The Walkable City

THE WALKABLE CITY
Stockholm City Plan
Adopted by Stockholm City Council on 15 March 2010
Foreword
Stockholm has fantastic qualities that take it far beyond its status as capital of
Sweden. Stockholm combines great expanses of water and greenery with a historic city centre and contemporary architecture. People from around the globe
converge on the city in search of the metropolitan buzz, excitement and opportunities. Stockholm currently faces the challenge of sensible growth, where
more inhabitants than ever in its history can live and enjoy a city with attractive new housing, a dynamic business climate, a knowledge-driven education
system, quality care, good sporting facilities, a rich range of experiences and
an outstanding environment. This is why Stockholm City Council has adopted
Vision 2030: a world-class Stockholm.
With its decision on a new City Plan, the City of Stockholm has launched its
vision of a walkable city, as a response to how we can meet these challenges
and create a structure within which the city can grow. The core idea is for the
city of the future to develop in pace with the people of Stockholm themselves,
with a focus on the qualities of this human, safe and environmentally friendly
city. The strategies for this are to continue strengthening central Stockholm,
to invest in attractive strategic nodes, to connect the different parts of the city
and to promote an attractive, vibrant and safe urban environment across the
whole of Stockholm.
Stockholm has constantly grown ever since it was founded back in 1252,
taking on its unique look and feel. The citys fi rst plan was put together by
Governor Clas Fleming in 1634 and created Stockholms grid layout radiating from the Royal Palace. When the next major plan was produced by lawyer
Albert Lindhagen in 1866, it extended the existing structure for a Stockholm in
a time of industrialisation. The break with these plans came in the 1930s with
the advent of Modernism.
Stockholms new City Plan takes as its starting point a city that grows
on human terms. It does so by not losing sight of the historic assets created
throughout the life of the city, while also looking forward and creating conditions for healing the wounds that have been left in the fabric of the city. In the
future, the walkable city will not stop at the historic tollgates around the centre,
but will stretch far beyond and link up the whole of Stockholm.
The citys green spaces are to be developed so that Stockholmers can enjoy
them fully, and new parks are to be created and established. Nine strategic
nodes have been identified in the outer city, marking where a more concentrated cityscape would be a valuable addition. The assets in these nodes, in
the form of shops, housing, sporting facilities and proximity to nature, can be
improved, helping to create greater well-being and a safer, more vibrant living
environment across Stockholm.
With the City Plan, Stockholm aims to follow the lead of Fleming and
Lindhagen in establishing a walkable city of interconnected neighbouring districts. The guidelines now being drawn up will determine what the
city of our children and grandchildren will look like and how it will work.
Stockholm is rapidly on its way to a population of a million. It is on this basis
that Stockholms City Plan has been drawn up and it is the above perspective
and values that will take the city into its next incarnation for all the people
who live and work in the capital.
Sten Nordin
Mayor of Stockholm
Regina Kevius
Vice Mayor for
City Planning and Sports
THE WALKABLE CITY Stockholm City Plan
How Stockholm is governed

on the way to world class
The democratic process
City Council
Stockholm City Hall.
In the council chamber of Stockholm City Hall, the 101 elected members of
the City Council make decisions that affect everyone who lives in the City of
Stockholm. The members are appointed every four years when elections for
Swedens parliament, the county councils and municipal councils are held.
The party that receives the most votes has the most representatives on the City
Council, and therefore a greater chance of influencing the decisions. One representative on the City Council is the same as one seat. Fifty-one seats are
required to obtain a majority in the City Council. The City Council sets goals
and guidelines for the City of Stockholms operations. The City Council convenes every third Monday, led by the Presidency, and the meetings are open to
the general public. You are welcome to attend a meeting in the City Hall. You
can also listen on the radio or follow the meeting on online TV. Further information about this can be found on our website, www.stockholm.se
City Executive Board
As most members of the City Council have other jobs alongside their political
roles, they are unable to study all the details of a particular matter. Responsibility for this rests with the City Executive Board. Stockholms City Executive
Board comprises 13 members from both the majority and the opposition parties. They make sure that the members receive a compilation of all the facts and
proposals before they make a decision. The City Executive Board has overall
responsibility for ensuring that decisions are implemented, followed up and
evaluated. It is also responsible for the citys financial administration and longterm development. Meetings of the Board are not open to the general public,
but you can read what has been decided on the citys website.
The City Executive Board is assisted by two administrations. One, the
Executive Office, is responsible for control, follow-up and development of the
citys operations and for ensuring that all the political decisions are implemented. The other, the Secretariat to the Council and City Executive Board,
performs secretarial duties for the City Council and City Executive Board. It
is also responsible for the City Hall register, where all the documents are registered, and the archive.
Divisions and Vice Mayors
The City Planning Administration,

under the City Planning Committee,
is responsible for both comprehensive
and detailed planning for the City
of Stockholm. It also issues building
permits, registers property and land,
provides maps and administers housing
subsidies. The City Plan must be
approved by the City Council.
The City Planning Administration
Fleminggatan 4
Box 8314
104 20 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)8-508 26 000
www.stockholm.se
Twelve politicians in the City of Stockholm are fulltime employees. They are
the Mayor and the Vice Mayors who are appointed by the City Council. The
majority has a Mayor and seven Vice Mayors, and the opposition has four Vice
Mayors. A Vice Mayor in Stockholm can be likened to a Municipal Commissioner in other Swedish municipalities. The Mayor and each majority Vice
Mayor is head of a Division that is a department with responsibility for a
particular area of operation, such as the Mayors Office or the Schools and Education Division. Together the Mayor and the 11 Vice Mayors form the Council
of Mayors, and they prepare matters for the City Executive Board. The Mayor
holds a special position among the Vice Mayors, chairing both the Council of
Mayors and the City Executive Board.
On the way to a world-class city
The Stockholm of tomorrow is also shaped in the council chamber. What the
city will look like, be like and how it will be perceived in the future has been
agreed on jointly by all the parties in Vision 2030 A World-Class Stockholm.
The vision describes how Stockholm will develop into an innovative, growing
city that is multi-faceted and rich in experiences, always focusing on what is
best for its citizens. All city operations will work in harmony with the visions
general bearing. If the vision defines the direction of the citys operations,
the City Councils focus goals are the closest steps in the same direction. The
focus goals are decided on each year in connection with the budget by the City
Council, and apply to all administrations and city-owned companies in the
City of Stockholm.
The planning process

Producing Stockholms new City Plan is the first step in a rolling and more
flexible urban development planning process that also provides clear guidance
for future plans.
THE PLANNING PROCESS

Comprehensive plan
(advisory)
The planning process
Swedens Building and Planning Act requires all Swedish municipalities to

produce and update a comprehensive plan that serves as guidance for detailed
plans and building permits. Swedish municipalities have extensive authority
over local land use, sometimes referred to as a planning monopoly.
Land use and building is regulated through legally binding municipal
detailed development plans. Building permits are issued in compliance with
detailed plans for new building, renovations and additions.
Detailed plan
(legally binding)
Building permit
(legally binding)
A strategic plan
The new City Plan, The Walkable City , will function more as a strategic navigation tool than a traditional land use plan. The City Plan shows how Stockholm
will meet its Vision 2030 goals and provide clear guidance regarding the citys
intentions and objectives for sustainable development. The plan also serves as
policy guidance for the entire citys areas and functional responsibilities.
A rolling urban development process
It is crucial that the City Plan is continually updated to reflect new situations
and provide guidance for detailed plans. A rolling urban development planning
process will periodically update the comprehensive City Plan to adapt to current issues. A rolling process can also support a continuous dialogue with the
stakeholders and stockholmers regarding the citys future.
About this document

The City Planning Committee has been
tasked with drawing up a new City Plan,
a process driven by the City Planning
Administration with broad cooperation
across the City of Stockholm. Work started
in autumn 2007 and ended with Stockholm
City Council adopting the plan on 15 March
2010. Governed by the Planning and Building Act, which requires public consultation
and exhibition, the process has been characterised by a dialogue about the future
of the city. Read more about the City Plan
at www.stockholm.se/oversiktsplan
Niklas Svensson
Urban Strategist and Project Manager
for The Walkable City
This City Plan was adopted by Stockholm City Council on the 15th of March
2010 and provides guidance on the use of land and water in Stockholm. The
City Plan is also a key strategy document for the city, as it highlights four urban
development strategies for sustainable growth as part of the citys drive to
achieve its Vision 2030 of being A World-Class City.
Nine focus areas have been identified, based on Vision 2030, and these are
presented in Chapter 2. The focus areas are a distillation of the public interests
that the city considers most important and most pressing. Each focus area contains references to current steering and planning documents. Guiding the citys
development are a number of planning aims that expand on the focus area. The
planning aims act as guidelines for subsequent planning.
In order to reach the goals set out in Vision 2030, it is important for the City
Plan to balance the differing interests. The nine focus areas and their planning
aims have laid the foundation for considerations that have resulted in an urban
development strategy. This comprises four elements that, in the right balance,
will lead to a denser and better connected Stockholm. The strategies presented
in Chapter 3 set out the key goal-related conflicts to be considered in subsequent planning. The urban development strategies are also summarised in a
number of guidelines.
Chapter 4 lists the highlighted geographical areas and the transport infrastructure contained in the City Plan. The geographic descriptions are in some
cases a presentation of the current planning situation and ongoing projects,
while for future areas the descriptions relate to development opportunities and
potential for the areas, based on the strategies in the City Plan. The descriptions in this chapter do not address subsequent planning of these areas and as
such do not constitute an aim. This must be established in subsequent plans
and programmes.
The final chapter outlines how work on the City Plan will continue and how
the plan is to be implemented.
At the end of the report is the official land use map to accompany the City
Plan. The map shows the urban development strategies and the current use of
land and water. Borders are only shown schematically, since the City Plan is a
guide and is not legally binding on any subsequent planning.
There are two appendices to the City Plan. One details environmental and
risk factors as well as the national interests that are to be given consideration in
the planning process. The other appendix contains decisions on public exhibition and adoption. At the time of printing none of the appendices have been
translated.
The City Plan has been drawn up in a process focused on dialogue. For more
information about the process, and other matters not covered in this document,
we would refer you to the website www.stockholm.se/oversiktsplan
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Contents
1 Challenges and visions for urban development.....................................6
1.1 New City Plan for Stockholm.....................................................................7

1.2 Challenges for future urban development..................................................8
1.3 Visions and goals for Stockholms development...................................... 11
2 Planning aims and focus areas...............................................................12
2.1 Public interests and focus areas................................................................ 13

2.2 Stockholm as the city on the water........................................................... 14
2.3 A strong business community and education system.............................. 16
2.4 A socially cohesive and vibrant city......................................................... 18
2.5 Sport, recreation and attractive green spaces...........................................20
2.6 A modern transport system and sustainable travel..................................22
2.7 Housing provision in a growing city........................................................24
2.8 New energy solutions and utilities infrastructure....................................26
2.9 A city rich in experiences, culture and history........................................28
2.10 Health, safety and the environment in a dense city..................................30
3 Urban development strategies for sustainable growth.....................32
3.1 Starting points for a strategy of long-term sustainability........................ 33

Strategy 1 Continue to strengthen central Stockholm.......................... 36
Strategy 2 Focus on strategic nodes...................................................... 39
Strategy 3 Connect city areas................................................................ 43
Strategy 4 Create a vibrant urban environment....................................46
4 Strategic areas, nodes and transport infrastructure........................ 49
4.1 Strategic areas and links in central Stockholm........................................50

4.2 Nodes and links in Stockholms outer suburbs........................................64
4.3 Transport infrastructure........................................................................... 74
5 Dialogue and implementation.............................................................. 80
5.1 Dialogue and collaboration...................................................................... 81

5.2 Continued planning and implementation.................................................82
Map ....................................................................................(inside cover)
1.
Challenges and visions
for urban development
New City Plan for Stockholm
1.1
A growing and sustainable city
The new Stockholm City Plan outlines four urban development strategies that,
carefully balanced over time, will lead to a more integrated and better connected Stockholm. The focus of this balance is on making space for around
200,000 new residents by 2030 while at the same time developing the qualities
that make the city so attractive.
The City Plan paves the way for an increase in density in the expanded
city centre and in a couple of strategic nodes in the outer suburbs. It also
sets out strategic links that will join the different parts of the city together.
Development of the inner city and the strategic nodes in the outer city, linking
these with new public transport and establishing more cohesive urban environments and more attractive parks and green spaces will lead to a city that is
sustainable in every way.
Ten years experience of the City Plan 1999
More than ten years have passed since Stockholm City Council adopted the
previous City Plan, with its strategy of building the city inwards. A great number of urban planning initiatives have taken place in the urban development
areas around the inner city that were highlighted in P99. The transformation of former industrial sites into dense, mixed-use neighbourhoods in areas
such as Hammarby Sjstad has been appreciated by many Stockholmers and
is attracting international interest. This approach has also guided the planning
of many smaller housing projects around the city and there are a whole host of
good examples of land being used more efficiently.
At the same time, it has become clear that a more subtle view needs to be
taken of the assets that the citys green spaces represent and a more holistic
perspective is required if any subsequent development is really to have a positive impact on the urban environment.
Generally speaking, all the new housing built since 1999 is well located for
public transport. This has promoted sustainable travel, but has failed to ease
capacity problems on certain sections of the metro during rush hour. The one
exception is Kista, where journeys to work are made in both directions and use
of the metro is at full capacity.
New focus for comprehensive planning
A major challenge for urban planning in Stockholm is to embrace the citys

metropolitan dynamism while also meeting demand for a long-term game plan.
This City Plan is a first step towards more rolling, flexible comprehensive planning in Stockholm. The planning system will now be better able to manage the
needs of a rapidly growing population, a changing business landscape and the
interaction between the various regional stakeholders, not least with regard to
infrastructure improvements.
The core task has been to direct the work of the City Plan towards a limited
number of areas and draw up strategic planning proposals that have a focus on
implementation and prevailing conditions. It has been crucial to coordinate the
plan with other steering and policy documents that affect urban planning and
to publish the planning documents that are of relevance to the detailed development plan and building permits.
The aim is for the Stockholm City Plan to act as a starting point for a continued dialogue with the people of Stockholm and everyone working to develop
the city. The City Plan has been drawn up in close partnership with the citys
own administrations and companies. Throughout the process, there has
been an open discussion on future urban development with the population of
Stockholm and the citys other stakeholders.
versiktsplan 1999 (City Plan 1999)

The urban development strategy
Build the city inwards:
Reuse brownfield land
and save valuable green spaces
Develop the semi-central band
and turn old industrial areas
into mixed-use neighbourhoods
Develop strategic nodes in the outer city
Build in good locations for public transport
Supplement for local needs
Adopted by the City Council in 1999.
Declared essentially effective from May 2006.
Challenges for future

urban development
1.2
Prognos ver befolkning och arbetsplatser
Continued growth drives long-term planning
Number
1,200,000
1,000,000
Population
800,000
600,000
Jobs
400,000
200,000
0
2000
2010
2020
2030
Inhabitants and jobs

in the City of Stockholm.
Trend 2000 2008 plus forecast to 2030.
Source: USK AB and the Off ice of Regional Planning
The population of Stockholm has grown dramatically in recent years, rising

by more than 10,000 per year. The city has expressed the ambition to promote
continued population expansion as well as growth in business and other activities. At the heart of this lies a belief that a population increase in Stockholm is
a fundamental cornerstone of positive economic growth and increased welfare.
Most commentators predict strong continued growth over the long term in the
Stockholm-Mlaren region, although a great deal of uncertainty surrounds the
future in a time of major economic fluctuations that have real bite. Regional
planning for the period 2005 to 2030 outlines scenarios indicating an increase
in the regions population from 320,000 to 530,000 and a rise in the number of
jobs from 60,000 to 340,000.
The citys own forecasts suggest that central parts of the region will retain or
even increase their attractiveness as places to live and do business. According
to these forecasts, the citys population may rise to almost a million inhabitants by 2030. This rise is largely explained by a birth surplus, with more births
than deaths in Stockholm. It is also believed that todays migration patterns
will continue, with many people moving to the city from the rest of Sweden
and from abroad.
These demographic trends mean that needs will change over time. The rise
in the number of young children will prompt a greater need for preschools and
schools. At the same time, demand for care of the elderly is expected to rise
dramatically in Stockholm in the 2020s.
Many interests coexist in a modern city
Framtidsutredningen 2007 outlines the

economic prospects for the City of Stockholm
Published by the City of Stockholm Executive Off ice
in spring 2007.
The Stockholm-Mlaren region is defined as the counties of Stockholm, Uppsala,

Sdermanland and rebro. Around a third
of Swedens population lives here.
The task of the citys long-term planning is to promote continued growth and
analyse how the needs of a rapidly growing population can best be met. Future
development will increase competition for land in central areas and also those
further from the inner city. The City Plan highlights locations where growth
can be concentrated in order to make development sustainable in the long term,
from an economic, social and environmental perspective.
The strategies of the City Plan take account of the fact that many different
interests must be able to coexist in large parts of the urban environment. Space
is naturally needed for new housing and workplaces, but also for outdoor recreation, utilities and improved infrastructure. Competition for land often leads
to difficult choices between disparate goals and interests. However, the mix of
functions in a limited area is a fundamental asset in a growing city.
A larger and stronger region increases Stockholms attractiveness
Stockholm is a small city in global terms, making it highly dependent on a

strong and growing Mlardalen region that as a whole is able to compete with
other European metropolitan regions.
Recent decades have seen considerable growth in the county, but also a
marked expansion of what is usually termed the functional region. A clear
sign of this is the fact that the regions labour market today includes the whole
County of Stockholm as well as parts of Uppsala and Sdermanland. There
are strong indications that the labour market region will continue to expand in
the future, at least if the planned improvements to the transport infrastructure
are realised. The housing market also has a regional focus, with municipal and
county borders taking on a lesser significance. If we examine the home moves
that take place in the region, the county can be divided up into a number of
housing markets. Most Stockholmers move within the same housing market
and particularly within the same residential area.
The City of Stockholm is responsible for the direction of regional planning, which involves future development being concentrated in a number of
locations in the region, referred to as regional urban cores. The idea behind
a more polycentric structure is to exploit growth potential across the county
in a sustainable and effective way. The development of the chosen regional
cores in Kista and Skrholmen has been a major topic of interest for the city in
recent years. A larger and stronger region depends largely on developing collaboration between the regions municipalities. This collaboration is crucial if
Stockholm is to develop across municipal boundaries, for example in the joint
urban development area around Karolinska-Norra Station. The intermunicipal collaboration also involves international marketing, at the heart of which
lies the joint message Stockholm The Capital of Scandinavia. In addition,
such collaboration creates opportunities to clarify the regions unique selling
points and its importance for the development of Sweden as a whole, for example in connection with discussions on the need for infrastructure investment.
Another key part of the regional collaboration, which has great importance for
the municipalities spatial planning, is to jointly encourage the establishment
and development of different kinds of businesses in the region. These may be
both innovative research and development companies and space-demanding or
disruptive operations that are necessary for the region.
The Stockholm Business Alliance

is a partnership of 49 municipalities in the
Stockholm Mlaren region, which has been
formed to develop local and regional work
concerning business policy in the region.
Internationally, the partnership markets itself
with the message Stockholm The Capital
of Scandinavia.
Framtidsutredningen 2008
Hur pverkar globaliseringen Stockholm
och hur utmanar det staden?
Globalisation affects the region in several ways
Over the recent decades of globalisation, the Swedish economy has become
increasingly dependent on trade with the rest of the world. The reasons behind
this trend are usually described as a combination of market forces, technical advances and political decisions on deregulation. This creates increased
competition between different regions, particularly since large corporations
are becoming less and less dependent on and rooted in what used to be their
home region.
The Stockholm-Mlaren region has so far managed to successfully embrace
globalisation. This can be seen not least in a comparative analysis of Stockholm
presented by the OECD in 2006. The regions businesses are more knowledgeintensive and the service sector is larger than in other parts of the country and
there are several well-established clusters. However, there are strong indications
that competition is likely to become tougher in Stockholms core industries
such as information and communications technology (ICT), biomedicine,
finance and environmental technology.
The city has an important role to play in promoting a good business climate,
so that Stockholm-based companies are able to compete under these tougher
conditions and so that the region remains an attractive place to relocate to.
This applies to high-tech businesses and the broad base of companies in many
different industries.
The most important issue is to meet the need of the business world for
skilled labour and improved communications. Another priority task is to promote and develop Stockholm as a good city with a high quality of life, so that
the workers of the future will want to live and work here. In an increasingly
internationalised world, a people-friendly urban environment, a rich variety of
housing and workplaces, well-developed services and a broad range of culture
and entertainment are becoming ever more important in gaining a competitive
advantage. Through this, the attractive metropolis of Stockholm could become
an even stronger brand.
Environmental and climate issues increasingly important
Global climate change is affecting peoples lives around the world and is one of
the greatest challenges of our time. The City of Stockholm has long worked to
Framtidsutredningen 2008 outlines how

globalisation affects Stockholm and challenges
the city. Published by the City of Stockholm
Executive Office in spring 2008.
in spring 2008.
Framtidsutredningen 2009
Vilka r framtidens utmaningar fr Stockholms
arbetsmarknad och fr staden som arbetsgivare?
Framtidsutredningen 2009 discusses

the key challenges facing Stockholms labour
market in the future.
in May 2009.
The European Commission made Stockholm

