stockholmsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MStockholm is here
50–250k
<50k
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