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. Planning work started in the early 2000s and the new city district will be fully developed around 2030.

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 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.

More than 2,500 new housing units are now occupied and added to the existing residential area of 1,600 households. Approximately 5,100 housing units have been appointed to 55 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.

According to a decision by Stockholm City Council in 2010, Stockholm Royal Seaport is to be a sustainable urban district and an international model for sustainable urban planning.

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)
Target energy use: 55 kWh per square meter per year
Target emission rates: Carbon dioxide emissions below 1.5 ton per person by 2020, adapted to climate change, and fossil fuel free by 2030
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 1200 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 gymnasium, school and preschool in the Gasworks area.

2020 Dismantling of oil management at Loudden begins.

2025  Hjorthagen will be completed with 6,000 new homes, offices and commerce, preschools, schools, sports and culture.

2030 Stockholm Royal Seaport will be completed with at least 12,000 more homes and 35,000 new jobs from Hjorthagen to Loudden.