European Green Capital 2010, not least
because of the city having integrated environmental issues into its general operations,
reduced carbon emissions and set a target
of being fossil fuel free by 2050.
reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and has achieved good results compared
with many other major cities of the world. Its focused work is one of the reasons
why Stockholm was declared European Green Capital 2010.
However, it will take considerable effort from the city and all those who live
and work in Stockholm to achieve the ambitious target of a fossil fuel free city
by 2050. The citys main strategy is to exploit and build on the capitals advantages in terms of expanding district heating and attractive public transport.
Other significant measures relating to climate change are promoting technological advances and facilitating efficient energy use through careful urban
planning. The city is also a major procurer of goods and services, which puts
it in a strong position to promote the application of environmentally effective
technology.
One of the single greatest challenges for the region and for the City Plan is
to increase access to the transport system while at the same time minimising
the environmental impact of the transport sector. Continued developments in
environmental technology in the transport sector are crucial for the chances of
Stockholm achieving its climate goals. It is therefore important to have sound
infrastructure for the production and distribution of alternative fuels. However,
greater road traffic leads to other environmental problems, so planning needs
to create an urban environment and a structure that supports major expansion
of public transport, promotes walking and cycling, and leads to only limited
use of the car.
A dense city has clear benefits from a sustainability perspective, but there
are also a number of significant challenges that Stockholm and other major
cities have to overcome. Key among them are air quality and noise in densely
developed urban environments with heavy traffic. New ways of tackling these
challenges are to be tested in the citys two new city districts with an ecoprofile: Stockholm Royal Seaport and Vstra Liljeholmen.
Large social disparities in metropolitan regions
vision Jrva 2030

Visioner och frslag fr JrVaomrdet
www.stockholm.se/jarvalyftet
Vision Jrva, part of Vision for Jrva,

is based on the following goals:
Good housing and a more varied
urban environment
Everyday safety
Strong education and good language training
More jobs and greater entrepreneurship
Approved by Stockholm City Council in April 2009.
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As in other major cities, there are significant social and economic differences
across the Stockholm-Mlaren region. Prosperity has increased over many
years, but so have the disparities between different groups in society. One
of the regions greatest challenges is to provide all the people of Stockholm
with equal life chances, not least in the labour market, where Stockholm and
Sweden have been less successful than many other places. All the indications
are that it will be imperative to make better use of this reserve of labour in
order to secure long-term growth.
In Stockholm there are huge disparities between districts and between
the inner and outer city. Factors such as education, income level and ethnic
background are clearly reflected in the pattern of housing. Certain areas with
mainly detached housing and some districts in the outer city have a population
that is socially far from diverse.
A number of municipal and national integration projects have targeted many
of the areas that were expanded during the Million Programme, an enormous
home-building drive in the 1960s and 1970s. The projects have led to positive changes, for example in the form of upgrading the urban environment,
but evaluations of the projects have found it difficult to identify any lasting
improvements. The citys conclusion is that there is a need for long-term and
collective development work, with the focus not only on the individual districts, but also on how the different parts of the city relate to one another and
above all how the labour market can be more integrated. With these issues as
a starting point, work on the Vision for Jrva project has already begun, along
with joint development work for the southern outer city.
Visions and goals for

Stockholms development
1.3
The vision of Stockholm as a world-class city

and other future ambitions
In June 2007, Stockholm City Council decided on a collective, long-term

future ambition in the form of Vision 2030 A World-Class Stockholm. The
vision highlights three themes for Stockholms development: versatile and
full of experiences, innovation and growth and citizens Stockholm. The
vision describes a number of qualities that will characterise the Stockholm of
the future for residents, businesses and visitors.
Implementation of the vision is based on close collaboration with other
stakeholders in the region. All the administrations and companies within the
City of Stockholm are required to help make this vision a reality, both in their
daily activities and through long-term development work. The City Plan is a
clear example of how this vision of the future can be made more concrete.
In many ways, the citys vision matches the overall objectives for a growing
region that the municipalities and other stakeholders in the Stockholm-Mlaren
region have presented in recent years.
Growth that is sustainable in the long term
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VISION2O3O
These types of goal-based documents all attempt to outline growth that is sustainable in the long term from an ecological, social and economic perspective.
However, concepts such as sustainable growth and sustainable development
are problematic, because there are no set defi nitions and because they contain
a number of inherent conflicts.
The proposed City Plan is based on Vision 2030 being the City of
Stockholms current defi nition of sustainable growth. When comparing this
with the national strategy for sustainable growth, it is also clear that there is
broad consensus between the documents. The proposals for planning aims and
strategies in the City Plan also encompass the core areas and objectives for
sustainable development as set out by the government.
Social development and its long-term sustainability is largely a matter
of a process, rather than a desirable future state. The ongoing collaboration
between the citys administrations and companies and with many other stakeholders paves the way for a long-term approach and for different perspectives
and interests to be considered and weighed against one another. The broader
dialogue during the consultation period has also proved invaluable. It increases
the chances of implementing the plans intentions and intensifying the dialogue
as the City Council decides on the next City Plan.
Sustainable growth and progress towards a world-class Stockholm are based
on a holistic approach, and on strategic decisions taken by the City Council,
the citys committees and the company boards not heading off in different
directions. The City Plan must therefore be coordinated with other steering
instruments and follow-up within the city and provide a multifaceted basis for
the City Councils priorities over a shorter timeframe (read more in Chapter 5).
Vision 2030, for the City of Stockholm.

Adopted by Stockholm City Council in June 2007.
A national strategy for sustainable

development was presented by the Swedish
government in 2002 and was revised and
developed in 2004 and 2006. The strategy
embraces every dimension of sustainable
development: environmental, social including cultural and economic. A number of
indicators, including 12 key indicators, have
been chosen to measure whether work on
sustainable development is heading in the
right direction.
RUFS 2010 is the new Regional Development

Plan for the County of Stockholm.
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in May 2010.
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2.
Planning aims
and focus areas
Public interests and focus areas
2.1
Many public interests to be taken into consideration
Under the provisions of the Planning and Building Act, the City Plan must
take into consideration a number of public interests. In this context, the Act
mentions economic growth, natural and cultural assets, good environmental
conditions and good communications. Stockholms City Plan has considered
a range of aspects based on the core challenges for urban development and the
citys long-term vision. These focus areas thus cover the public interests that
the City of Stockholm considers to be most important and most pressing. For
each focus area, there is a presentation of the planning conditions in terms of
the current data that is required for continued planning and building permits,
and the citys approved and adopted steering and policy documents that impact
on urban development.
Excerpt from the Planning

and Building Act
Chapter 4, section 1, states that the comprehensive plan shall record public interests
subject to the provisions of Chapter 2 and
the environmental issues and risk factors
that warrant attention when decisions are
made on the use of land and water. Chapter
2, section 1, states that land and water
areas shall be used for the purposes for
which the areas are best suited in view of
their nature and situation and of existing
needs. Priority shall be given to use that
promotes good management from the point
of view of public interest.
Planning aims in the text and on the map
In order for the City Plan to provide good guidance, the citys ambitions need to
be linked as far as possible to areas on the City Plan map. Most of the planning
aims presented under the focus areas have a more general nature and cannot be
linked to a specific geographic area. For example, there are significant green
spaces both in the marked green areas and in the areas marked out as urban
development on the map. The urban development shown also houses most of
the facilities that are expected in a city. In order to apply the direction of the
City Plan, the planning aims need to be a component of the guidelines, alongside the guidance provided by the urban development strategies.
Specific requirements regarding national
interests and environmental quality standards
Sweden has what is usually called a municipal planning monopoly. This means
that the City of Stockholm has the exclusive right to draw up and adopt detailed
development plans within its geographical boundary. However, the government,
through the County Administrative Board, may overrule a municipalitys decision if certain aspects have not been considered in the planning process, for
instance with regard to national interests and environmental quality standards.
According to the Swedish Environmental Code, national interests are interests
of national importance that municipalities must take into account in their planning. The City Plan deals with national interests under each focus area and
urban development strategy. They are also presented in one of the appendices
to the plan. The city also has to show how the City Plan meets the environmental quality standards set by the government regarding issues such as air
quality. This is handled at a general level under the focus area Health, safety
and the environment in a dense city. One of the appendices to the plan lists all
the environmental factors and risk factors that are relevant to spatial planning.
A City Plan with several roles gives clearer guidance
The City of Stockholms aim is to reduce the number of steering documents

and to achieve better coordination and greater clarity. One way of doing this is
to expand the role of the City Plan so that it also covers other policy decisions
that the municipalities are obliged to address. As such, this City Plan also constitutes the City of Stockholms guidelines on provision of housing, in line with
the Swedish Housing Supply Act (Bostadsfrsrjningslagen). The approved
proposal for the energy plan, as required under the Swedish Act on Municipal
Energy Planning (Lagen om kommunal energiplanering), is also subordinate
to the City Plan.
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Stockholm as the city

on the water
2.2
Stockholms water makes the city unique
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3TOCKHOLMSVATTENARBETE
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Stockholm is a remarkable city on the water. The islands and the confluence of
Lake Mlaren and Saltsjn underpin Stockholms development and its attractiveness. A broad approach is required in order for urban development to help
safeguard and develop the water as an asset for residents, visitors and workers, not least for recreational purposes. It is also important to take a regional
view, since Lake Mlaren and Saltsjn link the City of Stockholm with other
municipalities in the region.
Increasing access to shores and quays
Stockholms vattenprogram
(Stockholms Water Programme) contains
objectives and measures for lakes and
watercourses based on the following
fundamental objectives:
1. Stockholm shall have a good water status.
2. Stockholms lakes and watercourses shall
be attractive recreational areas for all.
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in June 2006.
Shore protection rules came into force

on 1 July 2009. All detailed development
plans on the waterfront must adhere to the
purpose of the shore protection rule. If shore
protection is lifted in the future, this must be
for one of the specific reasons stated in the
Environmental Code.
Stockholms long shoreline is a great asset for the citys inhabitants and a key
part of its identity. Around half the shores are green, and these environments
have huge value for the people of Stockholm and for flora and fauna.
The city has long worked to increase access to lakes and watercourses
through the creation of new waterfront promenades and the conversion of former docks and industrial areas into new waterside neighbourhoods. Today,
there are long pedestrian routes along the shores of Lake Mlaren to the west
and the south. Many of the citys most popular meeting places and recreation
areas are also close to the water.
Bathing and boating highly valued by Stockholmers
Stockholm is almost unique as a capital city for its central bathing facilities.
In fact there are currently 20 official beaches within the city boundary. These
beaches are generally easy to reach for pedestrians and cyclists and by public
transport. The city has an action plan for establishing more bathing spots with
clean water, which is due to be implemented in the coming years. The City
Council has also recently lifted the general ban on bathing in the harbour areas
of the inner city. Along natural shores it is now permitted to swim up to 10 m
from the shoreline.
Within the city there are also around 80 yacht clubs and around 9,000 recreational boats. These boats are a popular part of city life and should be considered
an important interest in the planning process. Work is currently under way to
examine how the yacht clubs can be developed in the future. One important
issue is how on-land overwintering can be improved and possibly concentrated
at fewer sites than is currently the case. This would allow attractive locations to
have other uses and increase access to the shore.
Work on better water quality continues
stra Mlaren Water protection area

has been set up by the County Administrative
Board in order to guarantee the people of
Stockholm high-quality drinking water. The
protection area is divided into a primary and
a secondary protection zone.
Source: Stockholm County Administrative Board
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By focusing on water issues, the City of Stockholm has created water quality
that attracts international attention. The intention is to further improve the
status of water in lakes and watercourses, in line with the citys environmental programme and water programme. There are strong ties to the EU Water
Framework Directive and to the water protection area of stra Mlaren.
The population density in the region puts considerable strain on surface
water and groundwater. Over 90 per cent of the population in the County of
Stockholm is supplied with drinking water from Lake Mlaren. Work is constantly ongoing to increase the security of the water supply. One of the most
important issues in the long term is the increased risk of saltwater entering
Lake Mlaren owing to climate change and rising water levels in the Baltic Sea.
Another priority area is the local management and treatment of stormwater
and minimising pollutants at source, based on the citys stormwater strategy.
This issue will become increasingly important as hard surfaces in the city
increase and the climate changes. The experience from urban development in
recent years is that stormwater issues are tackled at far too late a stage and it is
difficult to create enough space for stormwater infrastructure.
Ports are of strategic importance for the region
Stockholm has a long tradition as a seafaring city, and port facilities will continue to be of strategic importance for the city and the region in the future. It
is essential to maintain basic infrastructure for sea traffic, not least because
shipping is more environmentally efficient than road transport.
In Vrtan-Frihamnen-Loudden the city has been working for many years
to find good solutions that allow the needs of the ports to be met while also
creating a new waterfront neighbourhood. The aim is for Vrtan-Frihamnen
to become a specialist ferry and cruise terminal and a new port for Stockholm.
At the same time, land can be freed up for new housing in attractive locations.
Container handling will be moved to Norvik in Nynshamn and oil handling
will stop at Loudden once the stakeholders concerned have identified an alternative location.
Safeguard options for future public transport on the water
The waterways have potential for passenger transport. The ongoing development in former dockland areas will eventually create greater passenger traffic
and more hubs for switching between ferries and other public transport and
bicycles. It is important that planning takes into account the future need for
quays, particularly in central Stockholm.
Example of potential hubs for transferring

between water-based public transport and
the rest of the public transport network.
Source: The City Planning Administration
Planning aim
Create attractive spaces and better opportunities

for recreation on the citys waterfront
The expansion of waterfront promenades will continue, and poor links are
to be improved if possible. In conjunction with the transformation of the
old docks and industrial areas, accessible, lively and sufficiently wide
walkways are to be created. The city will also promote recreational fishing,
bathing, boating and tourism.
Safeguard good water quality in lakes and watercourses
The citys planning must take into account the stra Mlaren water protection area and the water programmes objectives for lakes and watercourses,
as well as established environmental quality standards and action programmes for water quality in water bodies in the North Baltic water district,
as set out in the EU Water Framework Directive. The aim is to achieve
good water status, so the impact on the whole catchment area for lakes and
watercourses is to be considered. When planning residential developments,
transport infrastructure or other land use, the principles of the stormwater
strategy are to be applied.
National interest ports of Stockholm

Stadsgrden, Masthamnen and Skeppsbron
Vrtahamnen
Frihamnen
Container terminal
Loudden
See appendix to City Plan
National interest waterways
Stormwater strategy
Environmental quality standards and
action programmes for water bodies
in the North Baltic water district
Safeguard the citys port functions
Future port operations are to be safeguarded by reserving land and adjacent water areas for the needs of those port operations. Access along the
public waterways is to be guaranteed. As port operations are restructured,
a different use for the sites can be considered.
Maintain a high level of readiness for water-based public transport
The city should continue working with other stakeholders in the region
to develop water-based public transport. Planning in waterfront locations
in the most important positions should consider the future need to site
ferry quays.
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2.3
A strong business community

and education system
Andel frvrvsarbetande
efter nringgren 2008
35%
Need to be better prepared for more jobs
30%
Just under 540,000 people work in the City of Stockholm. That is more than
half of all jobs in the county, and many people commute into Stockholm from
the rest of the region. As the labour market grows, commuting will take place
within an increasingly large area.
In recent years, the number of jobs has only risen marginally in the City
of Stockholm and demand for new premises is generally relatively low. The
impact of todays economic downturn is difficult to assess, but long-term forecasts suggest strong economic growth and a major increase in employment
over the coming decades. This could possibly translate into a further 100,000
or so jobs in the City of Stockholm by 2030. This is in line with the citys ambition to actively promote the positive development of business, research and
higher education.
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Industrial sector
Construction
Retail
Restaurants and hotels
Transport
Banking and insurance
Other private services
Public services
Employment in Stockholm in 2008,

by sector.
Source: USK AB
Trends in Stockholms business community
Stockholm currently has a business structure that is predominantly knowledgeintensive with a large service sector. Many companies have an international
focus, with significant foreign trade and operations abroad, primarily in the
strong industries of ICT, environmental technology, biotechnology, banking
and finance. The trendspotting survey Framtidsutredningen 2008 suggests that
the service sector will continue to increase over the next few decades and that
business consultants and other business services will account for a large part
of this growth.
The city should prepare the way for new offices in locations that are able
to attract the high-skilled service sector. Indications are that the city centre,
the rest of the inner city and Kista will continue to be popular locations for
this type of business. There is also considerable potential in todays urban
development areas and in the strategic nodes highlighted in the City Plan. The
clear trend in the commercial property market is for office space per employee
to drop and for the immediate surroundings to take on greater significance.
Another interesting trend is for more and more office developments to have a
prominent green profile, with many innovative and environmental solutions.
Diversity of industries and business areas
Guidelines for business areas show

current situation, future aim and development potential. This example is for the
Stra business area.
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in March 2008.
The county as a whole has Swedens most diversified economy, with a wide
range of companies of different sizes and in different industries. The breadth
of the economy and the many small businesses are of strategic importance for
Stockholms development, not least as it is difficult at the moment to predict
what the leading industries of the future are likely to be.
One important step is that the City Council has set out guidelines for
the citys business areas that will form the basis for planning decisions and
advising companies. The business areas naturally have different focuses and
characters. Many locations currently have good conditions for a range of different companies and operations of various sizes. In general, there is potential
for conversion and denser development within and next to the existing business
areas, although the amount of available land is limited. Several of the areas
are already extremely well sited in terms of communications and some may
become more attractive once the planned infrastructure investments come to
fruition, for example if they are situated close to the Stockholm Bypass.
Challenge of combining businesses and housing
Historically, industrial activities have reduced in scope and this has created
opportunities for urban development in former docks and industrial areas. In
a major city there will, however, still be activities that cause noise and require
heavy vehicles and therefore need to be distanced from residential develop-
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ments. It is important to develop regional collaboration in order to identify the

optimum locations for this type of activity. The scope to co-locate housing and
businesses is increasing as more innovative technical solutions are developed,
for example siting noisy facilities underground.
Education and innovation becoming more important
Half of all Swedens higher education provision is located in the County of

Stockholm, which is partly because the majority of artistic institutions of
higher education can be found in Stockholm. Swedens two largest seats of
learning, Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),
together with Karolinska Institutet (KI), form a more or less cohesive area of
science and education in the northern inner city.
Higher education and research play a key role in the regions competitiveness, but spatial planning should also support continued development in all
parts of Stockholms educational provision. There is a need to expand skilled
vocational training as well as higher education if the region is to challenge
international competition in the long term. There are also differences between
the southern and northern parts of the region when it comes to continuing into
higher education.
A key issue is to support the development of innovative environments for
research and enterprise that are highly competitive internationally. Access to
skilled labour and good communications, coupled with a rich urban environment, is crucial for the regions competitiveness and attractiveness to companies
seeking a base. This has been the point of departure for developing attractive
urban environments both in Kista and around Karolinska-Norra Station.
Number of full-time students in higher

education in Stockholm 2009/2010

Full-time students
Institution 2009/2010
Stockholm University
Royal Institute of Technology
Sdertrn University
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm School of Economics
Others
35,082
15,055
7,261
6,265
1,565
6,055
Total
71,283
The number of students studying at higher

education institutions at some point during
the year is considerably higher.
Source: The National Agency for Higher Education
Planning aim
Create good conditions for knowledge- and service-intensive businesses
The city should have a long-term readiness for increased demand in premises for knowledge- and service-intensive companies. As densely
developed new environments are built outside the inner city with extremely
good accessibility Telefonplan, for example new opportunities for relocating are opening up and can be marketed by the city.
Ensure a broad range of jobs across Stockholm
The citys guidelines for developing business areas are to form the basis for
the more detailed planning of each area. Collaboration with local business
associations is to continue and special consideration is to be given to conditions for small businesses. Another initiative from the city is to make spatial
planning more flexible so that future relocation needs can easily be met.
Develop innovative environments for higher education and research
The city must be ready to meet future demand for the development of new
business premises and the built environment in Stockholm Science City
between Stockholm University, KTH and KI. The city should work to continue the development of Sdertrn University in order to create a good
balance in the region, for example by examining new locations for student
accommodation.
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2.
A socially cohesive
and vibrant city
Urban development helps to create a city for all
Stockholm has high ambitions to be a socially cohesive city with a vibrant,

accessible and attractive urban environment for all the people of Stockholm.
Many different stakeholders are working to make Stockholm a city for everyone, whatever their age, gender, social status or background. Good spatial
planning is the key to achieving this objective.
The citys goal of being the worlds most accessible capital and providing
the safe and inspiring surroundings that children need are among the drivers
determining the detailed design of housing, streets, parks, squares and so on.
Access to services affects the everyday life of Stockholmers
Det handikappolitiska programmet

(The Disability Policy Programme) contains
general goals based on the UNs Standard
Rules and the citys objective of becoming the
worlds most accessible capital city by 2010.
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in December 2004.
Access to services has a significant impact on the everyday life of people in

