.stockholm

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.stockholm is a top-level domain (TLD) and GeoTLD for Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Stockholm Municipality applied for the TLD in 2012, at a cost of approximately 1.3 million SEK. [1] It was approved by ICANN as a TLD on 17 September 2015 and delegated on 25 September 2015. [2]

The address was taken in use by the town in 2016 but appeared for the first time on the web in 2018. [3] [4] It is meant to be used for the town's own activities and is not available for public use. [5] It is currently used by around 70 websites. [3]

References

  1. Helander, Magnus (11 April 2012). "Mångmiljonnota för Stockholms nya toppdomän". Resumé (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  2. ".stockholm Domain Delegation Data". www.iana.org. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Toppdomän". nic.stockholm. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  4. "Stockholms stad skaffar sig en egen toppdomän: .stockholm". Internetmuseum (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  5. Lindström, Karin (19 December 2019). "Efter fem år – nu går Stockholm över till sin egen toppdomän". Computer Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 March 2025.