This is a list of the tallest buildings in Sweden. The history of skyscrapers in Sweden began with the completion of Kungstornen on Kungsgatan in Stockholm.[1] The twin towers are each 60 m (197 ft) high and were completed in 1924 and 1925 respectively.[2] In 1927 Thor Thörnblad proposed an American inspired skyscraper on Blasieholmen in Stockholm, the proposal was 40 floors and 150 meters high.[3] This would have made it the tallest skyscraper in Europe by a large margin at the time. In the Post-World War II era construction of several high-rise buildings began,[1] such as Wenner-Gren Center, Skatteskrapan, Hötorgsskraporna, Folksamhuset, and Kronprinsen.[1] In the early part for the 21st century a new wave of high-rise buildings has reached Sweden. Karlatornet in Gothenburg stands as the tallest building in Sweden and Scandinavia.
Many Swedish skyscraper projects have been canceled after protests, or because the plans were proved economically unsustainable. A 200 m (656 ft) high skyscraper, called Tell Us Tower, was planned for construction in 2010 at Telefonplan in Stockholm's southern suburbs, but the plans were canceled in 2007.[4][5] There were plans to construct a 325 m (1,066 ft) high skyscraper, Scandinavian Tower, in Malmö, but they were canceled in 2004.[6] If built, the Scandinavian Tower would have been the tallest skyscraper in Europe.[6]
List
editDefinition
- Height to architectural top: This is the main criterion under which the CTBUH ranks the height of buildings. Heights are measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the top of the building, inclusive of spires but excluding items such as flagpoles and antennae.
- Highest occupied floor: Height to the floor level of the highest floor that is occupied by residents, workers or other building users on a consistent basis.
- Height to tip: Height to the highest point of the building, including antennae, flagpoles, and technical equipment.
Building heights are measured in "plushöjd" with the RH2000 vertical reference system in Sweden, which shares its zero point with the NAP. The zero point is approximately at sea level. A common mistake is therefore to cite the "plushöjd" as the building's height, which in fact is the height above sea level.
If a source states no specific type of height it is displayed in the "Height to architectural top" category, which is also the official height. Unknowns are represented by a 0.
Tallest buildings
editName | Picture | Location | Height to architectural top | Height to tip | Floors | Year | Source | Notes |
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Karlatornet | Gothenburg | 246 m (807 ft) | 246 m (807 ft) | 74 | 2024 | [7] | Tallest building in the Nordic Countries | |
Turning Torso | Malmö | 190.0 m (623 ft) | 190.0 m (623 ft) | 54 | 2005 | [8] | Won the Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2005. Previous tallest building in Scandinavia. | |
Citygate | Gothenburg | 144 m (472 ft) | 144 m (472 ft) | 36 | 2022 | [9] | Tallest office building in Scandinavia | |
Norra Tornen 1 | Stockholm | 125 m (410 ft) | 125 m (410 ft) | 36 | 2018 | [10] | Tallest building in Stockholm. | |
Kista Science Tower | Stockholm | 124.00 m (407 ft) | 156 m (512 ft) | 30 | 2003 | [note 1][note 2] | ||
Kista Torn | Stockholm | 117.88 m (387 ft) | 119.39 m (392 ft) | 40 | 2016 | [note 1] | ||
Scandic Victoria Tower | Stockholm | 117.45 m (385 ft) | 119.95 m (394 ft) | 35 | 2011 | [note 1] | Tallest hotel in Sweden. | |
Kineum | Gothenburg | 110 m (361 ft) | 110 m (361 ft) | 27 | 2022 | [11] | ||
Point Hyllie | Malmö | 110.00 m (361 ft) | 110.00 m (361 ft) | 29 | 2019 | [note 1] | ||
Norra tornen 2 | Stockholm | 110 m (361 ft) | 110 m (361 ft) | 30 | 2020 | [12] | ||
Hotel Draken | Gothenburg | 104 m (341 ft) | 104 m (341 ft) | 33 | 2023 | [13] | ||
Sthlm 01 | Stockholm | 102 m (335 ft) | 102 m (335 ft) | 27 | 2020 | [14] | ||
Gårda Vesta | Gothenburg | 97 m (318 ft) | 97 m (318 ft) | 25 | 2021 | [1] | ||
Gothia Towers: East Tower | Gothenburg | 92.35 m (303 ft) | 92.35 m (303 ft) | 29 | 2014 | [15] | ||
Kajplats 6 | Stockholm | 87.6 m (287 ft) | 87.6 m (287 ft) | 26 | 2020 | |||
Malmö Live | Malmö | 87 m (285 ft) | 87 m (285 ft) | 25 | 2015 | [16] | ||
Söder Torn | Stockholm | 86.20 m (283 ft) | 86.20 m (283 ft) | 25 | 1997 | [note 1] | Has a spire, the roof height is 75.20m. | |
Skatteskrapan | Stockholm | 85.50 m (281 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 28 | 1959 | [note 1] | 2 floors added in 2007. | |
DN-skrapan | Stockholm | 82.38 m (270 ft) | 88.0 m (289 ft) | 26 | 1964 | [note 1] | The chimney is 85.27m. | |
Kronprinsen | Malmö | 82 m (269 ft) | 87 m (285 ft) | 27 | 1964 | [17][note 2] | ||