Stockholm. In the retail arena, there has been a concentration on large stores in
out-of-town developments, the city centre and large shopping centres. The service structure developed in the outer city during the post-war period has, over
time, become increasingly difficult to maintain and parts of the city have only
a limited range of services locally. This is reflected in surveys of how citizens
feel about services in their district. The ambition of the City of Stockholm to
promote local centres and increase the customer base through infill developments has had some impact.
However, todays larger centres have the potential to be transformed into
dense cores with a more diverse range. Such a development is in line with the
tendency for Stockholmers to increasingly demand a shopping experience in
an attractive setting. There are also trends towards greater online shopping,
which may affect the future structure of services.
Considerable demand for expanded public services
Public services have also seen a concentration into fewer, larger units over
time, while the range of independently run operations has increased. The city
has been criticised for not being quick enough in expanding municipal services
in new urban districts, particularly preschools and schools. The problem has
partly been that predictions of which groups would move in have proven incorrect, and the costs of premises have been high. Long-term planning for urban
development and new public services needs to be improved if the city is to meet
the needs of a growing population in a satisfactory way.
Safe and vibrant urban environment highly valued
Kultur i gonhjd (Culture at Eye Level)
concerns the influence of children on urban
planning and childrens access to public spaces.
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in April 2009.
Stockholms stads brottsfrebyggande

program (The City of Stockholms Crime
Prevention Programme) guides the citys work
to create the worlds safest capital city.
A safe urban environment is highly valued and the goal is for this to underpin
all urban planning. Many, particularly women and older people, worry about
being victims of crime or feel unsafe in their neighbourhood after dark. This
anxiety has consequences for daily life. It may, for example, mean taking long
detours, not going to the cinema or choosing to take a taxi late at night.
Tackling the issue of safety is, in many ways, a matter of creating a sense
of security in the local community as well as in populated public spaces and
environments. More vibrant street-level retail spaces and so on also have a
positive effect on the feeling of safety. Physical measures and upgrades to
increase the sense of security have also been implemented in many parts of
Stockholm, including within the framework of specific integration projects in
the outer city.
Much of the fear of crime can usually be put down to a fear of unknown people and places. Research indicates that residents of the inner city often believe
the suburbs to be dangerous, while people living in the suburbs feel that the
inner city is dangerous. Greater integration between the various parts of the
city could thus promote a greater feeling of safety and social cohesion.
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in September 2009.
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Need for stronger links and shared meeting places
Today the people of Stockholm move over ever greater geographic areas to
shop, work, go to school, meet friends and so on. As well as journeying into
the inner city, an increasing number of people need to move between different
destinations in the outer city and beyond the city boundary. Poor cross-city
public transport links and physical barriers in the form of roads and unsafe
areas make this type of journey more difficult. The car often becomes a necessity for households to make their daily life work. Those who do not have a car,
particularly young people and women, are therefore particularly affected by
the poor links across the outer city.
People with similar backgrounds and interests tend to live close to one
another, and many Stockholmers live separate lives from those who are different from themselves. Today the streets, parks and squares of the inner city
function partly as shared spaces for many Stockholmers, wherever they may
live. The same is true for some of the citys larger suburban centres and public
spaces, such as Kulturhuset and the larger libraries.
In order to increase social integration, it is important to develop more shared
meeting places in the future, where people with different backgrounds can see
and meet one another in the natural course of their day.
The Social Index has been surveyed since

the 1980s, based on income level, proportion
of immigrants, level of education and employment rate. The example shows the southern
suburbs in the early 2000s. The pale areas
indicate no or low social deprivation while
the darker shades show higher levels of social
deprivation.
Source: USK AB
Planning aim
Create a city for all by strengthening the social perspective of planning
The social perspective of planning can be strengthened at neighbourhood

level. Proposed changes should also be analysed from a social perspective.
Awareness of the everyday needs of various groups in society should be
expanded through extended dialogue and surveys.
Increase the conditions for accessible services throughout the city
The city should continue to safeguard large retail centres and smaller
district centres in the outer city, for example by upgrading the public
environment, through refurbishment and expansion, or by increasing
the customer base by adding infill housing. Good access to a more
diverse range of services in the city centre and strategic nodes will also
be important.
Coordinate planning and urban development

and the expansion of public services
Close collaboration with providers of public services is necessary at an

early stage in the planning process. It is important to learn from the experience of earlier planning projects, to improve the use of population forecasts
and to study suitable locations for new preschools, schools, sheltered housing and so on. The scope for increased flexibility in the use of premises
should also be examined.
Create safe and diverse meeting places and spaces across the city
Planning should take into account the need for a diverse range of attractive,
safe and transboundary meeting places both outdoors and indoors. It is
important to consider the amenities and design of public spaces based on
the needs of different groups and the character of the district. Places that
are already actively used should be prioritised, for example shopping centres, parks and squares, and schools and libraries, as well as hubs for public
transport.
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2.
Sport, recreation
and attractive green spaces
Stockholm continues to be a green city
Stockholms parkprogram (Stockholms

Park Programme) addresses the develop ment and maintenance of parks and nature.
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in January 2006.
Stockholm is a green city with an abundance of flora and fauna and unsurpassed opportunities for recreation in the heart of the city. Access to parks,
sports facilities, cemeteries and countryside is a strong contributor to Stockholms attractiveness, character and beauty.
The importance of attractive green spaces increases in a growing city. In
a dense urban environment, parks and green spaces often act as a second
living space for residents. These environments facilitate relaxation and
meetings, sports events, outdoor experiences and culture. They also provide
important places for young people to interact outdoors and for children to play
and develop.
The city has developed a park programme whose aim is to ensure good
access to parks and nature, sustainable parks and green spaces, and a rich
culture of parks and landscapes. The programme is founded on the belief that
investing in parks and green spaces as the city becomes more densely populated can make the urban environment as a whole better, even where green
areas are reduced in some cases. This development is based on the public environments providing high-quality and rich content that attracts Stockholmers
of all ages and with different interests.
The regional green wedges have been protected
In recent years, building in the city has mainly been restricted to already developed land, with the quality provided by Stockholms green structure largely
being preserved. The majority of the citys most popular areas for enjoying
nature and the great outdoors have been given long-term protection as nature
and culture reserves and a National City Park. Stockholm has thus mainly
protected its part of the regionally important green wedges. At the same time,
conditions for the local flora and fauna have been improved through the citys
focus on restoring oak meadows and wetlands in key areas of natural beauty.
Investment in sport and outdoor pursuits for all
The regional green structure comprises

ten wedges that stretch from the countryside
in towards the centre of Stockholm.
Source: Off ice of Regional Planning
The aim of the citys sports activities is to promote a rich and vibrant range of
sports and outdoor pursuits for the people of Stockholm. In this work, priority
is to be given to children, young people and people with disabilities.
Access to sports facilities and green spaces, as well as opportunities to walk
and cycle to various destinations and activities, promotes an active lifestyle,
which has a positive impact on public health. In recent years, Stockholm has
invested in several new sports halls, new artificial pitches and the upgrading
of existing sports facilities. As Stockholm grows, the need for spaces for both
organised and spontaneous sport will rise and it will be necessary to use existing sports facilities as efficiently as possible.
Greater knowledge of how parks and the countryside are used
The park programme includes guidelines for Stockholmers access to parks

and the countryside, with a focus on the various assets of the citys green
spaces. In recent years, the city has drawn up internationally renowned planning data showing how the people of Stockholm use and value parks and green
spaces, in particular Stockholms sociotope map. This type of data is extremely
valuable in the work of increasing the quality of the citys green spaces.
Knowledge has also improved with regard to ecological assets, for example in
the form of ecological analysis tools. Through these, the city has excellent scope
to improve conditions for abundant flora and fauna through targeted initiatives.
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Active park planning and good maintenance

important for sustainable growth
Parks and natural assets are generally good in Stockholm, compared with
other cities of a similar size. At the same time, there are significant variations
between districts and many areas lack facilities such as a large and amenityrich park within a reasonable distance. According to questionnaires, residents
of some districts feel that they have a lack of parks, despite the number of green
spaces actually being relatively high. In such places it is particularly appropriate to study the amenities and quality of parks and green spaces. In many cases,
the situation would be significantly improved if access to existing green spaces
were made easier.
Stockholmers perception of the quality of parks and green spaces correlates
closely with how the spaces are maintained. Issues concerning the running and
maintenance of parks and sports facilities will take on greater importance as
visitor numbers and wear and tear increase.
Meeting the goals in the citys park programme even as the city grows and
becomes denser requires good maintenance and active park planning, with
initiatives to renew existing and create new parks and green areas, to improve
their amenities and to increase accessibility. Park planning is extremely important in determining whether any urban development can be sustainable in the
long term.
Planning aim
National interest nature conservation

Bromma de Geer moraine system
Ensure good access to attractive parks and green spaces
The park programmes guidelines for access to parks and green spaces are
to inform work on developing the city. Responsibility for the citys green
spaces is shared between several administrations within the City of Stockholm, so good collaboration is essential. Some of the key issues are focusing
in particular on environments for children and young people, and providing
access to tranquil and quiet areas. Increased safety in parks and green
spaces should also be prioritised, for example by providing activity areas,
distinct entrances, good lighting and a clearer overall layout.
Example from the sociotope map showing Mellanbergsparken in Hgerstenssen and

a selection of its recreational assets.
National interest Natura 2000

Hansta
Kyrksjlten
Judarskogen
National interest
Royal National City Park
The historical landscapes natural
and cultural assets
Ensure a broad range of sports fields and sports facilities across Stockholm
The ongoing work to develop guidelines for access to sports fields and
sports facilities is important. The needs of sports clubs, schools and the
general public will underpin planning, while conditions for spontaneous
sport are to be examined separately. The importance of sports facilities
as meeting places for residents from different districts is also to be taken
into account.
Protect and improve the citys ecological infrastructure
The assets of the ecological infrastructure and its links, in the form of
core zones, transition zones and buffer zones, are to be protected and
improved so that the needs of Stockholmers for enriching recreation are
not jeopardised or invaluable ecological assets lost. Compensation is to
be made for any lost ecological assets of special importance. Ecologically
sensitive drainage basins and water areas are to be protected as far as
possible against actions that could damage the assets of the area. New
waterfront promenades and other measures to increase recreational options
along ecologically sensitive shorelines are to be adapted to these assets.
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A modern transport system

and sustainable travel
2.
The regions infrastructure is a key component of sustainable growth
Vision 2030 states that Stockholm is to have a smoothly operating transport

system with little impact on the environment that enables people to travel
quickly and easily throughout the region. Meeting this ambitious goal requires
greater coordination between different sectors of society, advanced planning of
transport and housing, and a holistic approach to the regions transport system.
In December 2007, an important agreement was reached between the government and the regions stakeholders on a number of priority transport projects
as part of the negotiation process referred to as Stockholmsfrhandlingen.
The city will be working to ensure that the agreement is implemented in full so
that accessibility within the transport system can increase, not least between
northern and southern parts of the region. Infrastructure investments agreed
during the Stockholmsfrhandlingen process are therefore an integral part of
this City Plan.
Trafiklsning fr Stockholmsregionen
(The Traffic Solution for the Stockholm
Region) contains priorities for road, rail
and public transport up until 2020 with
an extended view towards 2030.
Careful planning required to mitigate

the environmental impact of transport
The impact of transport on the climate and environment is well known. The
transport sector is responsible for around half the countys carbon emissions.
A host of measures are required in this sector if the target of becoming a fossil
fuel free Stockholm by 2050 is to be achieved. There is great hope that technical advances may result in emission-free and carbon-neutral fuels in the future.
However, an increase in road traffic also brings other undesirable effects such
as congestion, noise and physical barriers.
It is necessary to achieve a balance between important new investment in
road infrastructure and efficient use of the existing transport system. The car
has a natural and irreplaceable function in many contexts, but for car travel
to be more efficient the majority need to opt not to drive. One problem is that,
according to research, an increase in road capacity contributes to new car journeys that previously would have been made by other means, if at all.
Great potential for sustainable travel in metropolitan regions
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
SL
locally inner city
car
WBM
to/from inner city
Modes of transport for different

journeys on a winter weekday
Transport split (%) one winter weekday
between public transport (SL), car and walking/bicycle/moped for different journeys.
The environmental impact of transport is clear in cities, but they also have the
best potential for sustainable travel compared with the situation in rural areas.
A dense and concentrated city encourages walking and cycling, and promotes
the need for reliable public transport. It is also possible to use the infrastructure more efficiently, because it can perform different tasks at different times
of the day.
Sustainable travel is, to a large extent, a case of locating destinations in a
way that does not generate unnecessary travel. Metropolitan regions also have
great scope to use fi nancial instruments to influence traffic and travel patterns. In Stockholm, the congestion tax has proven to be a successful method of
reducing congestion and encouraging more people to choose public transport.
Access to car parking also has a major impact on car use, so a considered parking policy is one way of encouraging a trend towards sustainable travel. There
are therefore good grounds to study different fi nancial instruments in more
detail and carefully assess how they affect accessibility in the region and how
good alternatives to car travel can be offered.
Source: Fakta om SL och lnet 2008, ABSL, 2009
Public transport lies at the heart of the future transport system
Public transport is by far the most efficient way of moving people around, with
just one metro line transporting as many people per unit of time as 1618 lanes
on a road. Stockholm has a well-developed public transport network with a
high proportion of users in international terms. However, this proportion will
need to increase further if the goal of sustainable travel is to be reached. The
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City Plan therefore incorporates the widespread and long-term expansion of

public rail transport in particular. The starting point is that public transport
must be considered in the early stages of the planning process, since the structure of urban development is crucial for the attractiveness of public transport
and vice versa. Another important issue is minimising the administrative barriers within public transport in the Stockholm-Mlaren region.
Bus traffic is a core element of a successful public transport system. Special
bus lanes, known as Bus Rapid Transit lanes, are an effective way of increasing
traffic flow and at the same time more clearly defining the urban space.
Focus on bicycles as a mode of transport
The expansion of the cycle network and an increased realisation of the bicycles ability to compete with other modes of transport have helped give a major
boost to the number of people cycling into the inner city over the past decade.
There is great potential for increasing the proportion of cycle traffic even further, although seasonal variations remain substantial. A fundamental starting
point must be to treat the bicycle as a mode of transport, not as sport or recreation. This means meeting the needs of the commuter at different times of year
and the need for safe cycle links and parking facilities. The ability to combine
cycling with public transport can also be improved.
The cycling plan for the outer city

contains measures to promote cycling, for
example in the form of new routes, upgrading
of cycle paths and measures relating to traffic
lights, bike parking and so on. This example
shows the areas around Gullmarsplan.
Source: The Stockholm Traff ic Administration
Streets and roads are integral parts of an attractive city
Streets and roads are more than just traffic routes. They are an integral part of
a vibrant and safe urban environment. It is true that streets and roads can form
physical barriers, but they are also a means of connecting the various parts of
the city. The mix and intensity of street life is an important aspect of a dynamic
city. The design of traffic and street environments thus has a major impact
when it comes to achieving the goal of a cohesive urban environment with good
conditions for pedestrians and cyclists.
Planning aim
Plan for the efficient implementation

of the Stockholmsfrhandlingen agreements
The infrastructure initiatives that form part of the Stockholmsfrhand

lingen negotiation process are to be implemented in full, and all the
projects have been incorporated into the City Plan (see appendix). It is
important that the city plans to achieve the greatest possible effect from
these initiatives.
National interest
roads and rail network
Work to ensure a long-term focus on public transport
The city must play an active role in the collaboration between the regions
stakeholders aimed at maintaining a long-term focus on public transport.
Alongside the Stockholmsfrhandlingen projects, the City Plan contains
a number of links and public transport routes that should be developed in
order to secure sustainable growth (see appendix).
Focus planning on increased mobility for pedestrians and cyclists
Good conditions are to be put in place for pedestrians and cyclists across
Stockholm. This approach is to be a fundamental consideration when
planning the links and transport routes highlighted in this City Plan
(see appendix).
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2.7
Housing provision
in a growing city
Building housing in a changed market
Guidelines for housing provision

According to the Swedish Housing Supply Act
(bostadsfrsrjningslagen), every municipality
must draw up guidelines for housing provision
once per mandate period. In accordance with
the decision of the City Council, the City Plan
constitutes the citys guidelines on housing
provision.
A high rate of home building is crucial for sustainable growth in Stockholm.

The issue has not been given any particular priority over the past decade,
despite the sizeable migration to the region during the 1990s and the baby
boom in Stockholm in recent years.
However, there have been significant changes in housing policy since the
early 1990s. The influence of the public sector has gradually declined and
state investment grants for producing housing have been abolished. Risk and
responsibility have thus been shifted to housing consumers, developers and
lenders. However, the City of Stockholm still has considerable influence over
housing provision through its landholdings, its responsibility for spatial planning, and its ownership of the three municipal housing companies and the
Stockholm housing service Bostadsfrmedlingen.
Increased home building in recent years
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Rentals incl. specialist apartments for housing
students, older people, and so on
Owner-occupied apartments
Houses
Newbuild housing in Stockholm
based on type and tenure.
Source: USK AB
The production of housing has increased sharply in recent years both in the city
and in the rest of the region. From 2000 to 2008, over 30,000 new homes were
completed in new buildings and through redevelopment projects in the city.
There are great disparities between the years, with the last three years accounting for a large part of the increase and over 15,000 apartments.
Of the new housing, around half has been owner-occupied apartments, 4 per
cent houses and 46 per cent rental apartments including specialist housing such
as student accommodation and housing for elderly people. Many homes have
been built in the larger urban development areas during the 2000s, particularly in Hammarby Sjstad and Liljeholmen. However, building has also been
spread across the city with many small and medium-sized housing projects. In
addition, significant new housing has come from the conversion of loft spaces
and non-residential premises.
Large variations in the existing housing stock
Despite the fast pace of recent years, newbuilds are a small part of the total
housing stock. A functioning housing market is, to a large extent, an issue of
supply and demand, mobility and the brokerage of existing housing.
Overall, there is a good variety of housing in Stockholm, although the city
has a high proportion of small apartments compared with the rest of Sweden.
Low-rise housing accounts for 10 per cent of the stock and almost one in five
Stockholmers live in a house. The proportion of owner-occupied apartments
has doubled since 1990, but rental apartments are still in the majority.
There are very large differences within the city, and in certain districts the
range of housing is quite unbalanced. Some districts are dominated entirely
by low-rise housing, which makes it difficult for people to remain in the area
if they need to move to an apartment. Other districts are completely dominated by blocks of rental apartments, and in such areas it is hard to climb the
property ladder.
Continued high demand and many plans for the coming years
New developments have reduced the housing shortage in recent years, but there
is still a major need for housing for people with limited finances and for housing in attractive locations. One indication of this is that over 100,000 residents
of the City of Stockholm are in the housing service queue, although the majority of these already have accommodation of some sort.
Forecasts of future population growth averaging 7,000 per year to 2030 suggest
that demand for housing will remain high. According to these forecasts, there
will be a need for around 70,000 new homes by 2030.
There is currently a comprehensive focus on planning housing for urban devel-
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opment areas and the rest of the city. As of spring 2009, around 35,000 new
homes were in the planning pipeline, following approval decisions from the
City Planning Committee and land allocation from the City Development
Committee. There are also other housing development projects that have not
reached as far in the planning process, including many of the areas highlighted
in this City Plan.
The overall assessment is that the city is well prepared to meet demand for
housing, with an estimated 3,0004,000 new homes per year being built over
the next few decades.
200,000
160,000
120,000
80,000
40,000
0
Targeted initiatives for specific groups
With the city needing to plan for the housing needs of all groups in society,
there is collaboration within the city to expand specialist forms of housing.
Currently around one in ten rental properties are set aside for older people,
students, disabled people or young people.
Households with limited financial means have a weak position in the housing market, despite the housing service being open to everyone. In spite of
major efforts, it is proving difficult to bring down the price of new apartments
to a level that can be compared with that of older stock. However, attractive
newbuilds can create chains of movers that free up cheaper apartments. This
assumes that the newbuilds are of high quality.
owneroccupied
1980
1990
public
housing
2000
other
rentals
2009
Development of housing stock.

