Stockholm Royal Seaport

Stockholm Royal Seaport is the largest urban development area in Sweden with at least 12,000 new homes and 35,000 workplaces. 

The area runs along the waterline of the Baltic Sea, lies next door to the Royal National City Park and is just ten minutes away from central Stockholm by bicycle. The industrial site around the gasworks area will be transformed into an urban district that interacts with port operations and the existing residential areas.

More than 3,000 new housing units are now occupied and added to the existing residential area of 1,600 households. Approximately 5,400 housing units have been appointed to 60 developers, but more than half of the development is still to be planned and appointed. The district will be adapted to future climate changes as well as safeguarding biodiversity and ecological values. A resource efficient area with low environmental impact.

More than 600 companies are established in the area, among them Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange and Magasin III one of the leading institutions of contemporary art in Europe.

Property developers participate in competence development seminars at an early stage, to offer their views and experience in an effort to achieve the sustainability targets. During the years that the Royal Seaport is being designed and developed, the sustainability requirements will gradually be updated. The requirements will be adapted as new knowledge, experience and research findings are presented and realised.

More facts

• Construction start: 2011
• Size: 236 hectares
• Total investment: € 2,2 billion (Land owned by the City of Stockholm)
• Public transports: Metro, biogas and electro hybrid buses, and commuter boat
• Municipal art: 1% of the investments is committed to art

Please note that changes might occur over time and that the timeline will be revised throughout ongoing projects.

2008 Decision on environmental profile by the City Council. Opening of Scandinavia's most modern cruise terminal. Building works start on expansion of the South Värtahamnen port.

2009 Clinton Climate Initiative pledges support for Stockholm Royal Seaport. Opening of offices and businesses in the Riga complex in Värtahamnen port.

2010 Construction of tunnel to carry power lines in Hjorthagen. Closure of gasworks. Stockholm is appointed the first European Green Capital by the European Commission.

2011 Building works starts on the first 670 dwellings in the north western district of Hjorthagen.

2012 The first new residents move into the north western district of Hjorthagen. Building starts on 1,200 flats in the second phase of construction. Construction start for a bridge over the Husarviken inlet for pedestrians and cyclists.

2014 Construction start in the third and fourth residential phases. The Norra länken road infrastructure (E20 European Motorway) opens for traffic.

2015 Building work starts in the gasworks area.

2016 Opening of the new passenger terminal at the Värtapiren pier.

2019 Construction completed of the school, preschool and the sports hall - Hjorthagshallen, in the Gasworks area. Since then, more businesses have moved in and opened in the area.

2020 Dismantling of oil management at Loudden begins.

2021 Stockholm City Council adopts a third version of the Sustainable Urban Development Programme. Gasklocka 2 begins to be rebuilt into a cultural scene. 

2022 Lilla Lidingöbron opens for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Construction of Södra Värtahamnen's first phase commences. Spårvägsmuseet (The tramway museum) opens in the Gasworks area.

2027 Building work starts for Valparaiso in Värtahamnen.

2029 Building work starts for Kolkajen in Hjorthagen. 

2030+ Stockholm Royal Seaport will be completed with at least 12,000 new homes, 35,000 new jobs, preschools, schools, sports and culture, from Hjorthagen to Loudden.

A more in depth timeline is available on our external sustainability reporting site.

Norra Djurgårdsstaden 2030 (external site).