Nobis Hotel Stockholm
Nobis Hotel Stockholm is an upscale hotel in central Stockholm, Sweden. Located on Norrmalmstorg, the hotel has 201 rooms. Its atrium is one of its notable features.
Stockholm syndrome
It was in Kreditbanken, which formerly occupied the ground floor of the building in which the hotel is now located, where the term "Stockholm syndrome" was coined in 1973. Four hostages were taken during a bank robbery. The hostages defended their captors after being released and would not agree to testify in court against them. It was noted that in this case, however, the police were perceived to have acted with little care for the hostages' safety, providing an alternative reason for their unwillingness to testify. Stockholm syndrome is paradoxical because the sympathetic sentiments that captives feel towards their captors are the opposite of the fear and disdain which an onlooker might feel towards the captors.
Gallery
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The hotel's entrance -
The hotel's atrium, 2015
References
- ^ "A Stay At A Truly 'Captivating' Hotel" – HuffPost, 31 August, 2012
- ^ Alford, Henry (2012-06-15). "Stockholm, and the Strangers Who Brought Me There". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ Adorjan, Michael; Christensen, Tony; Kelly, Benjamin; Pawluch, Dorothy (2012). "Stockholm Syndrome As Vernacular Resource". The Sociological Quarterly. 53 (3): 454–74. doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2012.01241.x. ISSN 0038-0253. JSTOR 41679728. S2CID 141676449.
- ^ See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse, chapter 2, "The Underground", by Jess Hill; published June 24, 2019 by Black Inc.