Tyresö View | Stockholm / Tyresö | 82 m (269 ft) | 82 m (269 ft) | 23 | 2014 | |||
Quality Hotel Friends | Stockholm / Solna | 81.5 m (267 ft) | 81.5 m (267 ft) | 25 | 2013 | [18] | ||
Skrapan | Västerås | 81.4 m (267 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 26 | 1990 | |||
Lilla Bommen | Gothenburg | 81.3 m (267 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 23 | 1989 | [19] | ||
Kronjuvelen | Gothenburg | 80 m (262 ft) | 80 m (262 ft) | 27 | 2023 | [2] | ||
Gothia Towers: Crown Tower | Gothenburg | 79.45 m (261 ft) | 79.45 m (261 ft) | 25 | 1988 | [20] | 6 floors added in 2013. | |
Folksamhuset | Stockholm | 79.29 m (260 ft) | 85.04 m (279 ft) | 26 | 1959 | [note 1] | ||
Gamlestads Torg Hus A | Gothenburg | 79.6 m (261 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 17 | 2018 | [21] | ||
Lusten | Stockholm | 77 m (253 ft) | 78 m (256 ft) | 24 | 2014 | |||
Kajen 5 | Stockholm | 76.15 m (250 ft) | 76.15 m (250 ft) | 25 | 2011 | [note 1] | ||
Wenner-Gren Center | Stockholm | 75.70 m (248 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 26 | 1961 | [note 1] | ||
Kajen 4 | Stockholm | 74.60 m (245 ft) | 74.60 m (245 ft) | 25 | 2016 | [note 1] | ||
Gothia Towers: West Tower | Gothenburg | 74.35 m (244 ft) | 74.35 m (244 ft) | 24 | 2001 | [22] | ||
Sara Kulturhus | Skellefteå | 74 m (243 ft) | 20 | 2021 | ||||
Ideon Gateway | Lund | 74 m (243 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 19 | 2012 | |||
Trade Center | Halmstad | 73.5 m (241 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 23 | 1988 | |||
Platinan | Gothenburg | 72 m (236 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 18 | ||||
Nejlikan | Borås | 70.1 m (230 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 21 | 2014 | |||
Infra City | Stockholm / Upplands Väsby | 70 m (230 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 24 | 1991 | |||
Scandic Triangeln | Malmö | 69 m (226 ft) | 69 m (226 ft) | 22 | 1989 | |||
Kv. Kaninen | Malmö | 68 m (223 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 22 | 2014 | |||
Malmö tingsrätt | Malmö | 68 m (223 ft) | 68 m (223 ft) | 2022 | ||||
Närlundaskrapan | Helsingborg | 68 m (223 ft) | 69.3 m (227 ft) | 19 | 2007 | |||
Brf ICON | Växjö | 67 m (220 ft) | 67 m (220 ft) | 20 | 2018 | |||
Quality Hotel View | Malmö | 65 m (213 ft) | 67 m (220 ft) | 19 | 2015 | |||
Gängtappen | Malmö | 65 m (213 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 15 | 1958 | |||
Rica Talk Hotel | Stockholm | 65 m (213 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 17 | 2006 | |||
Tornet | Linköping | 64 m (210 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 19 | 2009 | |||
Slagthuset | Malmö | 63 m (207 ft) | 63 m (207 ft) | 13 | 1993 | |||
Bonnierhuset | Stockholm | 62.20 m (204 ft) | 62.20 m (204 ft) | 18 | 1949 | [note 1] | ||
Malmö Arena Hotell | Malmö | 62 m (203 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 16 | 2014 | |||
Hötorgsskrapan 1–5 | Stockholm | 61 m (200 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 19 | 1962 | |||
Södra Kungstornet | Stockholm | 61 m (200 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 17 | 1925 | |||
Kungsholmsporten | Stockholm | 60.80 m (199 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 20 | 2011 | [note 1] | ||
Nyponet | Stockholm | 60.04 m (197 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 21 | 1958 | [note 1] | ||
Norra Kungstornet | Stockholm | 60 m (197 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 16 | 1924 | |||
Gröna Skrapan | Gothenburg | 60 m (197 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 17 | 2010 | [23] | ||
Gårda Business Center | Gothenburg | 59.4 m (195 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 17 | 1989 | |||
Forum Nacka | Stockholm / Nacka | 59 m (194 ft) | 74 m (243 ft) | 18 | 1989 | [note 2] | ||
Scandic Hotel Ariadne | Stockholm | 58.55 m (192 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 17 | 1989 | [note 1] | ||
Malmö Living | Malmö | 58 m (190 ft) | 58 m (190 ft) | 20 | 2019 | |||
Stockholm Globe City | Stockholm | 58 m (190 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 16 | 1988 | |||
Centralsjukhuset | Kristianstad | 57 m (187 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 13 | 1973 | |||
Studio | Malmö | 56 m (184 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 13 | 2015 | |||
Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset | Gothenburg | 56 m (184 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 18 | 1959 | |||
Ostkupan | Gothenburg | 56 m (184 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 16 | 1964 | |||
Hus 1 | Malmö | 55 m (180 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 15 | 1965 | |||
Niagara | Malmö | 55 m (180 ft) | 56 m (184 ft) | 11 | 2015 | |||