No. of apartments (excl. specialist housing)
by tenure 19802009.
Source: USK AB
High ambitions for new and old neighbourhoods
The city has high ambitions with regard to the urban environment in new and
existing neighbourhoods. The aim is to create good conditions for mixed and
vibrant areas with housing, workplaces and premises for commercial and public services. The focus has been on identifying locations and main streets with
commercial potential in the new residential areas.
Another important aspect of development work is increasing safety in existing and new neighbourhoods. Initiatives within the Vision for Jrva project are
expected to provide new expertise in creating a sense of security and preventing crime.
Planning aim
Plan for steady and constant home building
There are often major fluctuations in the housing market which affect
home building. The citys planning is to be based on the long-term need
for housing. It is also important to work on many different types of housing
project and with a diverse range of stakeholders in the construction and
housing market in order to make it viable to build, whatever the state
of the economy.
Vary the range of housing across the city
Achieving a varied range involves building different types of home with

different forms of tenure in every part of the city. One key move is to interest developers in investing in new forms of tenure and types of housing in
areas whose diversity of stock is limited. Measures to keep construction
and housing costs down also need to continue.
Continue planning housing for groups with special needs
The need for specialist housing is to be considered early in the planning

process. Close collaboration within the city is crucial.
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New energy solutions

and utilities infrastructure
2.
Future shortage of space for utilities infrastructure
Stockholms utilities infrastructure is based on efficient large-scale solutions

for managing water, wastewater, waste and energy. It is important to build on
these systems. One problem, however, is the lack of space for this infrastructure, particularly with regard to activities that require a buffer zone separating
them from residential areas. A drive towards a denser city makes the need for
such areas even more pressing.
New energy solutions are required to cut environmental impact
Energiplanen (The Energy Plan) presents

the citys supply, distribution and use of
energy. Here are a few key points:
1. The city must collaborate with energy
providers on the location of plants and
work to ensure that space is created for
the technical infrastructure.
2. The city must encourage the expansion
of district heating, increased connection to
this system and the use of renewable fuels.
3. The city is to ensure that land is available
and consider the conditions for various
plants and networks for energy provision.
The Energy Plan is subordinate to the City Plan, according
to the decision of Stockholm City Council in March 2010.
Energy use in Stockholm must become more efficient, for the sake of the climate and the economy. The city and the region should have a generally good
readiness for new energy solutions, for example by having plans in place
for future biofuel-based cogeneration plants for power and heat, burying or
tunnelling power lines, and expanding biogas production and distribution.
Hammarby Sjstad has provided useful experience of environmental work that
should be taken on board. The citys focus on new developments with an ecoprofile is key to retaining Stockholms position as an international trendsetter
in energy-efficient solutions and an important market for players investing in
new environmental technology.
There is also great potential in developing passive houses and reducing
energy consumption in existing housing and premises, particularly with older,
less energy-efficient housing stock being so prevalent in Stockholm. Such initiatives have already started, not least in Jrvafltet.
Modern waste management takes careful planning
The citys planning objective to reduce the amount of waste, manage hazardous
waste, increase recovery from waste and ensure good access to waste services
remains in place. Amounts of waste are rising as the population grows, but also
because of a trend for waste per person to increase. Developments in the field of
waste are creating an increased need for waste transfer sites. Although the city
has good general conditions for efficient waste management, there remains the
difficulty of creating systems for collecting sorted waste that are easily accessible and at the same time carefully tailored to the urban environment.
Regional collaboration for efficient provision of goods
Renhllningsordning fr
Stockholms kommun
Freskrifter
Avfallsplan 2008 2012
Antagen av Stockholms Kommunfullmktige 11 december 2007.

Gller from 1 januari 2008.
Renhllningsordning med avfallsplan

(The Municipal Waste Management Regulation) is aimed at everyone who lives and
works in the city and sets out the citys
commitments and plans for managing waste.
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in December 2007.
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For the city to work, goods provision must be rational, cost-effective and
environmentally aware. Currently the streams of consumer goods flow to
Stockholm primarily from southern and western Sweden, but trade from the
east is increasing most quickly. More and more goods are transported by road
and by air, with rail freight shrinking.
There are major logistics centres in Vstberga-rsta and Lunda. At the
rsta intermodal terminal, goods are switched between rail and road. rstas
wholesale depots handle food, while Vstberga and Lunda are transfer stations
and distribution centres for a whole range of different goods. The facilities are
located close to high-capacity transport links, providing good access to the
destinations for the freight. There are strong reasons for retaining these activities as things currently stand, despite the sites being attractive for other uses.
In the longer term, there are clear indications of restructuring in the goods
transport system something that the city should monitor.
A key regional issue is good accessibility for freight, particularly goods
transported by sea and rail. The citys initiative to create a new container port
in Norvik is extremely important in this respect. It is also essential to safeguard
and develop the shipping of heavy goods such as aggregates, since this type of
material should not be transported more than 20 40 km by road if it is to be
fi nancially and environmentally viable.
A large amount of utilities infrastructure that has to work
There is a whole range of other technical infrastructure that has to work in the
Stockholm today and tomorrow. Functional infrastructure for electricity, heating, gas, water and wastewater is to be ensured in subsequent planning.
Population growth and climate change will place further demands on the
production and distribution of drinking water, as well as the removal and treatment of wastewater and stormwater. The best possible local management of
stormwater should be considered when developing new housing.
IT infrastructure is also a core issue for a future of sustainable growth, not
least because information technology can reduce the need to travel. In addition,
developments in the regions electricity supply and the Stockholms strm
energy project will also have an impact on planning.
Larger areas for the citys
utilities infrastructure
Planning aim
Transformer station
Recycling centre
safeguard areas and plants for stockholms utilities infrastructure
The city is to safeguard areas with a sufficient buffer zone distancing them
from housing and where necessary consider new sites. With its waterside
location, Lvsta has been earmarked as an area for utilities, which could
make it an ideal site for a new heating plant. Bearing in mind the increasing competition for land, the city should push for more recessed or
underground sites for interim storage, warehousing, water treatment
plants, bus depots and so on. Space must be reserved or created to allow
work on the existing water and sewerage systems and for installing new
water and sewerage systems.
Heating/power station
Water treatment plant
Gas plant
National interest power grid

intensify collaboration on plants for new energy solutions
The citys spatial planning must, in line with the energy plan, facilitate
new solutions for renewable energy provision such as cogeneration of
power and heat based on biofuel. There should be a readiness to embrace
alternative energy sources such as solar panels, wind power and geothermal energy, with numerous small-scale solutions in existing and new
housing developments.
promote good housing and other functions

in environmentally aware and energy-efficient buildings
The citys planning and approval of building permits should promote housing with a good living environment and energy-efficient buildings both in
existing developments and in new projects. It is important to monitor technical advances in this area and be prepared to adopt new solutions.
plan for increased access to waste services
Recycling points for household waste are to be placed in easily accessible

locations, while also considering the urban environment. Vacuum waste
management systems for household waste and recycling sites set into the
ground have major advantages, but a combination of collection systems is
required tailored to local and economic conditions.
develop and safeguard the functions at the citys logistics centres
The logistics centres in Vstberga-rsta and Lunda are to maintain their

current function, in line with the citys guidelines for business areas. However, the city must be prepared for future changes in the transport and
logistics industry, with a demand for smaller transfer centres close to the
inner city.
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2.9
A city rich in experiences,

culture and history
The beauty and identity of the city gain greater importance
Stockholm is one of the worlds most beautiful cities, rich in history. The
citys water, its proximity to nature, its outstanding heritage environments and
numerous listed buildings are qualities appreciated by the people of Stockholm
and visitors from around the world. All the indications are that these assets
will take on greater significance as competition between regions increases,
while sustainable growth is based on Stockholms identity being preserved
and built on.
Greater knowledge about the citys history
Environments with valuable

cultural history
The picture shows Farsta, Hkarngen and
Skndal. The City Museums classification of
the outer city and its review of the various
environments were reported to the City
Executive Board in May 2010.
Managing Stockholms historical assets is a central part of planning for the

citys development. Knowledge about the history of the city has constantly
increased, not least through the City Museums focus on cataloguing and
assessing buildings and wider environments. The view of what is valuable
from a heritage perspective has been broadened to also include more recent
housing developments, industrial sites and so on. The city currently has access
to a range of background data for planning purposes, documenting ancient
monuments and historically valuable buildings and environments in the inner
city and large parts of the outer city.
Historical assets are the starting point as the city grows
Cultural history classification of buildings in the inner city in accordance with

the decision made by the City Council in 1996.
The picture shows parts of stermalm.
P99 includes Stockholms Byggnadsordning, which describes and states the

attitude to the citys distinguishing features, of which the historical assets are
an essential part alongside the unique natural landscape. Stockholms Byggnadsordning has proven extremely valuable for planning and issuing building
permits in a growing city and is given further consideration in Chapter 3.
The citys focus on building inwards has brought about a broad increase
in density within existing housing developments. Experience has shown
that it is possible to make modern additions both in keeping with and in
conscious contrast to the surrounding buildings, without losing the unique
character of the area. Urban development and increasing density also create conditions for building further on earlier visions for Stockholm, such
as when Lindhagensgatan was transformed into an esplanade all the way to
Ulvsundasjn lake. In addition, this creates exciting opportunities to breathe
new life into unique buildings.
Visions for a world-class city of culture
Cultural life is one of the cornerstones of the regions branding as Stockholm

The Capital of Scandinavia. Stockholms cultural life features strong institutions, extensive local cultural activities, a dynamic cultural climate in all
artistic areas and a growing number of festivals. The region is also the centre
of Swedens cultural industry as the home of publishers, music companies and
designers.
The range of experiences varies across the city
The City is currently drawing up its Cultural

Vision 2030 to meet future needs in the
cultural arena. One of the key points is to
develop collaborations with other stake
holders in the region.
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Stockholms inner city has a hugely attractive range of venues for culture and
experiences. The majority of the regions theatres, museums and other cultural
institutions can be found here. However, there is no lack of ideas for locating large new facilities for culture, sport and experiences in the outer city, for
example through various integration projects. Such a development would, in
many ways, have a dynamic impact on the outer city.
At the same time, it should be pointed out that local culture is alive and well
in many parts of the outer city, with venues such as small theatres and popular
libraries. Public spaces such as parks, streets and squares also have an important role in making Stockholm a diverse city for culture and experiences.
Tourism increasingly important
Tourism is becoming increasingly important to Stockholm. Tourism in the city

has increased by more than 40 per cent over the past ten years, particularly in
terms of the number of hotel stays and restaurant visits. The city has a good
standard of hotel accommodation, with many top-class hotels, although there
is a shortage of hotels in the budget category.
Typical attractions for tourists include City Hall, the Royal Palace, the Old
Town, Djurgrden and the main corridor from Drottninggatan to Sdermalm.
The city and the property owners concerned have carried out extensive renovations, but this work needs to continue. In addition, the city is a central
launchpad for tourists who also visit other parts of the region, not least the
archipelago. There is scope to build on the role that Stockholm plays in tourism
within the ever-expanding Stockholm-Mlaren region.
Popular libraries
No. of visitors 2009
Inner city
Stockholm City Library
Kulturhuset
Medborgarplatsen
Kungsholmen
stermalm
Outer city
Kista
Hgdalen
Farsta
Skrholmen
Vllingby
1,162,811
763,213
509,658
368,619
201,477
198,476
196,580
192,820
192,475
167,234
Source: Stockholm City Library
Focus on exhibitions and events in Stockholm
Stockholm also has a strong position as an exhibition and congress city, with
Stockholm International Fairs and recent investment in Kistamssan and
Stockholm Waterfront. Planning is under way for a new national arena in Solna
and for the Stockholm Arena in Globen City. There are also numerous ideas
for other arenas for sports and events. One problem at the moment is a lack of
central spaces where temporary events can be held. It should be possible to use
the citys water in a new way for these short-term activities.
Planning aim
Continue to increase knowledge about the citys history

and incorporate historical assets in the planning process
During the planning process, the city must preserve and develop its
historical assets and safeguard the national interest in preserving cultural
environments by improving collaboration between the citys administrations and with the national authorities. Particularly valuable buildings
and environments are to be given priority (read more in Chapter 3).
Develop Stockholms tourist areas and venues for major events
The most important tourist areas should be developed through conscious

planning. The events area in Sdra Djurgrden and the sporting area
around Stadion are priorities, along with the main DrottninggatanGtgatan-Globen corridor, where the redevelopment of Slussen is of
major importance. The city must promote the creation of international
class arenas, as well as new cultural institutions and museums. Oppor
tunities for a wide range of events in public spaces should be ensured,
for example by providing more spaces for events large and small.
National interest conservation

of heritage environments
Stockholm inner city and Djurgrden
Gamla Enskede
Grndal
The LM Telephone Factory
and the LMstaden area
Pungpinan
Skogskyrkogrden cemetery
rsta Centrum
Norra ngby and Sdra ngby
Olovslund
VllingbyRcksta
lstensgatan
National interest
Royal National City Park
The historical landscapes natural
and cultural assets
Increase the variety of premises and public

venues for culture and experiences
The public environment is a core element in a diverse city for culture and
experiences, so it is important to create high-impact environments with
multiple assets and facilities. The continuing planning process should
examine the need for premises that are suitable for cultural uses.
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2.1
Health, safety and the

environment in a dense city
The citys environment programme sets the focus
Stockholms miljprogram
2008 2011
vergripande ml och riktlinjer
Stockholm has excellent conditions for living a good and healthy life. Planning
needs to take a holistic view of peoples health and wellbeing, with positive and
negative factors weighed in the balance. The focus of the citys environmental
work is set out in Stockholms environment programme. The most important
goals for the City Plan are to cut traffic emissions, to increase the proportion of
Stockholmers who use public transport, cycle or walk, to reduce traffic noise
and to lower emissions of greenhouse gases from energy consumption.
Traffic noise problems in the spotlight
Stockholms miljprogram (Stockholms

Environment Programme) contains goals and
guidelines for the citys environmental work
Adopted by Stockholm City Council in November 2007.
Noise from road traffic is one of the citys environmental and health problems.
Noise-limiting measures have been carried out in Stockholm for a long time
now. These measures have included screens and sound-damping windows, but
have also been targeted at the road traffic itself, for example with the congestion tax, local speed limits and road tunnels. There are also interesting trials
under way with different road surfaces and quieter tyres, which could improve
the soundscape in the city.
In order to create residential environments with good noise conditions
while also enabling Stockholm to expand in a sustainable manner, the city
has worked with the County Administrative Board to develop the Stockholm
model. This model allows for deviations from national regulations in certain
circumstances.
Unique conditions at Stockholm-Bromma Airport
Stockholms noise map

Example shows noise from road traffic,
rail traffic, air traffic and industry.
Source: Environment and Health Administration
In March 2008, the city extended the Swedish Civil Aviation Authoritys operating agreement for Stockholm-Bromma Airport until 2038. The agreement
has been drawn up based on the unique conditions that prevail at the airport,
which is surrounded by urban housing developments and is closed at night.
The new agreement opens the way to consider new residential developments
in the Ulvsunda area, where noise levels are and will remain below 55 FBN
and max 80 dBA. 120,000 Stockholmers already live in areas with equivalent
sound levels. However, there should be no further increases in density in urban
areas with noise levels above 55 FBN and max 80 dBA, irrespective of whether
building has previously been given the green light.
Alongside new residential developments being considered in the planning process, the city will lobby for the government to clarify claims on the
surroundings in terms of national interest and will take part in the Swedish
National Housing Boards ongoing investigation into guidelines for aircraft
noise. As well as noise, one of the issues that needs further examination is risk
and safety in the area around the airport.
Challenges in achieving better air quality
Air quality in Stockholm

The map shows roads where the environmental quality standard for particulates Pm10 was
exceeded in 2006.
Source: Environment and Health Administration
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In all its planning and supervision, the city must ensure that environmental
quality standards for air quality are not exceeded. However, the regulations
have complicated necessary densification projects that, after careful consideration, have been deemed sustainable in the long term. Recent judgments in the
Swedish Supreme Administrative Court regarding new developments such as
those around Hornstull and Norra Lnken have, nevertheless, backed up the
citys position that it is reasonable to have a local deterioration in air quality in
locations where few people spend any length of time if the air is improved for
many people in other locations in the city.
Measures to meet environmental quality standards for particulates and
nitrogen dioxide should, in the fi rst instance, be of a general nature and aimed
at reducing pollutants at source. Key measures are exhaust gas cleansing and
reduced use of studded tyres, but these are issues that the city can do little
about. Planning is to promote land use and a traffic system that reduces the
need to travel by car. The design of a development project affects the local air
quality to a certain extent, but it has a very limited effect on the situation in the
city as a whole.
Risk and safety work even more
important in a dense urban environment
Spatial planning is a significant element in the City of Stockholms risk and

safety work. Continued increases in density mean that many functions will
be brought together in a limited space and that the complexity of the risk and
safety work will increase. This applies not least to residential developments
next to activities that require a buffer zone, or complicated infrastructure projects such as tunnels, street overbuilds and building below ground.
Climate change is expected to cause higher water levels in the Baltic Sea and
prolonged, intensive rain will become more common. This may cause flooding of Lake Mlaren and other lakes and watercourses, which could affect
low-lying areas and their utilities infrastructure. Groundwater levels are also
expected to vary more, which could lead to landslides and damage to buildings. It is important to gradually increase knowledge about the consequences
of climate change, not least because development projects and infrastructure
have a long life.
Planning aim
Create living environments with good noise conditions
Increase readiness for climate change
When planning in areas under threat from flooding or landslides, buildings

and facilities must be adapted to the risks. Socially essential functions are
to be sited in locations outside the risk areas or designed with careful consideration for the risks. As far as possible, stormwater should be drained
away and handled locally through porous surfaces. The vegetation in the
city is to be given a key role in mitigating the effects of a warmer climate
and in enabling the citys shores to even out strong flows of water.
Environmental and risk factors

E.IA. Environmental
impact assessment
Work to improve air quality in the city
Planning is to support a shift towards land use and a traffic system that
reduce the need for car transport and promote public transport. When
designing new developments, the negative impact on local air quality is
to be minimised. Generally speaking, measures are to focus on reducing
pollutants at source.
National interest
Stockholm-Bromma Airport
The Stockholm model for traffic noise can be applied during detailed
development planning to create living environments with good noise conditions, while also allowing Stockholm to expand sustainably. Noise issues
with regard to Stockholm-Bromma Airport are to be examined separately.
Flood risk in the City of Stockholm before

the redevelopment of Slussen, e.g. in the Ulvsunda area. The blue shading shows a 63% risk,
while the red shading shows a 1% risk of flooding once in 100 years.
The Stockholm model for detailed

development plans and traffic noise:
1. Homes are to be built so that residents
can sleep undisturbed at night (no more
than 30 dBA equivalent and 45 dBA max
noise level indoors).
2. Half of the habitable rooms are to be
placed on the quiet side (no more than
55 dBA equivalent sound level outside
the window).
3. Each apartment must have access to a
quiet outdoor space (no more than 55 dBA
equivalent and 70 dBA max noise level).
Develop a risk and safety perspective in the planning process
Risk and safety issues must be clearly outlined at an early stage in collaboration with those concerned and the need for further background data to
support the planning process is to be examined. When locating and designing new developments, risk sources, as defined in the appendix to this
document, are to be identified and an assessment made of what consideration must be given to the risks.
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3.
Urban development strategies
for sustainable growth
Starting points for a strategy

of long-term sustainability
3.1
Chapter 2 presented the most urgent general interests, based on the challenges
faced by urban development and the vision of a world-class Stockholm. These
planning aims form the basis for the urban development strategy presented in
this chapter. Other fundamental starting points are Stockholms natural assets
and the qualities of the urban development that has taken place over centuries.
A unique natural landscape and clear growth rings
Stockholm takes its uniqueness from the archipelago landscape around the
three large bodies of water in Lake Mlaren, the inner city and Saltsjn. The
key landscape elements are the immense east-west fault scarps and the extensive rift valleys. The rift valleys are often surrounded by the pine-clad ridges
that still remain in large parts of Stockholms outer areas. The fault scarps and
rift valleys are traversed north-south by Stockholmssen, a ridge that over a
thousand years ago formed Stadsholmen as the cut-off point between the landscape around Lake Mlaren and the Baltic Sea.
Stockholm started out as the medieval settlement on Stadsholmen, now
known as the Old Town. Todays Stockholm shows clear growth rings,
with each age leaving its mark on the cityscape. The growth rings comprise
everything from the citys grid layout from the Age of Greatness and the industrialisation of the late nineteenth century to garden cities of the early twentieth
century and 1950s suburbs such as Vllingby. All these growth rings are the
result of a strong planning tradition, where urban districts are expanded following a relatively rigidly regulated pattern. Stockholms Byggnadsordning
sorts the growth rings into 12 characteristic groups.
Prominent elements of the distinctive

natural landscape
Three archipelagos
Fault scarps
Rift valleys and lake systems
Stockholmssen ridge
Green wedges and green spaces
Source: Stockholms Byggnadsordning
An infrastructure that shaped the citys development
The development projects of the twentieth century have, in many respects,

governed the expansion of infrastructure, not least rail communications. For
Old Town 12001800

