<<＊Stockholm＊>>

Stockholm is the biggest city and the capital of Sweden. The population is about 750 thousand, and that is the biggest population in Northern Europe. It's increasing still now because of immigration. Recently, they have begun to form their own communities.

Stockholm is one of the model city "Koriko" in "Kiki's Delivery Service". That story was written by Eiko Kadono and filmed by Hayao Miyazaki.

There are various kinds of museums in Stockholm. The National Museum owns about 500thousand rough drawings from the Middle age to 1900's and porcelains, paintings, sculptures and collection of modern art.

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"Pippi on the Run" is the famous story in the world. That story was written by Astrid Lindgren.
She was the editor and author of Swedish juvenile book. Her book were translated for about 70 countries, and published by over 100 countries. She wrote thier book for her daughter. This series were sold over one hundred million and 3thousands in the world.

Recently, Northern Europe miscelaneous goods are popular in Japan. "IKEA" is the store which deals Swedish furniture. That store expanded to Swiss, France, Germany, Denmark, America, Canada, China and Japan. It is so popular store in the world.

I saw that store in Minnsota :) ♪　　

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