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___MASK40___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK40___ ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , ___MASK40___ is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . ___MASK40___ consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . Biography . Early life . It is known that Birger grew up and spent his adolescence in Bjälbo , Östergötland but the exact date of his birth remains uncertain and available historical sources are contradictory . Examinations of his mortal remains indicate that he was probably about 50 upon his death in 1266 which would indicate a birth around 1216 . However , his father Magnus Minnesköld is assumed to have died no later than 1210 , which would lead to an assumed birth a few years earlier . Under any circumstance , he was the son of Ingrid Ylva , who according to Olaus Petri was a daughter of Sune Sik and granddaughter of King Sverker I of ___MASK40___ , which would make Birger a matrilineal member of the House of Sverker . His brothers or half - brothers  Eskil , Karl , and Bengt  were all born long before 1200 , and it can therefore be assumed that they had another mother . He was also a nephew of the jarl Birger Brosa from the House of Bjelbo . The combination of this background proved to be of vital importance . Mälaren , historically referred to as Lake Malar in English , is the third - largest freshwater lake in ___MASK40___ ( after Vänern and Vättern ). Its area is 1 , 140 km² and its greatest depth is 64 m . Mälaren spans 120 kilometers from east to west . The lake drains , from south - west to north - east , into the Baltic Sea through the Södertälje Canal , Hammarbyslussen , Karl Johansslussen and Norrström . The easternmost bay of Mälaren , in central Stockholm , is called Riddarfjärden . The lake is located in Svealand and bounded by the provinces of Uppland , Södermanland , Närke , and Västmanland . The two largest islands in Mälaren are Selaön ( 91 km² ) and Svartsjölandet ( 79 km² ). Stockholm ( or ) is the capital of ___MASK40___ and the most populous city in the Nordic countries ; 932 , 917 people live in the municipality , approximately 1 . 5 million in the urban area , and 2 . 3 million in the metropolitan area . The city is spread across 14 islands on the coast in the southeast of ___MASK40___ at the mouth of Lake Mälaren , by the Stockholm archipelago and the Baltic Sea . The area has been settled since the Stone Age , in the 6th millennium BC , and was founded as a city in 1252 by a Swedish statesman Birger Jarl . It is also the capital of Stockholm County . Stockholm County (" Stockholms län ") is a county or " län " ( in Swedish ) on the Baltic sea coast of ___MASK40___ . It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County . It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea . The city of Stockholm is the capital of ___MASK40___ . 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 , Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics within the EU . With more than two million inhabitants , Stockholm is the most densely populated county of ___MASK40___ . An island or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the ___MASK54___ . The Nordic countries or Nordics are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic , where they are most commonly known as Norden ( lit ., " The North "). They consist of ___MASK80___ , ___MASK29___ , ___MASK53___ , Norway , and ___MASK40___ , including their associated territories ( Greenland , the Faroe Islands , and the Åland Islands ). Greifswald , officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald ( German : " Universitäts - und Hansestadt Greifswald "), is a city in northeastern ___MASK43___ . Thomas Thorild ( Svarteborg , Bohuslän , 18 April 1759  Greifswald , Swedish Pomerania , 1 October 1808 ), was a Swedish poet , critic , feminist and philosopher . During the 6th millennium BC , agriculture spread from the Balkans to ___MASK10___ and Eastern Europe , and also from Mesopotamia to ___MASK76___ . World population was essentially stable at numbers ranging between approximately 5 and 7 million . Swedish Pomerania was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 , situated on what is now the Baltic coast of ___MASK43___ and ___MASK82___ . Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years ' War , ___MASK40___ held extensive control over the lands on the southern Baltic coast , including Pomerania and parts of Livonia and Prussia (" dominium maris baltici "). Thorildsplan is a small park in Kristineberg in Stockholm , named in 1925 after the writer Thomas Thorild ( 1759 -- 1808 ) . The Thorildsplan outdoor metro station was opened in 1952 and is close to Fridhemsplan . Bohuslän is a Swedish province in Götaland , on the northernmost part of the country ' s west coast . It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast , Västergötland to the southeast , the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west , and the county of Østfold , in ___MASK47___ , to the north . The Baltic Sea ( ; ) is a sea of the ___MASK36___ , enclosed by Scandinavia , Finland , the Baltic countries , and the North European Plain . It includes the Gulf of Bothnia , the Bay of Bothnia , the Gulf of Finland , the Gulf of Riga , and the Bay of Gdask . The sea stretches from 53 ° N to 66 ° N latitude and from 10 ° E to 30 ° E longitude . A mediterranean sea of the Atlantic , with limited water exchange between the two bodies , the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish islands into the Kattegat by way of the straits of Øresund , the Great Belt , and the Little Belt . The Stockholm archipelago is the largest archipelago in ___MASK40___ , and the second - largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea ( the largest being across the Baltic in Finland ).