STOCKHOLM (AP) Stockholm entered the race for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday, submitting a bid that includes plans to host Alpine skiing events more than 600 kilometers (400 miles away) in the northern Swedish ski resort of Are.
The Swedish Olympic Committee delivered the bid to the International Olympic Committee, three days before the deadline.
Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics, as well as the equestrian competition of the1952 Melbourne Games.
Stockholm joins another Scandinavian capital Oslo, Norway in the 2022 race.
The Swedish committee said the games would be an urban event, with the majority of sports hosted in the capital. Four Alpine ski competitions downhill, giant slalom, super G and the combined would be held in Are, 650 kilometers (400 miles) north of Stockholm.