Swedish Architecture Designs: Sweden Buildings
Key new buildings in Sweden, Europe. Modern Scandinavian built environment design updates.
post updated 27 September 2026
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Swedish Architecture News arranged chronologically:
5 February 2025
Avicii Arena Stockholm building news, Europe’s Largest Spherical Building, Stockholm
Design: HOK with C.F. Moller Architects
image : HOK
This property renovation ensures that the world’s largest spherical building continues to serve as a world-class venue for sports, concerts and cultural events while preserving its architectural heritage.
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Swedish Architecture News
Swedish architecture design images in 2024
5 December 2024
Våga Water Tower Varberg, Halland County, western Sweden
Architecture: White Arkitekter
photos : Anna Kristinsdóttir and Joacim Winqvist
The Swedish city of Varberg is growing and evolving. The old water tower has served its purpose, and the city wanted a modern successor that reflects Varberg’s deep connection to water.
1 August 2024
Tinnerbacksbadet, Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Southern Sweden
Architects: 3XN
photo © Rasmus Hjortshoj
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We choose key examples of Swedish Architecture.
We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and competitions across Sweden. The focus is on contemporary Swedish buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.
Swedish Architecture Walking Tours
Stockholm Architecture Tours : by e-architect guides
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Swedish property projects in 2023
15 December 2023
Stadsljus Stockholm residential tower, Royal Seaport, Stockholm
Architecture: Cobe and Yellon
images : Cobe and Yellon
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Swedish architects news, Houses in 2015
1 Dec 2015
Mall of Scandinavia, Hagastaden, Stockholm
Design: Benoy
image from architects
Mall of Scandinavia
Benoy’s design of the building and commercial planning, in conjunction with local Swedish architects Bau, is complemented by the Interior Design from Swedish agency Wingårdhs and Paris-based Saguez and Partners.
25 Sep 2013
Summerhouse Lagnö, Stockholm archipelago, eastern Sweden
Design: Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
photo : Åke E’son Lindman
The setting is the Stockholm archipelago, natural ground sloping gently down to the sea in the south, mostly open with a few trees and bushes. Unlike other projects we worked on located on more isolated islands in the archipelago without car access from the mainland, this site was relatively easy to reach also with heavy transports.
16 Sep 2013
City Hall Kiruna, northern Sweden
Design: Henning Larsen Architects
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City Hall Kiruna
Henning Larsen Architects in collaboration with Tema Landscape Architects Sweden, WSP Engineers Sweden and UiWE Cultural Designers have won the competition for a new city hall in Kiruna in Northern Sweden. The city hall will mark the beginning of the development of an entirely new city centre in Kiruna.
20 Aug 2013
Fagerström House, Edsviken, Sollentuna, Sweden
Design: Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects
photograph : Åke E:son Lindman
Fagerström House
6 Aug 2013
Electrical Charging Stations, Gothenburg, south west Sweden
Design: Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture
image from architect
Electrical Charging Stations
The charging stations come in three sizes all with the same formal language for recognition. They are built using FSC-certified local wood.
27 Jun 2013
Emporia, Malmö, south west Sweden
Design: Wingårdhs
photo : Tord-Rikard Soderstrom
Emporia Malmö
Emporia is first and foremost an urban planning project in which offices, housing, and retail come together in a mixed-use development along Boulevarden and Stationsgatan in Hyllie, on the south side of Malmö.
14 Jun 2013
Wooden Skyscraper in Stockholm, east Sweden
Design: Berg | C.F. Møller Architects
Wooden Skyscraper in Sweden
For HSB Stockholm’s architectural competition 2023, three teams of architects produced innovative proposals for private residences of the future at three different locations in the centre of Stockholm.
10 Apr 2013
Triangeln Station, Malmo, south west Sweden
Design: Sweco Architects AB + KHR Arkitekter
Triangeln Station Building
26 Mar 2013
Nobel Center in Stockholm – Architecture Contest Sweden
Architects Shortlist News
Nobel Center Building in Sweden
During the winter there has been a selection process to choose the architects who will be invited to participate in the planned architectural competition to design a Nobel Center at Blasieholmen in Stockholm.
21 Mar 2013
Helsingborg Hospital Building, south west Sweden
Design: schmidt hammer lassen
Hospital Building Sweden
3 Mar 2013
European Spallation Source Building, Lund, southern Sweden – winners
Design: Henning Larsen Architects, COBE and SLA
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European Spallation Source Building
International design competition for the ESS, which will become the world’s largest and most advanced facility for neutron-based research. The team also includes the engineering companies Buro Happold, NNE Pharmaplan and Transsolar.