Stone City 18801930
Early Suburb 18901920
Villa City 18901930
Garden City 19101945
Stone City Ring 1930s/40s
Low-Rise Community 19301950
Metro Community 19501975
New City Enclave 1980s/90s
New Inner Suburb 1990s
Institutional Parks 18801950
Business Areas 1990s
Twelve development characteristics
in Stockholm
Source: Stockholms Byggnadsordning
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large parts of the outer city, rail transport, particularly the metro, forms the
backbone of the urban structure. Accessibility to and from the inner city is
excellent from the suburbs and is one of the reasons why Stockholm has such a
high proportion of public transport users.
The radial city structure shaped by the rail transport network served its purpose well for much of the twentieth century, but it has become increasingly clear
that this structure does not meet all of todays needs. The band of urban districts
in the outer city are often separated by major infrastructure and green areas of
various kinds. Poor transverse connections and weak physical links fail to support peoples patterns of movement or integration between the areas.
The general focus of the City Plan 1999 was to retain these parts of the
contiguous green structure. However, there are strong arguments in favour
of abandoning this principle as the city grows and the needs of Stockholmers
change. The ambition in this City Plan is to bring a modern urban layout to postwar Stockholm.
Mixed and homogenous districts with varying intensity
The vision of a world-class Stockholm is all about creating a vibrant and growing city that mixes different functions. The model often used is the intensive
urban environment of the inner city, with its diverse range of housing, workplaces and services that attract many Stockholmers and visitors.
Stockholm is quite sparsely populated in comparison with other major
cities. The plot ratio is highest in the dense built environment of the inner
city, together with other parts of the central region and Kista. There are, of
course, dense centres of population in other parts of the region, for example in
Vllingby and Skrholmen, but these are only limited areas of the suburbs. The
conclusion is that there is considerable potential for increasing density in large
parts of Stockholm and that greater density can help to create a more vibrant
environment in line with the citys vision.
Density in Stockholm. The map shows

local density (plot ratio) in 10 hectare blocks.
Red is a plot ratio above 1, yellow is around
0.5 and blue is less than 0.1.
Source: Spacescape, the Off ice of Regional Planning
and the City Planning Administration
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The central parts of the region also stand apart in terms of the mix of housing
and workplaces. In other urban districts housing dominates, with the exception
of green spaces and designated business areas, which relate to the focus of earlier urban planning to separate functions from one another. Although there are
significant business areas in most parts of Stockholm, the situation as things
stand is a long way off the goal of a mixed city.
Vibrant and safe urban living is also related to the public environment, how
people move around the city and how different functions interact from a more
local perspective. The degree of success varies in different parts of Stockholm.
Many point out that a dense network of streets, pathways and cycle paths creates more options for moving around, which has a major impact on peoples
sense of security. This is another starting point for the strategies in this City Plan.
Balancing interests for a more integrated
and better connected Stockholm
A collective strategy for urban development requires the balancing of often

competing interests. It is necessary, for example, to balance the need for small
infill projects in many places across the city with the benefit of making largescale investments. Another example is the balance between exploiting the
potential of central Stockholm and prioritising areas where market conditions
are not quite as good. The benefits of connecting the city must also be balanced
against the value of expansive contiguous green areas.
The urban development strategy presented in this City Plan comprises four
parts that together create a more integrated and better connected Stockholm.
The strategies involve central Stockholm continuing to be developed, a focus
on the strategic nodes in the outlying areas and better links between the
different parts of the city. A strategy is also proposed for safeguarding and
developing vibrant city life in other parts of Stockholm.
Space syntax analysis is a method of

measuring how spatially integrated the urban
environment is, based on calculations of how
streets and paths link up with one another.
The example shows Sdermalm and rsta,
with the red and yellow shading indicating
high integration and the blue colours showing
low integration.
Source: Spacescape
Mix of functions. The map shows the ratio

of residential and non-residential space in 10
hectare blocks. Red is more than 75%, green
2575% and blue less than 25% residential.
Source: Spacescape, the Off ice of Regional Planning
and the City Planning Administration
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Strategy 1
Continue to strengthen
central Stockholm
Central Stockholm enjoys a unique position in the Stockholm-Mlaren region

and operates in many respects as an engine for the entire countys growth. The
inner city boasts a number of attractive areas in the Stockholm housing market,
the majority of the regions culture and entertainment and a large number of
companies and organisations with a high international profile.
These central areas continue to be extremely important for the region and
for Sweden as a whole in the future. A dense city core in the central parts of the
region also encourages sustainable development in many respects, particularly
due to the excellent opportunities created for sustainable transport. The city
should therefore continue its planning to strengthen central Stockholm.
Focus on urban development areas
exemplified by two eco-profile residential areas
Guidelines
Create dense and attractive mixed-use
neighbourhoods and high-quality public
spaces
Make the most of the opportunities for
strengthening links between urban development areas and neighbouring districts.
Take sustainable urban development and
eco-efficient solutions further, particularly
in the citys two eco-profile areas.
The transformation of former docks and industrial areas into new communities
has proved a success. The planning status for each of these urban development
areas is shown in the appendix to this City Plan. This focus is a long-term
undertaking on behalf of the City of Stockholm, and it will be completed gradually over the years ahead through close cooperation between administrations
and companies in the City of Stockholm and with private construction and
housing companies. Experience from Hammarby Sjstad shows that long-term
planning, a shared vision and step-by-step progress provide a framework for
creating dynamic, varied neighbourhoods with their own identities.
In the future, too, the shared vision for the urban development areas in the
city centre must be for high-density, attractive, mixed-use neighbourhoods
with high-quality buildings and public spaces. It is important to make the most
of the opportunities for linking these areas together with the rest of the inner
city, neighbouring districts in the outer city and surrounding municipalities.
In doing so, sustainable urban development and eco-efficient solutions are
essential. For Stockholm Royal Seaport (Norra Djurgrdsstaden) and Vstra
Liljeholmen/Lvholmen a separate eco-profile must be created on the basis of
experiences drawn from work on the environment in Hammarby Sjstad. In
Stockholm Royal Seaport the focus will be on energy use, transport, climatefriendly living, the eco-cycle and lifestyle issues with the aim of making this
neighbourhood fossil fuel free by 2030. For Lvholmen the profile will be
drawn up in collaboration with developers in the area.
Urban renewal continues, highlighting the nodes
of the future in the inner city
The city centre is the most important workplace area in Stockholm, a centre for
decision-making in Sweden and a central public space for the regions inhabitants and visitors from across the world. Since the 1990s, the City of Stockholm
has been working actively to transform the city centre, focusing on creating
attractive public spaces, commercial premises and new housing in certain areas.
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This renewal work needs to be taken further and coordinated with the infrastructure investments planned for Norrmalm. The aim is to create an intensive
urban environment with attractive main corridors and better waterfront access.
The greatest transformation can be achieved in the western parts of the city
centre area, with the new stations on the Citybanan line and the build-over
of the rail yard in the future. The more recent developments in the city centre
must also be able to be updated and redeveloped to meet needs for modern
office space, housing close to the city centre and public services. As the city
grows, city centre functions in neighbouring areas also need to be examined,
and planning should take an expanded city centre area as its starting point (see
map in Chapter 4).
Other parts of the inner city also share characteristics reminiscent of the city
centre, with workplaces and commercial services featuring heavily and very
high regional accessibility. In the long term the investments in new infrastructure in this City Plan mean major pressure for redevelopment at a number of
central points. These investments will also open up opportunities to relieve
the pressure on Stockholms Central Station and T-Centralen, whose traffic
load is currently approaching the limits of its capacity in the rush hour. This
primarily involves transforming Slussen, improving accessibility to the east,
and Odenplan, adding a new commuter train station and a future metro extension. Fridhemsplan will also take on a considerably more central role, thanks
to development on the central island of Kungsholmen and the proposed future
improvements in public transport in the west of the inner city.
Guidelines
Take urban renewal further with a focus
on intense urban environments, attractive
high streets and modern city architecture.
Maintain a high level of preparedness for
future regeneration at the other central
points of the inner city.
A modern science city in a unique environment

supports higher education and world-class research
Higher education and research carried out primarily by Stockholm University,

the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Karolinska Institutet (KI) in the
northern part of the inner city is of major importance for the international
competitiveness of the Stockholm-Mlaren region. The long-term development
needs of these institutions must therefore be met, while also preserving the
unique environment in these parts of Stockholm.
The majority of the universitys buildings and individual parts of KTH lie
within the Royal National City Park and here the aim set out in the detailed
comprehensive plan for the area applies. In this plan, Albano is highlighted as
an area for change with high-density housing and otherwise emphasis is placed
on the importance of better links to surrounding open spaces and between
Stockholm University, KTH and Karolinska-Norra Station. To meet the needs
for higher education and research, the city should intensify its planning to create a modern science city.
Guidelines
Create a modern science city that meets
the development needs of higher education
and research.
Develop Albano into a high-density urban
environment and improve the prerequisites
for pedestrian, cycle and public transport
between Stockholm University, KTH and KI.
Preserve the major natural and cultural
assets in the area.
Developing planning for a more cohesive

urban environment in Stockholms inner suburbs
The districts adjoining the current inner city and the new urban development
areas have become increasingly attractive in the past decade. Short distances to
the sought-after areas of stermalm, Norrmalm and Sdermalm and proximity to water and green areas are clear elements in the attractiveness of the inner
suburbs. They also have excellent public transport, particularly the Tvrbanan
LRT line and the metro.
These districts are largely sparsely exploited in comparison to the inner
city. Programme work and studies are in progress looking at how the density
of housing and businesses can continue to be increased, both in urban development areas and in other parts of the inner suburbs. This planning should
continue in order to make the most of the excellent accessibility of these neigh-
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Guidelines
Plan for a cohesive, dense and dynamic
urban environment in Stockholms inner
suburbs.
Safeguard the need for high-amenity parks,
attractive public spaces and corridors.
In particular, examine appropriate development in the border zone between central
Stockholm and surrounding districts.
bourhoods and exploit opportunities for strengthening links between different

parts of the city.
The overall aim must be to create a denser, more cohesive, more versatile
and more dynamic urban environment with opportunities for a broader range
of homes, businesses, services, culture, experiences and so on. Achieving this
goal will involve transforming several of the inner suburbs. At the same time,
the value of the historic buildings from different eras that create Stockholms
character must be upheld, and so must the importance of attractive parks and
natural areas. Improving the flow for pedestrian and cycle traffic and reducing
barrier effects must also be made a priority.
On the land use map the expansion of the city centre has been delimited
schematically. In other words, the boundary is not exact but must be tested in
continued planning.
Conflicts between sustainable growth goals
Further increasing density in central Stockholm demands measures to

meet acceptable levels of noise and air pollution caused by traffic. Work
on risks and safety becomes ever more complex in an environment
whose density is increasing. At the same time, a high-density city in the
central part of the region has clear advantages from the point of view of
sustainability. Existing land resources are exploited efficiently and high
accessibility to public transport is preserved. From a social perspective,
too, there are gains to be made from seeing the inner city expand
beyond its historic boundaries, the old tollgates.
Continued urban development in central Stockholm is of major importance for the regions competitiveness and means increased provision of
homes and jobs in attractive locations. However, these major and complicated projects do also bring higher costs for the City of Stockholm and
it is assumed that completion will be gradual, taking into account the
financial circumstances.
The focus on central Stockholm means higher competition for land
and that some green spaces will have to be exploited. At the same time,
the need for good parks and recreation space will increase as the population grows. Questions about sites of natural and historic value will be at
the forefront in planning for a more cohesive and higher-density urban
environment. It is necessary to seize the opportunity to revitalise parks
and historic buildings in conjunction with urban development.
Another conflict concerns the advantages of redeveloping the city
centre area versus safeguarding the historic values of Stockholms inner
city, for example the experience of the citys waterfronts, silhouette and
topography. Appropriate development in the west of the city and regeneration involving more construction in the rest of the city centre need to
be carefully evaluated in terms of their impact on these kinds of assets.
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Focus on strategic nodes
Strategy 2
In many ways Stockholm is a single-core city. It is true that during the post-war
period some major centres were developed in the outer suburbs, but the plans
of the time for a mixed-use city with homes, jobs and centre functions in these
areas have failed to materialise. The exception is Kista, which is in the process
of gaining amenities comparable with those of the inner city.
Sustainable growth and development towards a world-class Stockholm
demand a better balance between the different parts of the city than is currently
the case. The city therefore needs to support the development of a polycentric
structure with dense and high-amenity nodes in the outer city.
The City Plan identifies a number of nodes outside the city centre which have
more or less tangible development potential. These areas all have their own
different starting points and different criteria in general but what they all have
in common is that they constitute important public transport hubs and largely
enjoy good or very good access to services. The planning criteria and development opportunities for each of these areas are set out in Chapter 4.
The focus on nodes is coordinated with
the development of Stockholms infrastructure
A focus on strategic nodes demands that they offer excellent access into the
city centre by road and rail. The major infrastructure investments already initiated or decided, such as the Citybanan rail line, to give a prime example,
create a new playing field and a unique opportunity to exploit the potential of
the outer city.
It is also necessary to develop high-class transport connections to neighbouring districts so that the nodes can be linked to one another and in the long
term form a cohesive network. Plans for new cross-city rail traffic in western
and southern suburbs will considerably raise the status of the nodes in the
region and have a knock-on effect in terms of increasing interest in housing
construction and business start-ups/relocations.
In addition, it is important to secure excellent local accessibility from neighbouring districts so that adjoining areas can reap the benefits of the broad
range of services, culture and other facilities. The city should develop strong
and dynamic communication corridors to support transport, pedestrians and
cyclists. In this way the nodes can also serve as important points for switching
from one type of transport to another.
Guidelines
Coordinate the development of nodes
with the future transport system in the
Stockholm-Mlardalen region.
Develop a cohesive network of nodes
in the southern and western suburbs.
Increase links between nodes and neighbouring districts.
Developing more attractive housing

and multi-use urban environments in the nodes
The focus on nodes is based on studying these districts with a view to greater
increases in density and more extensive urban development. The overall objective is to create versatile and dense urban environments with a great mix of
housing, parks, businesses and services, and so on. The new buildings will
make these nodes higher density in character and more varied in design. It is
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Guidelines
Develop a multifaceted urban environment
taking the characteristics of the neighbourhood as its starting point.
Plan for an architecturally varied range
of housing that will attract many of
Stockholms residents.
Develop the amenity value of parks and
improve access to valuable green spaces.
of major importance that the design of public spaces in the streets and squares
remains of a high quality and adds features that attract many people to spend
time in them.
The nodes differ in character and start out with different circumstances from
which to develop the spatial environment. Districts such as Farsta, Hgdalen,
Skrholmen and Vllingby were planned as centres for groups of districts in
the 1950s and 1960s, with a clear distinction between the neighbourhood centre, homes of varying density, and in some cases workplaces. Some of the other
nodes, such as lvsj and Spnga, have a more varied history and a housing
structure that has gradually developed over time.
For development in these nodes to be successful, planning must seize on the
qualities that exist in the areas and build further on the character of the neighbourhood in question. In some cases more tangible change will be required,
such as to reduce the barrier effect from infrastructure and further develop the
traffic and street environment to make spending time in the urban environment
more attractive. The transformation of Vllingby shows that gradual renewal
of the centre and surrounding residential areas can be carried out while also
preserving unique historic sites.
A focus on adding new, high-class residential environments, together with
the quality of the neighbourhoods schools, for example, has a bearing on the
reputation of these neighbourhoods and promotes positive development in a
wider sense. Several of the nodes have a relatively homogenous range of housing. More varied housing would attract more housing consumers and provide
increased opportunities for upward housing mobility within a single district.
Another key factor is the development of parks and green spaces, particularly considering that less valuable green areas may have to be sacrificed to
urban renewal. Starting points for planning include incorporating parks and
green spaces as elements in the urban environment and taking into account
the fact that the attractiveness of green spaces depends more on the amenities
they provide, their design and their accessibility than on their size. Knowledge
about the people of Stockholms access to parks and the countryside and the
value they place on nearby green spaces will be very valuable in the ongoing
planning process.
Gradually developing varied businesses
and services on the basis of local conditions
The city needs to be generally well prepared for a major increase in the number of workplaces. In this perspective, a long-term focus on nodes is of strategic
importance for Stockholm as a business city. The breadth of nodes with different profiles and varied architecture offers exciting new opportunities for the
business community today and long into the future. More workplaces will also
have a positive knock-on effect towards creating an urban environment that is
even more dynamic, and at more times of the day.
The development of companies and businesses needs to take place on
the basis of local conditions. In some areas the initial position is good, and
development in Kista is one example where distance from the city centre is
not necessarily a barrier to companies interest in investing in development
projects outside the heart of the city. In areas such as lvsj, too, there are
stakeholders who recognise the opportunity to benefit from its strategic location and excellent accessibility.
In other areas interest in new workplaces is currently lower. Here it will take
a major commitment on the part of the city and broad-based cooperation with
many players if a diverse business community is to be achieved in the longer
term. The challenge partly involves attaining a critical mass of different businesses and attracting key actors capable of bringing in other businesses and
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creating a positive trend for the area. Existing commercial areas in the vicinity may also need to change in profile as a result of future development of the
business base.
One advantage is that all the nodes have a more or less strong range of commercial services. The service industry also constitutes an important sector for
the future and a major employer for those living in neighbouring districts. The
major centres in Farsta, Skrholmen, Vllingby and Kista attract a large number of visitors and offer great potential that can be exploited further. The other
nodes are also well placed to develop their range of services as more homes and
workplaces are built.
Public services have already partly been concentrated in the nodes of the
City Plan. As a rule, it is here that health centres and comprehensive and uppersecondary schools are found, often along with the head office of the district
administration. It would make sense for more specialised operations geared
towards many of Stockholms residents, such as vocational upper-secondary
schools, to be set up in such locations, particularly in view of the excellent
regional connections.
Guidelines
Create good relocation/start-up
opportunities for the companies and
organisations of today and tomorrow.
Work to extend the range
of commercial services on offer.
Develop public services in the nodes
hand in hand with urban development.
Culture, entertainment and sport increase attractiveness
To increase the attractiveness of the nodes, the city should work to broaden the
range of cultural events, entertainment and experiences on offer. This type of
activity attracts many people and plays a key role in the identity and development of an area.
In many cases the nodes are well placed to become strong destinations for
culture, events and sport for neighbouring areas and visitors from the region
as a whole. Such a trend is under way in several places, such as through
Stadsteaterns stage in Skrholmen or the plans for a new type of district library
in Kista. Stockholm International Fairs with its hotel in lvsj is already one
of the regions most popular visitor attractions.
There is a long-term need to increase the number of larger venues and arenas
for culture, events and sport. The city should examine opportunities to steer
this type of new start-up to the nodes of the outer city. Access to land with
development potential is greater in the nodes than it is in central Stockholm
and accessibility for visitors is generally completely comparable with that of
more central locations, particularly once the planned infrastructure developments have been completed. Such spectacular siting decisions can also become
important symbolic projects or new landmarks, which in turn can promote
positive development in other sectors too.
Guidelines
Promote the nodes as the home
of regional culture and events.
Increase opportunities for sport
and recreation.
The focus assumes a multifaceted

development plan and step-by-step expansion
The focus on developing strategic nodes should take a long-term view. Its success demands extensive commitment from many players. This is partly about
a new form of planning, bringing with it a range of challenges different from
those of the urban development areas of today. Urban development in nodes
means that more or less extensive increases in density in existing neighbourhoods have to be studied. This makes new demands in terms of a holistic
perspective in planning and a good dialogue with the people currently living
and working in these areas.
It is not possible or even desirable to focus on all the nodes at the same time,
and local conditions and social development can change relatively quickly.
Decisions to implement this strategy must be passed on an ongoing basis by
the City Council in conjunction with budget planning supported by a rolling
urban development planning process. Questions concerning implementation
will be expanded on in Chapter 5.
Guidelines
Plan for developing nodes on the basis of
a holistic perspective and a good dialogue
with those who live or work in them.
Facilitate step-by-step development
and foster excellent coordination within
the City of Stockholm.
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Developing a wide range of amenities in the nodes runs the risk of

reducing access to services in neighbouring districts where provision
is sometimes deficient even at the moment. However, concentrating services in the nodes is more advantageous than continuing development
towards more external trade. It assumes that accessibility from adjoining
areas is high and proposed improvements to public transport are thereby
significant.
Like urban development in central Stockholm, extensive additional
construction and change in the urban environment brings with it major
costs for the city. More balanced growth in the region is at the same time
positive in several respects. Furthermore, developing nodes means that
the existing infrastructure can be exploited more effectively as more people will then be travelling outwards from the inner city in the rush hour.
Another conflict of interest that must be tackled is how the changes
affect the historic values that exist in the nodes, for example characteristic 1960s suburbs, typical of their time. It will be particularly important
to study how the values of today can be developed further, even if not all
their characteristic features can be retained. It should also be stressed that
concentrating on some districts means less development for other areas.
Furthermore, the value of existing green spaces must be set against the
opportunity to develop the urban environment further. In this context,
too, it is important to emphasise that concentrated increases in density
overall mean that valuable green spaces can be retained in surrounding
areas. However, development in the nodes needs to be characterised by
active park planning to create more high-amenity and accessible parks
for a growing population.
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Connect city areas
Strategy 3
The City of Stockholm has set high long-term goals for a more cohesive city
without social or physical barriers. Many areas in Stockholm are poorly integrated with surrounding neighbourhoods and public transport as a rule does
not encourage travel to destinations other than the inner city. What is required
is a long-term strategy to physically link together the different parts of Stockholm to form a more integrated urban environment. This would increase the
opportunities of local people to meet and travel to work, education and leisure
activities in a sustainable way.
The City Plan sets out a number of principles for linking together the different parts of Stockholm, from both a regional and a more local perspective.
This strategy is largely based on improving infrastructure. On top of this, it
also involves new joined-up development in strategic locations and in vital
corridors, not to mention the development of more meeting places in the green
spaces that often separate the districts of the outer city from one another.
Infrastructure improvements will also support
continued integration in the Stockholm-Mlaren region
Central Stockholm is generally easily accessible from most areas within the
citys borders. However, there is a major lack of transport capacity between
northern and southern parts of the region over the Saltsj-Mlar water strait,
particularly during the rush hour. These deficiencies will become even more
evident as the population grows, and there is a risk that part of the region will
become isolated and that the dynamism of the region will fail to be exploited.
The Citybanan and Mlarbanan rail lines are the most important projects
for improving public transport in the region. The city is also prioritising the
Stockholm Bypass (Frbifart Stockholm) to link together the north and south
of the region. For these major projects to have the greatest possible impact,
good coordination with development planning at important nodes within the
citys borders is essential.
Furthermore, a number of measures are required to develop a modern transport system in the region. In central sections, the metro system is pushed to
its limits and needs to be expanded, including a new branch to Nacka and
an extension of the green line between Odenplan and Karolinska. In central
Stockholm there is also a need to take pressure off the metro network and cut
congestion at T-Centralen by means of a modern tram network. The City Plan
includes converting bus route no. 4 to a tramline and, in the long term, building a westbound public transport link from lvsj towards the university via
Fridhemsplan.
Guidelines
Prioritise the completion of the Citybanan
line and the Stockholm Bypass to create
strong links between southern and northern Stockholm.
Foster the future expansion of public transport to encourage continued integration
in the Stockholm-Mlaren region.
The nodes in the outer city will become

