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Sweden's long history as a seafaring nation is the subject of the Maritime Museum in Stockholm, the national collection devoted to naval and merchant shipping, which occupies a graceful curved building from the 1930s on the wooded shore of an eastern inlet of the city. The architect was Ragnar Ostberg, designer of the celebrated Stockholm City Hall, and his refined structure provides a fitting home for displays that span the navy, the merchant marine, shipbuilding and the daily life of those at ...