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Swedish Architecture : Buildings in Sweden
Key new buildings in Sweden, Europe. Modern Scandinavian built environment design updates.
post updated 6 February 2026
We’ve selected what we feel are the 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.
We have 4 pages of Swedish Architecture selections with links to many individual project pages.
Architecture in Sweden
Swedish Architecture : news + key projects (this page)
Swedish Building Developments : A-H
Swedish Buildings : I-O
Swedish Building Designs : P-Z
Swedish Architecture Walking Tours
Stockholm Architecture Tours : by e-architect guides
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Swedish Architecture News
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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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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15 December 2023
Stadsljus Stockholm residential tower, Royal Seaport, Stockholm
Architecture: Cobe and Yellon
images : Cobe and Yellon
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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
picture from architects
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
image : 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
photo : Felix Gerlach
Triangeln Station Building
26 Mar 2013
Nobel Center in Stockholm – Architecture Contest Sweden
Architects Shortlist News
photo : Jeppe Wikström
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
image from architect
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
image from architect
Tree Hotel Sweden
25 Jan 2013
Cultural Centre and Library in Karlshamn, southern Sweden
Design: schmidt hammer lassen architects
picture from 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
image © Christian Stromqvist
Kloster Properties
19 Oct 2012
Lilla Bommen, Gothenburg, south west Sweden
Design: Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture
image from 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
photograph : Tord-Rickard Söderström
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
photograph : Åke E:son Lindman
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
photograph © David Relan
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
photograph : Åke E:son Lindman
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
photograph : Ulf Celander
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
photograph : Tord-Rickard Söderström
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
image from architects
Uppsala University Building
24 Jan 2012
Klevens Udde, Smögen, south west Sweden
Design: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
photograph : Tenjin Visuals AB
Klevens Udde
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2011
Swedish Architecture Awards 2011
Winning Buildings + Architects
picture from Swedish Architects Association
Skipark 360°
C. F. Møller Architects | Berg Arkitektkontor
picture : C. F. Møller Architects
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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
Christensen&Co Arkitekter
image from CCA
Albano University Campus
Ankerspelet housing, Malmo
Kim Utzon Arkitekter
picture from architect
Ankerspelet Malmo
Asplund Architecture Competition
winner: Heike Hanada
picture from competition organiser
Swedish architecture competition
Halmstad Library
schmidt hammer lassen
building photo © Adam Mørk
Swedish library building
Helsingborg Hotel & Congress Centre
schmidt hammer lassen
picture from architect
Helsingborg Hotel Building
K:fem department store, Stockholm
Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
photograph : Patrik Gunnar Helin
K:fem Stockholm, Vällingby City
Kalmar Museum of Art
Tham & Videgård Hansson Architects
building image from TVH Arkitekter
Swedish museum of art building
Moderna Museet Malmö
Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
photo from architects
Moderna Museet Malmö
Mountain restaurant, Ramundberget
Murman arkitekter
picture from architects
Ramundberget Resort Building
Museum of World Culture – Gothenburg
Brisac Gonzalez Architects
building photo © Hélène Binet
Swedish museum building
Stockholm Waterfront
White Arkitekter
photo : Wojtek Gurak
Stockholm Waterfront Buildings
Turning Torso Tower, Malmö
Santiago Calatrava Architects
www.palladium.de, Barbara Burg/Oliver Schuh
Turning Torso Malmo building
Uppsala Concert & Congress Hall, Uppsala
Henning Larsen Architects
image : Ake Eson Lindman
Swedish concert hall building
World Village of Women Sports, Malmo
BIG
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World Village of Women Sports
More modern Swedish Architecture designs online soon.
Location: Sweden, Northeast Europe.
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Famous Swedish Architects
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Architecture in countries close to Sweden
Buildings / photos for the New Swedish Architecture Designs page welcome