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Stockholm
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Definition:the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 960,031 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area. [...]It hosts the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and banquet at the Stockholm Concert Hall and Stockholm City Hall.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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My father, Jens Jansen, was born at Rodwig on the Scandinavian coast, near the Lofoden Islands, but after marrying made his home at Stockholm, because my mother's people resided in that city.
Willis George Emerson. The Smoky God (1908)
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Wilson: [sarcastically] Right, solve this one and you're on your way to Stockholm.
House: We don't even know how to treat it. Come on. Fumigation of the vagina?
Wilson: A little louder—I don't think everyone heard you.
House: Two thousand years ago, that's how Galen treated schizophrenics. The Marcus Welby of ancient Greece.
David Shore. House, M.D., season 1: The Socratic Method @6:30 (2005)
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We was chased by pirates one voyage. I seen icebergs plenty, growlers. I was in Stockholm and the Black Sea, the Dardanelles under Captain Dalton, the best bloody man that ever scuttled a ship.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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No letter, I suppose.""Just the flower. [...]"
"Postmark?"
"Stockholm."
Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Reg Keeland translation), p.3 (2009)
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