Overview
- .stockholm is a geographic top-level domain (GeoTLD) representing Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
- The domain is managed by the City / Stockholm Municipality and intended for the city's own online presence.
- The official registry presence is accessible via nic.stockholm.
History
- Stockholm Municipality applied for the .stockholm string in 2012; the application cost was reported at approximately 1.3 million SEK.
- ICANN approved the string as a new gTLD on 17 September 2015.
- The string was delegated to the DNS root in late September 2015 (reported dates include 25 and 26 September 2015).
- The city took the address into active use in 2016; the domain first appeared on the web in 2018.
Usage and Audience
- The TLD is intended for use by the City of Stockholm and its municipal activities rather than for general public registrations.
- It is explicitly not available for public registration; registrations are reserved for the municipality's purposes.
- As of the latest reports in the source content, around 70 websites use the .stockholm domain.
Registration Rules
- Eligibility: Reserved for Stockholm Municipality for the town's own activities.
- Restrictions: Not open to public registration; managed and allocated by the city/registry.
Notable Cases or Examples
- nic.stockholm is the official registry/landing presence for the TLD.
- The domain is used across roughly 70 municipal or city-related websites.
Operator
Stockholms kommun
Whois
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domain: STOCKHOLM
organisation: Stockholms kommun
address: Ragnar Östbergs plan 1
address: Stockholm SE-10535
address: Sweden
contact: administrative
name: Project Manager
organisation: City of Stockholm
address: Ragnar Östbergs plan 1
address: Stockholm SE-10535
address: Sweden
phone: +46850829327
e-mail: contact@nic.stockholm
contact: technical
name: Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address: c/o Identity Digital Inc.
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1.425.298.2200
fax-no: +1.425.671.0020
e-mail: tldtech@identity.digital
nserver: A0.NIC.STOCKHOLM 2a01:8840:d6:0:0:0:0:41 65.22.220.41
nserver: A2.NIC.STOCKHOLM 2a01:8840:d9:0:0:0:0:41 65.22.223.41
nserver: B0.NIC.STOCKHOLM 2a01:8840:d7:0:0:0:0:41 65.22.221.41
nserver: C0.NIC.STOCKHOLM 2a01:8840:d8:0:0:0:0:41 65.22.222.41
ds-rdata: 28681 8 2 cd787970d0a7de33bc49589fb72d41bde6db32c4470c93c170eb8f2d25978128
whois: whois.nic.stockholm
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://www.stockholm.se/
created: 2015-09-17
changed: 2025-08-27
source: IANA
