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Stockholm was founded in 1252 by the Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city was established partly to protect Sweden from sea invasions by Karelians following the pillage of Sigtuna on Lake Malaren in the summer of 1187.
The Stockholm Bloodbath was a massacre of opposition figures that took place on the 8th of November 1520, carried out under the union monarch Christian II. It triggered further uprisings that eventually led to the breakup of the Kalmar Union and the restoration of Swedish independence under Gustav Vasa in 1523.
René Descartes, one of the most prominent European philosophers of his time, died in Stockholm after being hosted there by Queen Christina of Sweden for several years. His presence reflected the city's role as an intellectual center during the era of the Swedish Empire.
Stockholm stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Malaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Over 30 percent of the city's area is made up of waterways and another 30 percent is parks and green spaces.
The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum on Djurgarden that displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship ever salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa, which sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. It is the most visited museum in Scandinavia.
Stockholm has the second most unicorns per capita in the world after Silicon Valley, and its Kista suburb is Europe's largest information and technology cluster. Companies including Spotify, Klarna, and Mojang were founded in the city.