23 Jan 2013
Tree Hotel, north east Sweden
Design: Rintala Eggertsson Architects
Tree Hotel Sweden
25 Jan 2013
Cultural Centre and Library in Karlshamn, southern Sweden
Design: schmidt hammer lassen architects
Cultural Centre and Library in Karlshamn
The New Cultural Centre and Library in Karlshamn, Sweden, is designed to gather the city’s cultural functions under one roof. schmidt hammer lassen architects has just won an international competition to design this 5,000 square metre cultural centre.
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14 Dec 2012
Kloster Houses, western Sweden
Architect: Torsten Ottesjö
Kloster Properties
19 Oct 2012
Lilla Bommen, Gothenburg, south west Sweden
Design: Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture
Lilla Bommen Gothenburg
Redevelopment of a centrally located site in Göteborg. The commission was to develop the future empty site remaining from the planned demolishing of the old bridge Göta älvbron.
10 Aug 2012
Sven-Harry’s Art Museum, Stockholm, eastern Sweden
Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
Sven-Harry’s Art Museum
The vertical museum is a city type. In urban situations are collections connected by stairs, elevators and escalators. It is an effect of density, but also a way to create sequences in the exhibition with the natural boundaries of the building.
10 Aug 2012
Tåkern Visitor Centre, Östergötland, eastern Sweden
Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
Tåkern Visitor Centre
All the way out where the forest ends and the reeds begin, a visitor center hovers low on piles set carefully into the water’s edge. The building is clad in thatch, camouflaged like a birdwatcher’s blind, hiding its contents from the natural world that surrounds it.
13 Jun 2012
Hen House Building, western Sweden
Architect: Torsten Ottesjö
Swedish Hen House Building
HönsHus-1 is a wooden hens house designed and built by Torsten Ottesjö situated on the West coast of Sweden. It rests on a framework of steel legs drilled into rock.
2 May 2012
Domkyrkoforum Visitor Centre, Lund, south west Sweden
Design: Carmen Izquierdo
Domkyrkoforum Visitor Centre
The new Domkyrkoforum visitor centre, facing the Cathedral in the Swedish city of Lund, uses Aurubis Architectural’s Nordic Brass panels to create a series of contemporary forms, generating new vistas and public spaces within its historic setting.
12 Apr 2012
Spira Performing Arts Center, Jönköping, southern Sweden
Design: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
Spira Performing Arts Center
Spira has four different performing arts venues: a main concert hall that seats 910, a 450-seat theater, a 200-seat black box, and a 200-seat café stage. The building is situated on an artificial peninsula jutting out into Lake Munksjön, right in the center of downtown Jönköping.
28 Mar 2012
Victoria Tower, Kista, Stockholm, eastern Sweden
Design: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
Swedish Skyscraper Building
Wrapped entirely in a cloak of glass, Victoria Tower stands like a lighthouse along the road between downtown Stockholm and the city’s airport.
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Recent Swedish Architecture Designs
23 Feb 2012
Uppsala University Building, eastern Sweden
Design: 3XN architects
Uppsala University Building
24 Jan 2012
Klevens Udde, Smögen, south west Sweden
Design: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
Klevens Udde
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2011
Swedish Architecture Awards 2011 – Winning Buildings + Architects
Skipark 360°
C. F. Møller Architects | Berg Arkitektkontor
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Modern Swedish Architecture from 20th century linked further down page.
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New Buildings in Sweden
Contemporary Buildings / Designs in Sweden, alphabetical:
Albano University Campus, Stockholm
Design: Christensen&Co Arkitekter
Albano University Campus
The new Campus Albano is located immediately next to the Stockholm Archipelago in the northern part of Stockholm City. It will form a connection between the two current universities; the Royal Institute of Technology and the University of Stockholm.
Aluminum House
Design: Unit Arkitektur
Aluminum House Sweden
Around the lake Gärdsken, in the southern parts of Alingsås, a residential area with villas mainly from the 20th century is situated. Originally, these were small wooden two storey houses with a basement in stone and vernacular detailing.
Ankerspelet housing, Malmo
Design: Kim Utzon Arkitekter
Ankerspelet Malmo
Ankerspelet is a public housing project built for MKB, and the 70 apartments are situated on the harbour front of Malmo. The precise but varied building complex is shaped like a geometrical cliff with ravines, passages and crevices and defines the western border of the new urbanisation of Vastra Hamnen.
Archipelago House, Stockholm archipelago
Design: Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
Swedish archipelago house
Asplund Architecture Competition
Design contest winner: Heike Hanada
Stockholm Library Building
Stockholm City Council has abandoned this project following funding problems and due to pressure from various groups opposed to building so close to Asplund’s celebrated design. No clear reason has emerged, and sadly once again much architects’ time has been wasted on yet another failed international architectural contest.
