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the capital and largest city of Sweden- Stockholm sits on fourteen islands and is sometimes called the Venice of the North.
- With two million people, the Stockholm metropolitan area has over a fifth of Sweden's population.
- It is called Stockholm syndrome because it was first associated with the reaction of bank employees in Stockholm who were held captive for six days.
- He took the last train back to Stockholm.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Who knows —maybe go into bar business even, in Stockholm.Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
- You're suffering from what humans call Stockholm Syndrome: you have bonded with your captors.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- Another time, in a Stockholm tavern, I met this god who was smoking hot, except his talking sword just would not shut up.Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
- After my last stop in Africa, I flew to Stockholm to visit Oliver.Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
- It must be a Stockholm-syndrome thing.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- Stockholm syndrome, individuals' desperate attempts to become like their captors.Ted Dekker -- BoneMan's Daughters
- They invited me to Stockholm to receive it.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- Leamas deposited money at Stockholm on June fifteenth.John Le Carre -- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
- There's a touch of Stockholm Syndrome in the whole thing, I swear.John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
- That's from a pretty well-known industrial designer in Stockholm.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- I even checked the transfers from London, Lisbon, Stockholm and Amsterdam-nothing.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- It was determined that Geran Kropp, a young Swede who had ridden a bicycle from Stockholm to Nepal, would make the first attempt, alone, on May 3.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- My methods are simple, my formula is so good that I was drove away from Stockholm, ruined, because I did not care to dispose of it.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
- Customers can easily find an underage Eastern European girl working as a prostitute in Amsterdam, but not in Stockholm.Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
- "Maybe he has Stockholm syndrome," Simon suggested.Cassandra Clare -- City of Lost Souls
- What I want to know is: how certain are you that Niedermann really is involved in the murders in Stockholm?Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stockholm = the capital and largest city of Sweden
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