strong junctions in the infrastructure of the future
The transport system has a major structural effect on social development, but
far too often traffic planning has been run separately from urban development
planning. The planned focus on nodes will improve opportunities for coordi-
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Guidelines
Promote attractive transport corridors
between the nodes in the outer city to
support sustainable travel.
Develop the interplay between traffic
planning and construction planning
to effectively implement appropriate
infrastructure.
nating planning of future transport corridors and the new development areas
in the outer city.
Achieving sustainable growth throughout Stockholm demands infrastructure that links together the nodes of the outer city. The Tvrbanan LRT line
which currently runs between Hammarby Sjstad and Alvik is one example
of how streamlined public transport not only improves accessibility but also
promotes an attractive urban environment with strong urban links.
The City Plan sets out a number of transport corridors between nodes that
should be improved in the short and the longer term. As well as extending
the metro between Akalla-Barkaby and Hagstra-lvsj, this also involves
new light rail lines in the form of Tvrbana Norr, extending Tvrbanan on the
north of the city and Sprvg Syd in the south. In terms of long-term improvements to public transport in the central and eastern southern suburbs, the plan
does not involve reaching a decision on which means of transport is the most
appropriate.
Photographer: Sten Jansin
Creating a more integrated outer city with new

cohesive urban environments and improved connections
Guidelines
Develop new urban environments
in important transport corridors
connected to nodes.
Plan for new developments that reduce
barrier effects and environmental disturbance from traffic and create new links.
Increase access to attractive green spaces
and create good interfaces between
housing and green areas.
Low-rise housing should be sited
with the aim of linking together nodes
in the outer city.
Planning is currently under way in several places to achieve a more cohesive

urban environment with new buildings and a more urban traffic and street
layout. This focus is key in the major urban development areas in central
Stockholm, but also, for example, in the plans for gesta Brovg in Farsta and
Lvstavgen in Hsselby.
Experience from these projects is good, and this City Plan sets out other corridors that should be studied further on the basis of equivalent starting points.
The common goal is for new urban development to contribute towards a multifaceted urban environment where it is more attractive to walk and cycle for
day-to-day journeys. A joint focus on the most important corridors may also,
combined with increased density in the nodes, provide entirely new prerequisites for high-capacity public transport.
In some cases, planning can be focused on turning oversized roads into
more urban main streets with surrounding architecture, as has been done with
Lvstavgen. In other cases, urban development should be focused on reducing
physical barriers and creating new links across roads and rail lines.
The City Plan includes several future and already started road projects that
involve considerable environmental improvements thanks to street overbuilds
or other measures. Here opportunities are being created to link the city together
with new buildings, while at the same time reducing traffic disturbance. An
example of this are the plans to build new housing in two locations above the
E18 motorway in Rinkeby and Tensta.
The development of new urban environments between existing neighbourhoods requires conscious work to improve the amenities of the green spaces
that remain. It is also important to carefully study how the new buildings relate
to the surrounding green spaces. Building low-rise homes with the aim of linking districts together is an idea worth trying.
Improving the green wedges and creating more
attractive meeting places in parks and green spaces
In addition to the above measures, a more cohesive city can be created via
vibrant and safe green pedestrian corridors between neighbourhoods. Wellimplemented park planning with increased amenities and new destinations
in green areas can, if well managed, attract many Stockholm residents from
other parts of the city. Some examples of this are the culture park in Vinterviken and the events corridor in Jrvafltet discussed under Vision for Jrva.
The planned development of Gubbngsfltet and Hgdalstopparna as inten-
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sive environments for sports and recreation are another two examples. Less
spectacular initiatives may also be of great local importance for bringing the
city together.
The City of Stockholms part in the regional structure of green wedges is
largely protected in the form of nature reserves or culture reserves. There are
some larger and valuable nature areas where green links should be studied,
particularly as the city develops and changes. At the same time, the green
wedges need to be developed and to form better links with the built environment so as to reduce their isolating effects. Such areas include Jrvafltet and
Stockholms part of the Hanveden wedge in Hgdalen-Rgsved-Fagersj as
well as the links between the northern and southern parts of the Royal National
City Park. Here the city also needs to particularly prioritise different ways of
reinforcing weak sections.
Guidelines
Link districts together with safe
and attractive green corridors.
Develop meeting places
and destinations for recreation
and sport in parks and green spaces.
Preserve the regional green wedges,
improve links with surrounding built-up
areas and strengthen weak sections.
The major challenge lies in the complex relationships between the need
for increased accessibility, indications of increased road traffic, and the
major environment and climate impact of the transport sector. It is true
that technological advances in the vehicle market offer potential, but nevertheless powerful measures are required to reduce the need for private
motorised transport and increase the use of public transport, cycling and
walking, for example by further developing financial instruments.
Much of the investment in new infrastructure currently has no funding and experience is that the state often postpones projects for financial
reasons. However the city needs to clearly set out its vision for a transport
system of tomorrow in Stockholm. The likelihood of seeing the plans
realised will also increase considerably given good coordination with
construction planning.
Another conflict is that new urban environments or sporting facilities risk coming into conflict with the value placed on large contiguous
green spaces. This requires careful planning and awareness of how both
ecological and social assets can be strengthened as the city develops.
The historic value of clearly delimited districts must also be taken into
account. At the same time, it must be pointed out that a more cohesive
urban environment offers a number of social advantages. This may mean
that small parts of the regional green structure may be taken into use
after careful consideration.
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Strategy 4
Create a vibrant
urban environment
Vision 2030 emphasises that the whole of Stockholm is to be safe and dynamic.
This assumes a good balance between major investments of regional importance and smaller additional work to meet the needs of today and tomorrow in
other parts of the city. Planning also needs to highlight how the whole city can
benefit from the growth and intensive development taking place in the major
development areas.
Current use of land and water areas will
be retained across large parts of Stockholm
Guidelines
Particularly prioritise the interests
set out in the City Plan.
Examine appropriate use in the border
zones between different areas in continued
planning.
The City Plan is based on an assessment of future needs and land use at an
overall level. In order to comply with the aims of planning and achieve sustainable growth, a large proportion of the citys development needs to be carried
out by adding homes, businesses and facilities within the framework of current
land and water use. The exceptions are the strategic areas and links covered by
strategies 1 to 3 in this plan.
An overview of land and water use is set out in the land use map and each
type of area involves a number of stakeholders who will need to work together
in this modern and growing city. These interests will be weighed up in greater
detail in subsequent planning on the basis of the planning aims set out in
Chapter 2 and the steering documents and planning documentation referred
to in the City Plan.
Particular consideration must be given to ensuring that the outline of current
land use in the land use map is schematic and largely based on current detailed
plans. The most appropriate use of land within border zones between categories needs to be examined in continued planning. This concerns, for example,
the interface between built-up areas and green spaces where a careful analysis
of the amenity value and character of both the green space and the built-up area
will indicate what kind of development is appropriate.
Gradually developing the urban
environment on the basis of local conditions
In the built-up city land use is mixed, encompassing everything that goes to
make up a city. Housing dominates in general but workplaces, services, institutions, streets and parks, and so on are also present in varying degrees within
these areas. The land use map shows inner city development, and dense and
sparse urban development. In general it is the case that the inner city has the
most mixed land use, while land use in dense and sparse urban development is
often more divided according to function. Sparse urban development is largely
dominated by low-rise housing.
The cityscape has developed and changed gradually over the years. In the
future, too, transformation of the existing urban environment and infill with
new buildings will be carried out on the basis of local conditions and needs.
What all the districts have in common is an interest in increasing and varying housing provision. Less density with new housing will thus be relevant in
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many places and planning must in addition be able to meet long-term needs, for
example for preschools and schools, local services and utilities infrastructure
in urban areas.
In general it is the case that infill development in good public transport locations must be prioritised and land must be used as efficiently as possible. Efficient
land use often involves reusing brownfield sites for new purposes. In some locations the most effective use of land can be trying out new urban development, for
example in a green space, while improving the quality of parks in the vicinity
at the same time. Efficient use of land can also involve infill development being
concentrated in local corridors where individual projects can work together and
jointly create a better urban environment.
Gradual development of urban areas always has consequences for the people who live and work in the area concerned. These consequences are normally
increased traffic, changed parking conditions, the development of previously
undeveloped land, and changes to the light and the view for neighbouring buildings. In a growing city these types of changes for neighbours normally need to
be accepted if the aim of a safe and vibrant urban environment is to be achieved.
Guidelines
Plan for infill development in good
locations for public transport.
Prioritise changes that involve using
land as efficiently as possible.
Clearly set out the consequences
of infill development and increasing
density in planning.
Public spaces take on greater importance in urban living
Public spaces are taking on increasing importance for the quality of life of the
people of Stockholm as the city grows and increases in density. The city must
generally aim high in terms of the design and management of streets, squares,
parks and green spaces. Opportunities to move through the city on foot or by
bike safely must be a central starting point in the planning process. In this context, accessibility for people with disabilities is a key priority.
In the central parts of the city public spaces often suffer from high numbers
of visitors and experience wear and tear, making high-quality management of
the public environment of strategic importance. In some places in the outer
city the challenge is more that many public spaces are felt to be desolate and
unsafe. Planning needs to clearly highlight questions concerning the operation
and maintenance of public spaces.
Furthermore, the design and management of the environment immediately
adjoining housing areas is of major importance for safety and quality of life.
Play and recreation areas should be prioritised in planning new homes. Parking
spaces and similar should ideally be located underground or beneath buildings.
Guidelines
Seek to create a good local environment
surrounding existing and new homes.
Make the most of opportunities to create
a wealth of vibrant and safe public spaces
in all areas.
Highlight operation and maintenance
aspects clearly in planning.
Preserving and developing Stockholms

characteristic features, historical assets and beauty
Stockholms beauty is a clear part of the citys appeal. Urban development in

the future, too, must be able to tackle the challenge of protecting Stockholms
beauty and character as the city grows and changes. To succeed in this, both
new development and the management of older buildings must live up to the
expectations of a world-class city.
With the exception of the development areas, nodes and links pointed
out in the City Plan, development and increasing density must mainly take
place within the framework of the existing structure. The starting point
for this is the description of the character of the city set out in Stockholms
Byggnadsordning. This forms part of the City Plan 1999 and includes descriptions and approaches to the urban landscape and to the urban development
features found in Stockholm (see map in section 3.1). Historically valuable
environments are an important part of this description.
This will continue to serve as an important basis for planning and provide
support in locating and designing new urban areas with care in such a way that
they tie in with their surroundings. All districts have buildings that particularly contribute towards the character of the city, parks and green spaces, and
Guidelines
Introduce new development with care
for the overall impact of the cityscape.
Plan for new urban development in harmony with or consciously in contrast to the
areas urban character.
Design new developments of high archi
tectural quality in such a way that they
contribute towards an attractive whole.
Carefully preserve and upgrade buildings
that contribute towards the character
of the city.
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so on, and these elements must be carefully preserved and renewed. It is just
as important that new urban development is of at least as high a quality as its
surroundings and that it contributes towards an attractive urban environment.
Stockholms Byggnadsordning also offers opportunities to add new buildings
that deliberately differ from the surrounding architecture where appropriate.
This document must be examined as a part of rolling comprehensive planning.
Dialogue and cooperation strengthened in local development work
Guidelines
Increase awareness of local needs.
Strengthen local links to the strategic areas
of the city.
What constitutes a vibrant and safe urban environment varies between

Stockholms districts and naturally also among different groups or individuals. Strong and far-sighted local development work is necessary, as is a good
dialogue with those who live or work in the different parts of the city. The
city needs to increase its knowledge of local needs and, in collaboration with
administrations and companies, study long-term aims for how the urban environment is to be managed and developed.
One important element in local development work is deriving benefit from
the growth taking place in Stockholms more expansive areas. This is possibly
particularly justified in certain socially disadvantaged districts in the outer
city. Vision for Jrva also incorporates studying how the districts surrounding
the Jrvafltet nature reserve can be more clearly linked to development in
Kista. This kind of focus will also be important in development work for the
outer city in the south.
Continued infill in urban areas is necessary to satisfy local needs, but

this strategy is not sufficient to cope with the major population increase
or to meet the development potential of the entire city. Minor developments rarely enable measures that improve the environment, such as
street overbuilds, to any major extent.
Infill can create added value in the urban environment and improve
an areas identity. At the same time even minor changes bring with them
potential conflicts with natural and cultural assets. The planning process
can therefore be almost as complicated and long drawn out as it is for
redevelopment projects.
Retaining existing land use guarantees that the most important interests can be met at overall level. However, there are needs that are hard to
satisfy in these areas. This is particularly true of utilities infrastructure
facilities where those living nearby often oppose various proposed locations. Planning must, with the support of the City Plan, clearly set out the
need for such facilities that keep the city functioning.
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4.
Strategic areas,
nodes and transport
infrastructure
4.1
Strategic areas and links

in central Stockholm
This section describes the urban development areas, nodes and strategic links that are
elements in the urban development strategies. These descriptions include the current
planning situation and future opportunities. The need for comprehensive planning
programmes for these strategically important areas must be considered.
CITY CENTRE
Regeneration of the city centre has been underway for the past decade. Several
street environments have been updated and a number of neighbourhoods have
been transformed with modern offices, shops and new homes.
Centralstation and Stockholm Waterfront.
Source: White Arkitekter AB, Jarl Asset Management AB
Current planning and development opportunities

A number of development projects are currently in progress in the city centre
area. Regeneration of the city centre is to progress in line with the citys budget
with a focus on vibrant urban environments, attractive main corridors and
modern and mixed-use urban development.
n Strengthening
city centre functions and links to surrounding areas

There must continue to be a high concentration of high-skilled jobs in business and public administration as well as commercial premises in the city
centre. City centre redevelopment should be based on a holistic approach and
a larger geographical area as many city functions are already found in surrounding areas, including Stureplan. One of the most important future links
is northwards towards Odenplan.
n Further
developing main corridors,

public spaces and contact with the water
Planning should be focused on central corridors, links between important
public spaces and contact with the water. Vasagatan (1) should be developed,
partly through new station functions for the Citybanan rail line. There is also
potential to transform Klarabergsgatan (2), for example via a planned city
tramline. The links to Brunkebergstorg (3) and Gustaf Adolfs Torg (4)
should also be developed.
n The
transformation into a modern cityscape and a dynamic urban environment must maintain a high quality and take heritage assets into account
City centre redevelopment must meet the needs of today and tomorrow for
housing in the heart of the city, modern office premises, public uses and
services. It is necessary to create attractive urban environments with activities that face onto the street. All regeneration of districts in the city centre
must take into account the historic assets of the inner city, the experience of
the citys waterfronts, topography and the silhouette of the city, and so on.
n Re-developing
the western part of the city centre

and safeguarding future development potential at Barnhusviken
The western city centre (5) offers the main development potential in the city
centre area. Here Norrmalm can be linked to Kungsholmen and waterfront
contact can be improved. In an initial step, the rail area from Tegelbacken to
the Kungsbron bridge should be examined for mixed-use development combined with a high-capacity interchange for national and regional rail traffic.
The intended street overbuild projects are complicated and a relatively high
density should be sought. In the long term, continued urban development and
building over the railway lines out towards Barnhusviken (6) can be studied,
paying particular attention to risk and safety aspects.
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ODENPLAN
Odenplan, a bustling square, is already a major hub in the inner city, and once the
Citybanan line is complete the area will take on greater regional importance.
Planning is underway at Odenplan for the new commuter train station. Pressure for change in these parts of the inner city is expected to increase in pace
with improvements in regional accessibility.
n Safeguarding
and developing a multi-functional

and vibrant urban city environment
The city should investigate opportunities to satisfy increased demand for
space for commercial and public services as well as culture in the vicinity of
Odenplan, taking into account the major amenities the area has to offer. The
square itself could be improved with safe open meeting places and clear
spatial definition.
n Links
to Norra Station and the city should be reinforced

Odenplan enjoys a strategic location in relation to the Science City in the north
of the inner city. The extension of the metro to Karolinska-Norra Station is
necessary to link the urban development area to the rest of the inner city. In the
long term the city should also pave the way for stronger links with the city
centre area.
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SLUSSEN
Slussen is a historic entrance to Stockholm and a connecting link between
Sdermalm and Gamla Stan. Slussens architecture has served its purpose and
must be replaced. The city has planned various solutions over several years. In
early 2010 planning consultation was carried out for the draft plan for a new
Slussen.
Aerial view of the draft plan for a new Slussen.

Source: City of Stockholm / Foster+Partners
and Berg Arkitektkontor AB

Slussens location as a hub and its unique historic significance and importance
for the cityscape must be reflected in its design and content. The main aim is to
create a world-class meeting place.
n Guaranteeing
traffic flow for all types of transport

with modern public transport interchanges
Slussen is the easternmost northsouth crossing. Traffic flow and the ability
to switch across levels and directions needs to be prioritised. The solutions
finally chosen should demonstrate considerable flexibility. Slussen should
also be developed as a vital link and destination in the local urban structure.
n A
meeting place, buzzing with life round the clock

The central location and its importance for the people of Stockholm justifies
a high-quality realisation with a focus on creating energy around the clock.
The space freed up can be used for new cultural and commercial functions.
Particular consideration must be paid to safety issues.
n Rebuilding
Slussen will increase discharge capacity for Lake Mlaren

Risk assessments show a need to vastly increase the ability to discharge
water from Lake Mlaren into the Baltic sea. Sderstrm at Slussen is one of
the places where there is reasonable potential to improve water discharge.
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STOCKHOLM ROYAL SEAPORT

Stockholm Royal Seaport (Norra Djurgrdsstaden) is one of Europes most
extensive urban development areas with a total of approximately 10,000 new
homes and 30,000 jobs which will be combined with port operations and other
strategic infrastructure.
The area consists of several sub-areas in Hjorthagen, Vrtahamnen, Frihamnen and Loudden, all with differing prerequisites.
n Stockholm
Royal Seaport is to be characterised by the amenities

and density of the inner city, distinct mixed use and strategic infrastructure
The fi rst stage is the area near Husarviken in Hjorthagen (1) with approximately 5,000 homes, premises for commercial and public services, good
public spaces and green corridors serving as vital links to the National City
Park. In the southern part of this urban development area a new cruise terminal has been opened in Frihamnen. Container shipping will be moved to
Nynshamn and in the longer term the oil depot at Loudden will be decommissioned. The port is of national interest.
Stockholm Royal Seaport as one of the citys eco-profile areas
Stockholm Royal Seaport is an eco-profi le area where sustainable urban
development, climate-smart living and innovative energy technology will be
developed. The aim is for carbon dioxide emissions in Stockholm Royal Seaport to be less than 1.5 tonnes per person by 2020. By 2030 the district will
be fossil fuel free.
Illustration of development in the rst stage

at Husarviken (on the right of the picture) and
conceptual illustration of continued development along the Husarviken shoreline.
Source: City Planning Off ice
n Developing
Program fr stadsutvecklingsomrdet
(Programme for the urban development area)
Approved by the City Planning Committee in 2003.
n Developing
Stockholm Royal Seaport as one of the citys eco-profile areas

The area will gain an attractive public transport system and excellent connections to the rest of the inner city. New homes and workplaces will fuel the
development of bus routes and rail-based public transport. Cycling and
pedestrian links with the rest of the inner city will be prioritised.
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NORRA STATION
Ongoing urban development at Karolinska-Norra Station, located on the outskirts of central Stockholm, is taking on a key position in the region with a
focus on creating excellent conditions for world-leading businesses in the life
sciences. Planning is based on extensive collaboration between Stockholm and
the neighbouring municipality of Solna.

Frdjupning av tv versiktsplaner
Karolinska-Norra Station Station
(Extension of two comprehensive plans,
Karolinska-Norra Station)
Adopted by Stockholm City Council
on 29 September 2008.
The aims of Stockholms and Solnas in-depth comprehensive plans are to be

achieved. The shared vision is for the new urban district to bring together in a
unique environment the amenities of the city with world-leading research,
entrepreneurship and housing in Europes most exciting growth region. The
district will be expanded largely by moving roads and rail lines underground.
n Stockholms
inner city will be integrated with Solna

in a high-density, mixed-use urban environment
Approximately 3,500 homes and 14,000 jobs are planned for the part of the
district run by the City of Stockholm. The link to Solna and the new Karolinska site form an important element of urban development and the network
of routes in the inner city will be extended to parts of this area. The new
district contains attractive parks and squares as well as excellent links to
surrounding park areas.
n The
new district provides excellent conditions for world-leading research

and entrepreneurship with strong links to the rest of the Science City
Healthcare, research and education in the life sciences will contribute
towards a vibrant urban environment in this new urban district. The development will provide an opportunity to strengthen eastwest links within the
Science City between Karolinska, Stockholm University, KTH and Albano.
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ALBANO
Albano is part of the historic landscape surrounding Haga-Brunnsviken and is
located in the Royal National City Park. The area previously housed a goods station, workshops, warehouses and so on. The citys aim is to develop Albano as
part of the Science City
Programming work has been initiated to examine appropriate development
structures and how important amenities can be developed and preserved. Particular attention is to be paid to Albanos important function as a hub between
Stockholm University, KTH and KI.
n Albano
will be developed for higher education and research

while preserving the asset that its historic landscape represents
The area will be developed for higher education and research. To achieve a
dynamic and safe environment, the area will also need student and researcher
housing, services and so on. Links to the pedestrian and cycle path network
between the different areas of the Science City are a particular priority. It is
also important to create attractive approaches to neighbouring recreation
areas.
versiktsplan fr nationalstadsparken
(Comprehensive plan for the National
City Park)
Adopted by Stockholm City Council
on 20 April 2009.
n Improving
the accessibility of public transport

In the long term, Albano, together with neighbouring education institution
areas, will be home to facilities and services for a large number of students
and researchers. The current plans are to provide bus services to the area, but
as both the Roslagsbanan rail line and the metro pass the area, the opportunity to add new stations here should be examined.
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ULVSUNDA
Ulvsunda industrial area was redeveloped in stages during the twentieth century and currently features a variety of industrial buildings with a large amount
of retail in certain areas. Ulvsunda is part of a major regeneration area surrounding Bllstaviken in Stockholm and the adjacent municipalities of Solna
and Sundbyberg.
Development in nearby Annedal in Mariehll is under way, with over 2,000
new homes, services, parks and so on. New homes are also being planned in
other parts of Mariehll. Major programming work has recently started for the
Ulvsunda industrial area, enabled by the agreement between the city and the
Civil Aviation Administration, on StockholmBromma airport.
n The
Ulvsunda area is to be developed

with waterside housing and good public spaces
New high-density development with an estimated 3,500 new homes primarily in the areas closest to Bllstaviken (1) requires a major transformation of
the current large-scale and sprawling urban structure. The Tvrbanan LRT
line should act as a hub in the area and it is important to plan for attractive
public spaces and more parks. Proximity to the airport means that sound
pollution as well as risk and safety issues have to be studied carefully.
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Conceptual illustration of the Ulvsunda area of the future, by David Wiberg.
n The
commercial areas in the west will be further developed

and linked to neighbouring areas and the Tvrbanan line
The western parts (2) have a problem with sound pollution, which means that
housing is not possible and the area should be reserved for commercial use.
It is necessary to study the street structure in the area to achieve a better
urban environment and clearer links, primarily to the new residential areas
and the Tvrbanan LRT line.
n Prioritising
good connections
to Bromma centre, Mariehll and Sundbyberg
Planning will increase the links with the functions of Sundbyberg as an
urban centre and with public transport (3), for example via a bridge spanning
Bllstaviken. The aim should also be to reduce physical barriers in the area,
linking Ulvsunda with the new developments in Mariehll and Annedal,
partly through an attractive waterside walk (4). In the long term there are
opportunities to strengthen the links with the districts to the north-west,
particularly through relocating the Solvalla horse-racing track (5). A study
should be made of how connections across Ulvsundavgen (6) could be
improved, in a similar way to that planned between Ursvik and Rinkeby.
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ALVIK
Alvik enjoys a strategic location close to the city centre with excellent public
transport and a high concentration of offices and services. P99 designated
parts of Alvik as an urban development area.
Planning is under way to add new homes and continue to develop Alviks functions as a centre. The plans to extend the Tvrbanan LRT line to the north and
urban development in western Kungsholmen increase Alviks development
potential.
n Developing
Alvik as an urban link between

the western suburbs and the rest of the city
In many ways Alvik serves as an urban link between Kungsholmen and the
areas further to the west along the metro line and the main road Drottningholmsvgen. While the potential for development in this corridor is limited, it
is important that this function is preserved. The extension of the Tvrbanan
line to Kista and Solna (1) reinforces Alviks role as a link between southern
and north-west Stockholm. Major future development in Ulvsunda should ultimately open up new opportunities in Alvik.
n Developing
a high-density and cohesive

urban environment in the central parts of Alvik
Current planning involves positive development of the urban environment in
the central parts of Alvik and along the shoreline (2). There is also potential
to look into increasing density at Tranebergsplan (3). In the longer term there
is major development potential for homes and businesses towards Ulvsundaplan, partly on the site of the SL depot (4). This would require new
infrastructure solutions in the area.
VSTRA KUNGSHOLMEN
Vstra Kungsholmen, located close to the city centre, is one of the citys
urban development areas and is currently undergoing expansion. The development of brownfield sites will see the boundary of the inner city moved out
from Fridhemsplan to the lake Ulvsundasjn.
Program fr Nordvstra Kungsholmen

(Programme for North-west Kungsholmen)
Approved by the City Planning Committee in 2002.
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The programme for the urban development area was approved by the City
Planning Committee in 2002 and planning and building work is in progress.
n Creating
a high-density urban development with excellent

access to parks, the water and waterside promenades
The focus decided on will govern continued planning and construction work.
Once the area has been fully developed it will incorporate 20,000 residents,
up to 35,000 jobs and a wide range of commercial and public services. The
new waterside walk (5) and a district park (6) will be important elements
in the area.
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n Making
the most of opportunities to link the urban

development area to other parts of Kungsholmen
The link to Fridhemsplan via the main corridor of Lindhagensgatan (7) is a
key feature in planning. More attention should also be paid to other areas,
such as Marieberg (8). The most important issues for the future are reducing
barrier effects and environmental disturbance from the main roads of
Drottningsholmsvgen and Essingeleden.
FRIDHEMSPLAN
Fridhemsplan is of strategic importance for the development of the whole of
Kungsholmen, but also as one of the citys important communications nodes
westwards.
Homes and a new hotel are being built around Fridhemsplan, and the regeneration of Drottningsholmsvgen towards Thorildsplan is under way. Development
in Vstra Kungsholmen has increased the importance of Fridhemsplan as a
link between different parts of the city.
n Increasing
Fridhemsplans role as a communications node

Fridhemsplan serves as an important node linking the new Kungsholmen to
the west with the existing Kungsholmen in the east. The area is well served by
public transport in the form of buses and Bus Rapid Transit routes. Fridhemsplan is also a junction between different metro lines. In the future the role of
Fridhemsplan as a node will be further increased by the land earmarked for a
new proposed line.
n Fridhemsplan
as part of a new cohesive urban structure

It is important to strengthen the links between the different parts of Kungsholmen so that they form a coherent urban whole. Positive development of
Fridhemsplan is important in this context.
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LILJEHOLMEN
Over the past few years rstadal and Liljeholmen have been developed from
an industrial and commercial area to create mixed-use urban development in
line with P99
Program fr Liljeholmen
(Programme for Liljeholmen)
Approved by the City Planning Committee
in 2001.
The aim agreed on of a mixed-use, high-density city is being met in Liljeholmen, with particular focus on creating strong links to neighbouring districts.
So far 1,600 apartments have been completed in the area. An additional 800
apartments and a major shopping mall on Liljeholmstorget are currently under
construction. Planning is under way, particularly for Lvholmen.
n Completing
the transformation of Sdertljevgen

main road with better links to Sdermalm and Telefonplan
Transforming Sdertljevgen (1) with new office buildings is the key to
creating a cohesive urban setting with fewer physical barriers and a better
environment. Areas to the east of Hgerstensvgen (2) should also be developed to create a strong urban link to Midsommarkransen.
n Transforming
Lvholmen to create a mixed-use

waterside urban environment with a clear eco-profile
Current planning for Lvholmen (3) involves increasing density with new
housing while preserving parts of older industrial environments for new
businesses. Contact with the water and the design of Lvholmsvgen are
important to the whole picture. The area is one of Stockholms two ecoprofile areas.
n Reinforcing
links with the south-western suburbs and to rstafltet

Liljeholmen is the starting point of the southbound development corridor
following Hgerstensvgen. Besides minor infill in these districts, the most
important projects are new urban environments above the covered metro line
between rnsberg and Axelsberg (4). Links with rsta (5) are poor owing to
the height differences and the major traffic functions in rstaberg. These
links could be improved hand in hand with the planning for rstafltet.
Illustration of the future Liljeholmen, by David Wiberg.
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TELEFONPLAN
For over 60 years telecommunications company LM Ericsson set its stamp on
Telefonplan, with factories, offices and employee housing. The University College of Arts, Crafts and Design moved here in 2004. The area is currently
undergoing a major transformation. The vision is for creative industries, creativity and inventiveness.
Telefonplan is well on the way to becoming a multi-functional and well-integrated part of central Stockholm. Building has begun on approximately 1,000
apartments in the area, with another thousand planned. According to the plans,
the number of jobs here could double to a total of 6,000. Ericssons dining halls
are in the process of being transformed into a new design centre, Designens hus.
n Gradually
developing Telefonplan
with more functions and a wide variety of amenities
The area needs more shops and other services. Other functions, too, such as
hotels and public services, are a priority.
n Integrating
Telefonplan with Midsommarkransen

to create a cohesive urban environment
Interweaving the Telefonplan area with Midsommarkransen (6) can create a
cohesive cityscape with a wide range of functions and amenities. The plans
include covering over the metro line to reduce physical barriers and noise.
The University College of Arts, Crafts and

Design has taken over the former telephone
factory Telefonfabriken.
n Improving
links to lvsj and suburbs in the south-west

Telefonplan is part of a corridor that runs down the red metro line towards
Frungen (7). At the moment the link to lvsj (8) is relatively weak, largely
due to the presence of the E4/E20 motorway. Change of use for parts of
Vstberga and infill development in Solberga will offer increased potential
for linking Telefonplan to lvsj.
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RSTAFLTET
The construction of Sdra Lnken (Southern Link), the commuter train station
at rstaberg and the Tvrbanan LRT line has given rstafltet a more central
and attractive position in central Stockholm. The citys aim is to develop a new
neighbourhood.
In 2008 the city ran an architecture competition to highlight the opportunities
for developing rstafltet as a new neighbourhood with a large, world-class
park. The winning proposal has been developed to serve as the basis for continued planning.
Aerial view of the draft programme

for rstafltet.
Illustration: Archi5
n Developing
a new sustainable neighbourhood with a world-class park

A new neighbourhood in rstafltet will become a new node in central Stockholm. The new neighbourhood will be characterised by far-sighted,
sustainable development and a mixture of homes, businesses and services.
The large park will be the heart of the new district and a catalyst for urban
development. The park will offer a variety of landscapes, rich plant and animal life, and attractions bringing in large numbers of visitors from other parts
of the city.
n Linking
rstafltet with surrounding neighbourhoods

A central planning issue involves linking together the new neighbourhood in
rstafltet with surrounding residential and business areas. The new neighbourhood will make it easier to move between surrounding areas and the
large park. Here the aim is to pave the way for dynamic and varied urban
development, developing interesting destinations and creating attractive and
safe routes for pedestrians. It is also important to examine the traffic situation and improve public transport, particularly to stberga.
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HAMMARBY SJSTAD
Hammarby Sjstad has long been Stockholms largest urban development area,
with ongoing development since the mid-1990s.
The planning is about to be completed. Once the district has been completely
developed in 20152017, it will have 25,000 homes and about 10,000 jobs.
n Completing
the development
of an attractive district in Hammarby Sjstad
The final major development phase between Lugnet and Danvikstull (7) is
about to begin. The area closest to Skansbron (8) remains to be developed, as
does the road and public transport provision in the Danvikslsen project (9).
The aim is to take road traffic through the rock and link the Saltsjbanan line
and the Tvrbanan LRT line together to run where the motorway runs today.
GULLMARSPLAN
Gullmarsplan is the largest public transport hub for the southern suburbs and
an important centre for jobs. The city is working to develop the areas around
Gullmarsplan. Vision Sderstaden 2030 involves a higher-density, more multifunctional urban environment connected to neighbouring districts.
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Initial planning is in progress for the areas around Gullmarsplan, and planning
has started in the Globen area for a new arena, offices and so on. The city is
also working to develop Slakthusomrdet to Matstaden.
n Developing
Gullmarsplan and the Globen area

into an attractive, high-density urban environment
Gullmarsplan (1) should gain a more attractive and higher-density urban
environment that is better connected to the Globen area (2). The potential for
increasing density is being investigated along with key issues include a functioning street structure, connected park corridors and public spaces.
n Integrating
Gullmarsplan with Hammarby Sjstad

and the districts on the other side of Nynsvgen
Future integration with the expanding development in Hammarby Sjstad
(3) is desirable, by linking the street network or facilitating movement
between the districts by other means. In the long term the districts can be
joined by homes, businesses, parks and public spaces. Covering over Nynsvgen (4) would offer major improvements in the area.
The Globen area viewed from the south.
n Linking
Gullmarsplan to rsta and Slakthusomrdet

Once the power lines running along Johanneshovsvgen have been placed in
a tunnel the link to rstafltet (5) can be improved, partly through infill and
new functions. The environment surrounding the Tvrbanan LRT line can
be made more attractive in design and content. The link to the south towards
Slakthusomrdet/Matstaden (6) should be developed as the area becomes
more open to the public.
Illustration of a future link between

Gullmarsplan and Skanstull across
the Skanstull bridge. Illustrator: David Wiberg
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4.2
Nodes and links

in Stockholms outer suburbs
This section describes the urban development areas, nodes and strategic links that are
elements in the urban development strategies. These descriptions include the current
planning situation and future opportunities. The need for comprehensive planning
programmes for these strategically important areas must be considered.
KISTA
Kista is a very strong node with a large number of businesses, particularly in
IT. The area is being regenerated and developed in line with the vision of the
future Kista Science City with a mixture of jobs, homes and higher education.
The city is also working on Jrvalyftet (Vision for Jrva), in which the intense
development in Kista is a very important element.
Kistas continued development potential ties in with the planned improvements
to infrastructure and with the development of the major companies in the area.
Planning is in progress to develop the centre of Kista and for new housing at
Kista Grd and Kistahjden.
n Kista
Science City will be developed as one of Swedens most

important employment areas in a vibrant urban environment
The process of turning the employment area into the dynamic and varied
Science City will continue. Kista Centrum (1) can be developed further into an
attractive and integrating regional meeting place. Additional cultural elements
should be planned, such as a venue for major shows and concerts.
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Sketch of the Kista of the future and its neighbouring municipalities.

Source: Kista Science City
n Reinforcing
Kista as a regional node with investments

in infrastructure and strong links to surrounding municipalities
Kistas regional accessibility will increase considerably with the new E18
motorway (2) and the Tvrbanan line extension from Alvik (3). Kista should
also be strengthened by increasing the links to the northern (4) and particularly the southern parts of Sollentuna municipality (Silverdal) via Kymlinge
(5), by such measures as a more cohesive street layout. Extending the metro
to Barkarby (6) would also develop the regional core.
The Tvrbanan line, the new E18 and development in Sundbyberg enable
urban development and improved links along the corridor towards Ulvsunda. Planning to connect Rinkeby and Ursvik is in progress with options to
access the new Tvrbanan LRT line. Ulvsundavgen will continue to play a
vital role as a traffic conduit, but there is potential to create better links and
to reduce barrier effects between Rissne, Bromsten and Solvalla.
n Developing
links with the other districts

surrounding Jrvafltet in line with Vision Jrva 2030
Positive development of the Jrva districts goes hand in hand with development in Kista. The aim of Vision Jrva 2030 is to improve links between and
within the northern and southern Jrva communities (7). Some of the initiatives are to join up the street networks, focus on central corridors and develop
new buildings to strengthen community identity.
n Developing
the Jrva nature reserve for activities and as a meeting place,

taking the natural and historic values of the area into account
The cultural reserve of open space at Jrva (8) seeks to both protect this
natural and historic landscape and develop the area for activities. Vision
Jrva 2030 presents ideas on facilities for activities and events that need to
be examined further. The regional green wedge in the form of Hansta nature
reserve and Igelbcken cultural reserve should be exploited as an amenity in
this development work.
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VLLINGBY
Vllingby was developed in the 1950s and with Rcksta became the first district planned as what was known as an ABC town with homes, jobs and a town
centre all in one place (ABC comes from their Swedish initials). The plan was
for Vllingby centre to serve several neighbourhoods, providing shops, schools
and culture. These districts are a heritage environment of national interest
where the structure and the overall environment must be preserved.
Fashion outlet Kfem in the centre of Vllingby.

Regeneration and major rebuilding work have recently been carried out and
Vllingby centre has gained a wider customer base than it previously had. In
the 2000s infill development has also been seen, with new homes in both
Vllingby and surrounding communities. New residential towers have been
added to the ring of high-rises around the centre.
n Strengthening
Vllingby as a node with excellent regional accessibility

Strengthening Vllingby as a node with excellent regional accessibility
The Stockholm Bypass (1) with the planned Bus Rapid Transit link will
strengthen connections between the northern and southern parts of the
region. With junctions on Bergslagsvgen, Vllingby will have much better
regional accessibility with strong links to both Barkarby-Jakobsberg (2) and
Skrholmen. This creates new opportunities for businesses and organisations to relocate here, including along Bergslagsvgen at Vinsta.
n Protecting
and strengthening links

to surrounding nodes in the western suburbs
Vllingby should be better connected to Brommaplan (3). Bergslagsvgen
could be given a more urban character where infill buildings could be attemted
without changing the roads function as a main artery. At the moment the
options for the future use of Vattenfalls former head office (4), located along
this corridor, are being explored. It is important to take into account links with
Spnga (5). Development potential is limited here. The main issue is facilitating journeys between these nodes, predominantly on foot or by bicycle.
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SPNGA
Spnga station has existed since the Vstersbanan rail line opened to passengers in 1876 and low-rise housing has grown up around it. The area subsequently
gained blocks of flats around Spnga town centre near the commuter train station. Spnga is part of the LundaSpnga-Bromsten urban development area.
In the 2000s a couple of hundred apartments have been built on former industrial
land in Lunda and extensive plans are being drawn up for the Bromsten industrial
area. Some of the areas south of Spnga are classed as historically valuable environments, which must be taken into account as Spnga is developed as a node.
Program fr Bromstens industriomrde

(Programme for the Bromsten industrial area)
Approved by the City Planning Committee
on 20 November 2008.
n Preserving
the location of the station in developing Spnga as a node

The area surrounding Spnga town centre (1) is small-scale in character. It is
possible to increase density in the area surrounding Spnga station, primarily
as the stations functions are examined in conjunction with the potential extension of the Mlarbanan line. Moving the tennis hall to Bromsten will also
create new development opportunities.
n High-density,
mixed-use development for the Bromsten industrial area

The Bromsten industrial area (2) will be linked to surrounding areas with
new streets and pedestrian and cycle paths. Plans include approximately a
thousand apartments and a business park which, with the new tennis hall,
will block noise from the railway.
n Strengthening
links to surrounding communities

The links between Rinkeby/Tensta and Spnga (3) should be developed to
integrate these communities more clearly and to improve connections
between commuter trains and the metro system. It is important to pay attention to the link with Vllingby (4) despite the fact that its development
potential is limited.
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BROMMAPLAN
Brommaplan is an important road traffic node for the western suburbs and a
hub for switching between metro and bus to destinations including the neighbouring municipality of Eker. The Brommaplan roundabout and the town
centre buildings are powerful urban development elements from the 1940s,
although traffic volumes have increased considerably since then.
Some individual new housing projects have been completed in the 2000s in
adjoining built-up areas. A 16-storey residential tower built in the centre has
become a major landmark.
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n Developing
a more cohesive urban environment at Brommaplan

In many ways Brommaplan is well connected to surrounding districts thanks
to the existing street layout. At the same time, the main roads create barrier
effects and it is important to create safer means of crossing them. The centre
itself (1) is in need of updating and development. In the long term, building
on top of the bus terminal could open up an opportunity to develop the urban
environment at Brommaplan. Otherwise the main potential lies in the area
to the north of Brommaplan (2).
n Developing
Brommaplan as a node
with strong links to other western suburbs
Brommaplan is an important node and clearly linked to Drottningholmsvgen
(3) and Bergslagsvgen (4), which must be taken into account in planning.
The extent to which stretches of these roads could gain infill development
while retaining traffic capacity can be examined. The likelihood of reducing
traffic pressure on the area is tied in with the Stockholm Bypass and extending the Huvudstaleden to join Bergslagsvgen/Drottningholmsvgen.
SKRHOLMEN
Skrholmen was planned in the 1960s as Stockholms most important centre in
the south-western part of the outer city. The town centre facilities have recently
undergone extensive refurbishment and Skrholmen and Kungens Kurva in the
neighbouring municipality of Huddinge jointly form the biggest shopping centre in the Nordic countries. There is a wide variety of housing, including blocks
of flats and low-rise homes, while jobs are concentrated in retail and smaller
business areas.
The City of Stockholm and Huddinge municipality have been working together
for many years to develop Kungens Kurva-Skrholmen, and the area has also
been designated as a regional core in the regional development plan RUFS. A
number of infill projects with new homes have been planned and completed in
Skrholmen in recent years.
n Building
on and developing Skrholmens regional significance

Skrholmens development potential will be improved by the Stockholm
Bypass (1), which will be directly connected to the area. Skrholmen will
gain a unique location at the junction of the bypass and the E4/E20 and this
should be exploited. It increases the opportunity of broadening the range of
businesses as a complement to the strong retail sector.
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n Strengthening
links between Skrholmen and Kungens Kurva

There are physical obstacles that must be overcome before the areas can be
merged, particularly the E4/E20 but also the power lines. The aim is to create an increased flow of people between Skrholmen and Kungens Kurva so
as to join the areas across the motorway in the longer term (2). Studies are
currently under way to determine whether additional links can be created
across the motorway at Skrholmen town centre and at a new junction on the
Stockholm Bypass.
n Developing
Skrholmen into an important

destination in south-west Stockholm
Many of the districts in the vicinity of Skrholmen will benefit from greater
regional accessibility thanks to the Stockholm Bypass. The Sprvg Syd line
(3) would also increase opportunities for attractive cross-city links in the
southern suburbs and opportunities to switch to the commuter train network
in lvsj. The districts along line 13 of the metro and along Skrholmsvgen
(4) have good access to a varied range of housing and attractive green spaces
on Lake Mlaren and in Huddinge municipality. With infill development and
changes to the traffic and street environment, they could be linked to
Skrholmen more clearly than they are at present.
Illustration of the Skrholmen of the future.