Barkarby Observation Tower, Stockholm
Design: Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
Swedish Double Helix Tower
Brick House, Göteborg
Design: Unit Arkitektur
Brick House
Campus Park Skara, southern Sweden
Design: AART architects + Schonherr Landscape
Skara Building
Danderyd House
Design: Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
Danderyd House
Glass House
Design: Unit Arkitektur
Glass House
Halmstad Library
Design: schmidt hammer lassen
Swedish library building
Helsingborg Hotel & Congress Centre
Design: schmidt hammer lassen
Helsingborg Hotel Building
House Tumle, near Gothenburg
Design: Johannes Norlander Arkitektur
House Tumle
The Hovrätten court building, Malmö
Design: schmidt hammer lassen
Malmö courthouse
Juniper house – holiday home, Gotland
Design: Murman Arkitekter
Juniper house
K:fem department store, Stockholm
Design: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
K:fem Stockholm, Vällingby City
Kalmar Museum of Art
Design: Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
Swedish museum of art building
Kivik Art Centre building
Design: Snøhetta
Kivik Art Centre
Kivik Art Centre Refugium pavilion building
Design: Petra Gipp Arkitektur AB
Kivik Art Center pavilion
Kivik Art Centre pavilion design
Design: David Chipperfield / Antony Gormley
Kivik Art Centre pavilion
Kosterhavet Visitor Centre Building
Design: White Arkitekter
Kosterhavet Visitor Centre
KTH-School of Architecture Building
Design: Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
Swedish School of Architecture, Stockholm
Lake Mälaren house, Tidö-Lindö, Västerås
Design: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter
Lake Mälaren house
Lernacken hotel, Malmö
Design: Space Group Arkitekter
Lernacken Hotel : architecture competition
Lidingo houses, Stockholm
Design: Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
Lidingo houses
Lidköping Police Building, southwest Sweden
Design: LETH & GORI
Lidköping Police Building
Mirage Dancehall, Falsterbo
Design: Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture
Mirage Dancehall Falsterbo
When designing we always work with our manifesto which puts focus on people, needs and context. In special projects we write several short stories describing what could take place in the building. In the Mirage project it was important to connect the conservative and historical mindset of the community of Falsterbro with the new ideas and visions that attracts young people from all over Europe to visit the area during the summer months.
Moderna Museet Malmö
Design: Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
Moderna Museet Malmö
Seen from the exterior, a new extension marks the arrival of the new museum. The extension provides a new entrance and reception space, as well as a cafeteria and new upper gallery. Its perforated orange façade both connects to the existing brick architecture and introduces a contemporary element to the neighbourhood.
Mountain restaurant, Ramundberget
Design: Murman arkitekter
Ramundberget Resort Building
The Facade material is given by the surrounding nature, birch logs stands like a huge protecting screen towards the Nordic icy winds. The round shape is natural in the in exposed situation.
Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg
Design: Brisac Gonzalez Architects
Swedish museum building
The site is situated at the foot of a hill, at the southeastern edge of central Gothenburg. It is directly adjacent to Sweden’s most visited tourist attraction, the Liseberg Amusement Park.
Naturum Vattenriket
White Arkitekter
Vattenriket is a cultural landscape and, being so close to an urban area, it underlines the connection between people and nature. Naturum is situated in a recently-designated biosphere wetlands reserve.
New Karolinska Solna, Stockholm
White Arkitekter
New Karolinska Solna Building
The NKS will be a new, ultra-modern university hospital with 600 inpatient beds (including 125 ICU beds), 100 outpatient beds, 36 operating rooms, and eight radiation bunkers. The complex encompasses the hospital building, research building, a technology building, a 100-bed patient hotel and a new parking facility.
Novum BioCity, Stockholm
Christensen&Co Arkitekter
Novum BioCity Stockholm
Novum BioCity is the new research – and laboratory centre at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge. The building will comprise of approximately 70,000 m2, mainly laboratories.
Silo X, residential buildings, Gothenburg
White Arkitekter
Gothenburg project : architecture contest
Gothenburg buildings, best new architecture + architects in south west Sweden : key Swedish property developments – Gothenburg architecture, images, architect projects, houses.
Skelleftea, northern Sweden
General Architecture
Skellefteå building
General Architecture’s design for a new headquarter for Skellefteå Kraft, Sweden’s fourth largest energy company, is now under construction. The twelve story building has a net floor area close to 9.000 m2, and will be entirely clad in copper cassettes.
SKYPE office, Stockholm
PS Arkitektur
Swedish Office interior
The project consists of audio and video studios, offices and social areas for 100 staff. The core idea behind the Skype software application has generated the design concept for the interior of the new office.