Arenatoppen | Lund | 55 m (180 ft) | 55 m (180 ft) | 16 | 2016 | |||
Frölunda Specialist Hospital | Gothenburg | 55 m (180 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 17 | 1967 | |||
ÅF-huset | Gothenburg | 55 m (180 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 16 | 2014 | |||
Universitetssjukhuset | Lund | 53 m (174 ft) | 55 m (180 ft) | 14 | 1968 | |||
Tenoren | Malmö | 52 m (171 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 19 | 2016 | |||
Öresundshuset | Malmö | 52 m (171 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 14 | 1973 | |||
Hotel Opalen | Gothenburg | 51.5 m (169 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 16 | 2009 | [24] | ||
Bryggudden | Karlstad | 51 m (167 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 20 | 2013 | |||
Mobilia Hus E1 | Malmö | 51 m (167 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 16 | 2014 | |||
Uppsala View | Uppsala | 51 m (167 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 16 | 2018 | |||
Studentskrapan | Skövde | 50 m (164 ft) | 0 m (0 ft) | 18 | 2006 |
Under construction
editName | Location | Height | Floors | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karlatornet | Gothenburg | 245 m (804 ft) | 73 | 2023 |
Auriga | Gothenburg | 125 m (410 ft) | 36 | |
Virgo | Gothenburg | 90 m (295 ft) | 27 | |
Brf Celsius | Gothenburg | 80 m (262 ft) | 23 | [25] |
Kaj 16 | Gothenburg | 78 m
(256 ft) |
16 | 2026[26] |
Approved
editThis list also includes buildings under construction during the site clearing phase.
Name | Location | Height | Floors |
---|---|---|---|
Levnadskonstnären 1 | Malmö | 84 m (276 ft) | |
Fyrtornet | Malmö | 71.1 m (233 ft) | 16 |
Levnadskonstnären 2 | Malmö | 67.2 m (220 ft) | |
Droppen | Malmö | 62.9 m (206 ft) | |
Fabriken | Malmö | 56.3 m (185 ft) | |
Drivbänken | Malmö | 50 m (164 ft) |
Proposed
editName | Location | Height | Floors |
---|---|---|---|
Cassiopeja | Gothenburg | 147 m (482 ft) | 43 |
Gasklockan | Stockholm | 140 m (459 ft) | 45 |
+One | Gothenburg | 140 m (459 ft) | 40 |
Gasklockan | Stockholm | 95.1 m (312 ft) | 29 |
Packrummet 1 | Stockholm | 74 m (243 ft) | 24 |
Packrummet 2 | Stockholm | 72 m (236 ft) | 24 |
Jubileumstornet | Gothenburg | 21 | |
Älvtornet | Gothenburg | 19 |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Hultin, Olof; Bengt O H Johansson; Johan Mårtelius; Rasmus Wærn (1998). The Complete Guide to Architecture in Stockholm. Stockholm: Arkitektur Förlag. p. 62. ISBN 91-86050-43-5.
- ^ "Kungstornen". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Abrahamsson (2004), s. 175
- ^ "Sveriges Arkitekter – Debatt" (in Swedish). Arkitekt.se. November 20, 2007. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
- ^ "Tell Us Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ^ Borén, Erling (July 7, 2017). "Stordalen: "Ett hotell halvvägs till himlen"". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "Turning Torso". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Citygate Göteborg" (in Swedish). Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "Kika in i det första Norra tornet". mitti.se. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Så här bygger vi Kineum". NCC (in Swedish). Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "Norra Tornen vinner pris: "Ett kvitto på många års hårt arbete"". www.byggindustrin.se (in Swedish). Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ Masthuggkajen, Masthuggskajen (February 10, 2022). "Hotell Draken blir en plats för alla göteborgare".
- ^ "Sthlm 01" (in Swedish). Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "Gothia East Tower". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Malmö Live, Malmö". skanska.se (in Swedish). Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ "Kronprinsen". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Quality Hotel Friends". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Lilla Bommen". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Crown Tower". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Gamlestads Torg". Platzer. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "Gothia West Tower". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Gröna Skrapan". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Scandic Hotel Opalen". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Första spadtag för Brf Celsius i Eriksberg, Göteborg". peabbostad.se (in Swedish). February 9, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Redaktionen (March 20, 2023). "Träskrapan Kaj 16 smygstartar". Stadstillvaxt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved July 1, 2023.
External links
edit- Diagram of Swedish skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage