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so as to embrace the N. and S. suburbs, the former of which was erected
in accordance with a regular plan. In consequence of various great fires,
the old timber-built houses have gradually been replaced with substantial
stone edifices. In the 17th cent, the population was 15,000. in 1751 it had
increased to 55,700, in 1S00 to 75,500, in 1850 to 93,000. and in 1870 to
136,000, while on 31st Dec. 1SS2 the number was found to be 174.706.
Stockholm consists of the following quarters: —
1. Staden, ‘the city’, the oldest part of the town, situated
on an island at the mouth of Lake Mälaren and on the two smaller
adjacent islands Riddarholmen and Helgeandsholmen. It contains
the Royal Palace, and is now the headquarters of the shipping and
wholesale trade.
2. Norrmalmen, or the N. quarter, with the island of
Blasie-holmen, which is now connected with the mainland, the
handsomest part of the town, containing all the principal hotels, the
railway-station, and the best shops, and consisting of substantial,
regularly-built streets. On the height to the N.W. is the new
Vasa Quarter.
3. Östermalm or Ladugårdslandet, a quarter adjoining the
Norrmalm on the E., the distinctive feature of which formerly
consisted of its barracks. It now also contains numerous handsome
private houses.
4. Kungsholmen , an island adjoining the Norrmalm on the
SAW, the site of several hospitals and manufactories.
5. Södermalmen, or the S. quarter, which is the most extensive
in point of area, but the least interesting part of the city.
G. Saltsjö-Öarne, or the Baltic islands of Skeppsholmen and
Kas-tellholmen, containing naval and military establishments, and
lastly Djurgårds-Staden, or the park suburb, with the Beckholmen.
All these quarters are connected by means of Bridges, by far
the most important of which are the Norrbro (Pl. E, 4; see below)
and the new Vasabro (PL D, 4), completed in 1878, connecting
the Norrmalm with Staden . and Slussen (PL E, 6; p. 342), or
the ‘Sluice Bridges’, connecting Staden with the Södermalm.
Staden and Riddarholmen.
The most interesting survey of the singularly picturesque site
of Stockholm and of its busy harbour-traffic is afforded by the
*Norrbro (PL E, 4), a handsome bridge of seven arches completed
in 1797, spanning the short river which forms the principal efflux
of Lake Mälaren, and connecting the Norrmalm and Staden. It
is constructed of granite, and is 125 yds. long and 20 yds. wide.
Part of it stands on the N.E. side of the small Helgeandsholm,
where, flanking the SAW side of the bridge, there are a number of
shops, the old buildings behind which are to be removed to make
way for a new park. On the opposite (N.E.) side of the bridge is
the *Strumparterre (cafe, see p. 318; steamboats to the Djurgård
every >/4 hr.), to which two handsome flights of steps descend.
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