The Snow Trap, Gällivare
Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
The Snow Trap
The forces of nature that sculpted the Stuor Muorkke, or Great Lake Falls region, have brought forth a simple, rounded form. The snow’s ability to fill every pocket in the lee of the wind is exploited here to create a building with a memory.
Stockholm Ferry Terminal
C. F. Møller Architects
Stockholm Ferry Terminal building
The new terminal for Stockholm’s permanent ferry connections to Finland and the Baltics will be a landmark for the new urban development Norra Djursgårdsstaden. The terminal, which will have a facade covered with expanded mesh, recalls the shape of a moving vessel.
Stockholm Town Houses
C. F. Møller Architects
Stockholm Town Houses
Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm is known worldwide as an exemplary example of how a former industrial port area can be transformed into a sustainable urban development.
Stockholm Waterfront
White Arkitekter
Stockholm Waterfront Buildings
Turning Torso Tower, Malmö
Santiago Calatrava Architects
Turning Torso Malmo building
Uppsala Concert & Congress Hall, Uppsala
Henning Larsen Architects
Swedish concert hall building
Uppsala University Building
3XN Architects
Uppsala University Building
Vaxjo Library, Småland, southern Sweden
schmidt hammer lassen
Vaxjo Library
World Village of Women Sports, Malmo
BIG
World Village of Women Sports
More modern Swedish Architecture designs online soon.
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Sweden Architecture Designs – chronological list
Swedish Architecture Walking Tours
Stockholm Architecture Tours : by e-architect guides, by appointment.
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Famous Swedish Architects
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Modern Swedish Buildings
Significant 20th Century Architecture in Sweden, alphabetical:
Cardboard factory, Fors, Dalecarlia
1952
Ralph Erskine
Chapel of the Resurrection, Woodland Cemetery, Enskede, Stockholm
1914-34
Sigurd Lewerentz
Sigurd Lewerentz
Dunkers Kulturhus – Dunkers house for culture, Hälsingborg
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Kim Utzon
Frescati Campus – Students’ Centre, Stockholm University
1981
Ralph Erskine
Frescati Campus – Sports Hall, Stockholm University
1983
Ralph Erskine
Kiruna town centre
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Ralph Erskine
Nya Bruket, Sandviken
1978
Ralph Erskine
St. Mark’s Church, Bjorkhagen
1956-60
Sigurd Lewerentz
St. Peter’s Church, Klippan, Sweden
1963-66
Sigurd Lewerentz
Stockholm Library, Sveavägen 73, Stockholm
1918-27
Erik Gunnar Asplund
Gunnar Asplund
Stockholm University Library & Student Union
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Ralph Erskine
Woodland Chapel, Stockholm
1918-20
Erik Gunnar Asplund
ref. Chapel of Resurrection further up page
Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm
1935-40
Erik Gunnar Asplund
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Swedish Building Developments
Contemporary Swedish Builldings Designs – no images, alphabetical:
Accordion House, Lake Övre Gla
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Design: Maartje Lammers & Boris Zeisser
zoomorphic timber dwelling
Art pavilion, Malmö
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Design: MVRDV Architects
A bold design by one of the best known architectural offices in the Netherlands.
Avalon Hotel, Gothenburg
2007
Design: Semrén & Månsson
Bo-01, Malmö
2001
Design: Ralph Erskine Architect
City Terminal, Stockholm
1989
Ralph Erskine Architect
Frescati Campus – Lawyers’ Centre, Stockholm University
1990
Ralph Erskine Architect
Gothenburg Bus Station
1997
Niels Torp Architect
Kalmar town square
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Caruso St John Architects
Malmö – Flats
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Gert Wingardh
Malmö developments
Malmö – Housing
2001
Erskine Tovatt Architects – Ralph Erskine
Museum of Modern Art & Architecture, Stockholm
1991-98
Rafael Moneo Architects
1990 Architecture competition
Riksantikvarieämbetet, Riksutställningar, Visby
2008
Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor
Saro Gavlar, house
2007
Okidoki Arkitkter
Sergels Torg Masterplan, Stockholm
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Keith Williams Architects
Slussen Pedestrian Bridge Competition, Stockholm
various entries including Foster + Partners and Berg Arkitektkontor’
Slussen Bridge Competition
Sommarstuga i Ygne, Gotland
2008
Sandell Sandberg
Villa Maria, Stockholm
2008
Fahlander
White Architects – own offices, North Hammarby Docks, Stockholm
2007
White Architects
More new Swedish Architecture Developments online soon.
Location: Sweden, Northeast Europe.
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Architecture in countries close to Sweden
Buildings / photos for the New Swedish Architecture Designs page welcome