Source: City Planning Off ice, illustrator David Wiberg
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FARSTA
Farsta Torg was opened in 1960 and at the same time the district was expanded
along the metro line with the addition of houses and jobs in line with the ABC
pattern (work, housing, town centre) common at the time. High-rise apartment
blocks make a major contribution to the character of the district, as do the large
number of terraces. Farsta enjoys excellent access to open countryside at Drevviken and Magelungen. It is served by public transport in the form of commuter
trains and the metro and is a hub for switching to buses to lvsj, Liljeholmen,
Skogs and Handen. Farsta is an extremely important centre in the south-east
Stockholm region.
Around 1,200 homes are currently planned for the Farsta district in major and
smaller infill projects. More retail space is planned for Farsta Centrum. Parts of
Farsta are classed as a historically valuable environment, which should be taken
into account in developing Farsta as a node.
n Reinforcing
Farstas role as the citys gateway

to the south-east of the region
Farstas important role in the south-east of the region can be further boosted
through the northsouth axis running from Slussen via Gullmarsplan and
Nynsvgen to Farsta (1). To the south the corridor towards the neighbouring
municipality of Huddinge (2) needs to be developed. This involves infill
towards Larsboda but predominantly developing attractive local links
between the Farsta Strand commuter train station and Farsta Centrum (3),
via additional construction and a clearer traffic and street layout.
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n Linking
Farsta more clearly to surrounding neighbourhoods

A link with attractive buildings and new public transport along Magelungsvgen could reinforce the connection between Farsta and Fagersj (4). The
important green links from Fagersjskogen to Farstanset could probably be
combined with more urban corridors. The opportunities for a link between
Farsta and Skarpnck (5) should be examined, primarily using efficient public
transport connections. This would create a clear and strong cross-city public
transport corridor linking all the green metro lines with lvsj station (6).
Much of the run along the route of metro line 17 is currently a strong link in the
city. Opportunities to strengthen the weak links should be seized as development progresses in these districts.
n Developing
central Farsta as a meeting place

with attractive routes to surrounding built-up areas
The potential exists to develop Farsta Centrum (7) as a meeting place with
clearer urban corridors between the square and the surrounding area. This
can be achieved with clear pedestrian and cycle routes, for example to Farsta
Strand. Turning the large car parks in the centre into homes and centrally
located workplaces is one way of developing Farsta.
From Farsta Torg.
FRUNGEN
Frungen is strategically located close to the E4/E20, with the metro and a car
park on the approach to the district, and is an important hub for switching to bus
transport towards lvsj and the neighbouring municipality of Huddinge. Frungen has one of Stockholms medium-sized town centres, which faces strong
competition from Skrholmen and Kungens Kurva. Mlarhjden sports centre is
a destination for football, ice hockey and tennis.
A couple of major housing developments are in progress or have been completed in the area, including Gyllene Ratten (1,000 apartments) and Lngbro
(2,000 apartments). In continued development, the growing population
and plans for the rail line Sprvg Syd offer opportunities to increase the
importance of Frungen.
n Strengthening
Frungen as a node
with clearer links to surrounding neighbourhoods
Sprvg Syd (1) is important for raising Frungens profile as a node in the
long term and for increasing links to surrounding areas south of the E4/E20
and lvsj. It is also necessary to improve links to the districts on the other
side of the motorway in the direction of Telefonplan (2) and Bredng (3),
especially when the new Gyllene Ratten (4) housing development is complete.
n Developing
the urban environment and centre functions in Frungen

Frungens town centre (5) needs a face lift as it has not been changed to any
major extent since it was built in the 1950s. A couple of central spaces could be
developed, particularly the car park on the approach to the north of the centre.
Otherwise potential lies in increasing density within existing built-up areas.
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LVSJ
lvsj started to grow around the beginning of the 20th century, and the area
has gradually been expanded and increased in density ever since. Major expansion took place in Solberga in the 1950s and 1960s and at Prstgrdsgrde in
the 1980s. lvsj is a very important hub for buses and commuter trains. Parts
of lvsj were defined as an urban development area in P99.
Proposed new urban development in central

lvsj.
Illustration: Rundquist Arkitekter AB

Current planning and construction in the central areas will improve the urban
environment and reinforce lvsjs position as a node. A couple of hundred
apartments have been completed and planning is under way for several neighbourhoods with homes, services and travel centres. Stockholm International
Fairs is also expanding its premises here.
n Stockholm
International Fairs fuels the growth

of a greater diversity of businesses
The areas between the railway line and Rbyvgen in rby (1) are only
sparsely exploited and are affected by the traffic system. The urban environment in these areas can be developed as new businesses grow up to
complement Stockholm International Fairs. Housing may be relevant closest
to rby, provided that the environment surrounding the traffic routes can be
improved.
n Developing
lvsjs role as a hub

for sustainable travel in the south of the region
Current and future urban development should be linked to future improvements in public transport. The Sprvg Syd line combined with lvsjvgen
(2) provides a major link to Frungen. Furthermore, the City Plan contains
proposals for a future metro branch to the west of the inner city via Liljeholmen (3) with an extension to Hagstra (4) and an efficient public transport
link to Hgdalen (5). At the same time it is important to strengthen southwards connections to Huddinge, which would see lvsj take on a position
as a node in the region and locally in the southern suburbs.
n Connecting
surrounding districts to lvsj

and overcoming existing physical barriers
A better connected urban environment can be achieved through reduced
physical barriers such as busy roads and railway lines in the area. The connection to Solberga, Vstberga and on towards Telefonplan (6) has partly
improved thanks to housing development along Folkparksvgen, and this
link could be improved further. Connections with a potential new district in
rstafltet (7) could be developed with new public transport and reduced
physical barriers. In general it is also the case that central lvsj needs better
access to parks and neighbouring green spaces.
HGDALEN
Hgdalen enjoys a central location in the southern suburbs. The district was
originally planned as one of the major centres of the outer city, but today its
range of services is limited.
A number of minor projects have been carried out to increase density in recent
years. More extensive future infill depends on infrastructure solutions in the
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area. The City Council has also passed a decision on aims stating that the manmade hills Hgdalstopparna are to be developed for recreation, while businesses
in the adjoining business area are to be given development opportunities.
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Developing an attractive urban environment in central Hgdalen

More efficient use of land in the central parts of the district (8) could provide
an opportunity to develop Hgdalen. The large car parking space in the centre can be studied as an option for new development while the street plan can
also be examined. The buildings in the centre itself could also be developed
around Hgdalsgngen. Hgdalstriangeln (9) currently suffers from noise
but has a good location.
n Strengthening
links to districts and green spaces south of Hgdalen

Hgdalen forms an integrated whole with rby and Bandhagen. However,
the roads Magelungsvgen and Nynsbanan are major physical barriers to
Rgsved and the green areas at Magelungen. The approaches to Hgdalstopparna (10) need to be better if the aims of the programme are to be realised.
In the long term, the reconstruction of Magelungsvgen (11) together with
infill development could be achieved.
n Developing
the transport corridors towards lvsj and Farsta

gives Hgdalen a more central location in the southern suburbs
Improving cross-city public transport is necessary by means of either a tramline or a modern and effective bus route (12). Along the section between
Hgdalen and Fagersj the main focus in general should be to develop destinations for recreation and reinforce the ecological links in the Hanveden
wedge (13).
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Transport infrastructure
4.3
This section describes the transport elements set out in the City Plan. The descriptions
are based on the current planning situation, and where they concern elements where
planning has not yet begun the descriptions should be viewed as highlighting important
relationships that should be strengthened within the city and the potential that exists
for developing these.
EXPANDING THE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Railways, tramlines and the metro

new lines and roadworks
Projects addressed
in Stockholmsfrhandlingen
1
2
The Citybanan rail line

Mlarbanan Tomteboda-Kalhll (option 2a)
3
4
Metro Odenplan-Karolinska
Light rail line Sickla Udde-Slussen
Tvrbana Norr Alvik-Kista (5a) and

Alvik-Sundbyberg-Solna-Universitetet (5b)
Sprvg Syd lvsj-Frungen-Skrholmen

-Flemingsberg
7
8
Tram line 4 Gullmarsplan-Ropsten

(7a)/Loudden (7b)
Metro Kungstrdgrden-Nacka
Metro Akalla-Barkarby
Other expansion
16 Sprvg city Lindhagen-CentralenDjurgrden/Ropsten
Future transport corridors
27 Public transport corridor southern suburbs
(option 27a)
28 New rail line (metro) in the western inner city
29 New rail line in the eastern inner city
30 Northsouth link west of the inner city
EXPANDING THE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Main roads new sections and roadworks
10
11
12
13
14
15
Projects addressed in
Stockholmsfrhandlingen
Norra Lnken (the Northern Link)
E18 Hjulsta-Kista
The Stockholm Bypass
E4/E20 Tomteboda-Norra Station-Haga Sdra
Frescati-lkistan
Norrtull-Kista
Other expansion
17 Road 222 Henriksdals intersection
and Danvikstull
18 Eastern link
19 Huvudstaleden, Bromma
20 Ulvsundavgen
21 Klarastrandsleden
22 Centraltunneln
23 Nynsvgen
24 lvsjvgen
25 Slussen
26 Road 226 Huddingevgen/Rgsvedsvgen
Future transport corridors
30 Northsouth link west of the inner city
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PROJECTS ADDRESSED
IN STOCKHOLMSFRHANDLINGEN
1. The Citybanan rail line
The Citybanan line is a commuter train tunnel that will run beneath the entire
inner city, with new stations beneath T-Centralen and Odenplan. It will significantly improve inner city accessibility, facilitating the growth of commuter,
regional, long-distance and freight traffic. The Citybanan line replaces other
alternatives investigated such as the third track option and a Kungsholmen
banan line.
2. The Mlarbanan line: Tomteboda Kallhll
The expansion of the Mlarbanan line seeks to increase capacity and improve
travel times primarily for commuter and regional rail traffic. Two options are
being studied: expansion along the route of the existing line (2) via Sundbyberg
and a new section via Kista (2a) with a station in the centre of Kista serving as
a junction with the Ostkustbanan east coast line south of Helenelund.
3. Metro: Odenplan Karolinska
A new branch of the green line could bring the metro to the urban development
area of Karolinska-Norra Station. This would considerably reduce the need
for bus traffic to the area, providing more space on the streets. The project
would work with and increase the benefit of a new commuter train station at
Odenplan.
4. Light rail line: Sickla Udde Slussen
An extension of the Tvrbanan LRT line will enable fast journeys between
Hammarby Sjstad and Slussen. The Saltsjbanan suburban line will also be
integrated into the transport system. Alternative routes are being studied.
5. Tvrbana Norr: Alvik Kista and Alvik
Sundbyberg Solna Universitetet
Tvrbana Norr is an extension of the cross-city Tvrbanan LRT line from Alvik
to the north. Tvrbana Norr will link together radial rail traffic and provide
efficient public transport to areas with high population densities and many
workplaces currently not served by rail traffic. The line will reduce congestion
on existing lines and link together residential areas. The line will run along the
same route between Alvik and Ulvsunda before splitting towards Kista (5a)
and towards Solna and Universitetet (5b). The possibility of extending the
Kista branch to the commuter train stations in Helenelund, Sollentuna or Hggvik is being studied.
6. Sprvg Syd tramway:
lvsj Frungen Skrholmen Flemingsberg
Sprvg Syd is a cross-city line linking together the regional cores of Flemingsberg and Kungens Kurva-Skrholmen, with an extension on to Frungen
and lvsj. Another important function is to link together the radial rail links
in the southern suburbs. The route shown is only preliminary and needs to be
investigated further.
7. Tram line 4: Gullmarsplan Ropsten/Loudden
The project involves converting Bus Rapid Transit line no. 4 to a tram. A tram
line would reduce congestion, improve traffic flow and keep traffic on time.
Efficient tram transport will relieve the metro in the inner city and provide
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extra capacity across the Saltsj-Mlar water strait without the need to build a
new bridge or tunnel. The extension of line no. 4 to Stockholm Royal Seaport
is shown with two different end station options, Ropsten (7a) or Loudden (7b).
According to Stockholmsfrhandlingen the project is to be completed after 2019.
8. Metro: Kungstrdgrden Nacka
Extending the blue line will provide efficient public transport to the fast-growing Nacka Vrmd sector, taking the pressure off bus traffic at Slussen. New
metro stations are planned at Sofia and Henriksdal/Sickla. A section of line
with one station at Slussen is included as an option. According to Stockholmsfrhandlingen the project is to be completed after 2019.
9. Metro: Akalla Barkarby
Extending the blue line here will improve opportunities for cross-city travel
and will also enable Kista to be reached efficiently by regional rail services.
This will be particularly relevant if the Transport Administration decides to
extend the Mlarbanan line along its existing corridor. The project replaces a
previous proposal to extend the metro line from Hjulsta to Barkaby, which was
seen as unable to attract such high passenger numbers or provide the same
high-quality structural effect. According to Stockholmsfrhandlingen the project is to be completed after 2019.
10. Norra Lnken (the Northern Link)
This is a completely new road link in a tunnel between Norrtull and Vrtan
(Lidingvgen), with a junction with Roslagsvgen at Universitetet. The link
will increase capacity to the ports at Vrtahamnen and Frihamnen, and to the
urban development area of Stockholm Royal Seaport. The link is expected to
improve the environment along the northern section of Valhallavgen by
removing heavy traffic to the ports.
11. E18: Hjulsta Kista
The E18 is Stockholms north-west arterial approach road with heavy traffic.
With its intersections and heavy traffic, the road suffers from a high accident
rate and generates a great deal of noise. The road currently has 11 at-grade
intersections and the new road will instead have five grade-separated intersections. The new design will increase safety, improve the environment for local
residents and provide higher traffic capacity.
12. The Stockholm Bypass
The Stockholm Bypass will be extended between the E4 Skrholmen E4

Hggvik, intersecting with the Norrortsleden motorway. The bypass will link
together the northern and southern parts of the county, enabling transport
between these areas without venturing into the inner city. The bypass will also
facilitate long-distance traffic and enable the development of a polycentric
region. The Stockholm Bypass replaces the land previously set aside for the
Bromma section of the Essingeleden motorway.
13. E4/20: Tomteboda Norra Station Haga Sdra
Traffic flow around the Eugenia tunnel is currently poor and traffic is expected
to increase considerably with the opening of the Norra Lnken link road. A
number of measures are required along this section, including strengthening
slip roads and adding new lanes.
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14. E18: Frescati lkistan
This section needs more lanes to provide the capacity required once the Norra
Lnken link opens, and to cope with expected increases in traffic. The road
already contributes to major disruption in the area and constitutes a physical
barrier towards the National City Park. The intention is to place the stretch in
a tunnel in the future.
15. E4: Norrtull Kista
The new stretch of the E18 between Hjulsta and Kista will mean that the E4
will not have sufficient capacity. The addition of Norrortsleden and the Norra
Lnken link road will also place increased pressure on the E4. There are plans
to expand the motorway from three lanes to four in each direction.
OTHER EXPANSION
16. Sprvg city: Lindhagen Centralen Djurgrden/Ropsten
Once fully developed, the planned line will run between Ropsten via Vrtan to
Centralen and Fridhemsplan, terminating at Hornsbergs Strand. The line
offers high accessibility through the centre of the city and will increase the
accessibility of Djurgrden along the tracks at the heritage tram line. Integrating the line with the Lidingbanan line will also be investigated.
17. Road 222: Henriksdal intersection and Danvikstull
Road 222 will gain a new route via Henriksdalsberget, where the road will take
over the tunnel used by the Saltsjbanan rail line and gain a new intersection at
Danvikstull. Placing the road in a tunnel means that many of the current environmental problems will disappear, enabling new housing in the area. Sprbron
bridge at Danvikstull, which also carries bus traffic, has reached the end of its
life and will be demolished. The road bridge will be widened with new lanes so
that in the future buses will continue to use a separate bus lane.
18. Eastern link
The population and employment are growing particularly quickly in the eastern parts of the region. An eastern link would increase capacity across the
Saltsj-Mlaren water strait and join up the northern and southern links to
form a ring road around the inner city. This would improve congestion on
Stadsgrdsleden and Skeppsbron. It is essential to coordinate the functions and
needs of road transport and public transport along this corridor.
19. Huvudstaleden: Bromma
The project is part of a fully developed Huvudstaleden road running from Pampas to Drottningholmsvgen and Bergslagsvgen and is capable of relieving
parts of the main road network in the western suburbs. The branch to Tritonvgen and a new Tritonbro bridge are no longer included in the plan because of
the plans for the Ulvsunda industrial area.
20. Ulvsundavgen
The function of the road from Ulvsundaplan to Rinkeby may be changed,

partly as a result of new road projects such as Huvudstaleden and the new
stretch of the E18, and partly because of changed land use in Ulvsunda and
Mariehll. There are grounds to develop Ulvsundavgen for new functions and
adapt it to the surrounding environment.
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21. Klarastrandsleden
Klarastrandsleden is a central artery with extremely heavy traffic. The road

area is delimited by the lake Klara Sj and the Swedish Rail Administrations
track area for rail traffic to the Stockholm city centre. Covering the road and
building on top of it would lead to a considerable improvement in the local
environment and link the streetscape directly to the water.
22. Centraltunneln
The project is a tunnel linking Sderleden with Klarastrandsleden and Klaratunneln. The tunnel would enable the Centralbron bridge to be demolished,
achieving major environmental improvements in what is possibly the most sensitive and historically interesting part of Stockholm.
23. Nynsvgen
The area surrounding Gullmarsplan is a hub for road and public transport in
southern Stockholm and an important urban development area. The heavy traffic on Nynsvgen is an obstacle to developing the area. Solutions have to be
found that are capable of handling the major and complex traffic flows and
coping with the environmental disturbance caused by the traffic system. Gamla
Enskede offers a chance to heal the damage to the environment inflicted by the
road and overcome its major barrier effect.
24. lvsjvgen
lvsjvgen has heavy traffic and only one lane in each direction. The road
causes major environmental disruption with noise and barrier effects locally.
The road needs to be environmentally updated and its capacity increased. The
road area must also be investigated as one of the alternative routes for Sprvg
Syd. The continued stretch to the east, previously known as Hgdalslnken, is,
however, no longer relevant.
25. Slussen
Slussens function as a traffic interchange is central to the work on the new

Slussen. The current traffic design focuses on traffic flow for cars, while the
main function of the site today is in fact as a major hub for public transport.
Pedestrians and cyclists also need the new Slussen to provide them with better
solutions.
26. Road 226: The junction of Huddingevgen and Rgsvedsvgen
Huddingevgen is an accident black spot, has poor traffic flow and has high
levels of noise and exhaust fumes. The current junction is an at-grade, as are
additional junctions further to the south. A new multilevel crossing of motorway standard will provide better capacity and improve the safety of unprotected
road users.
FUTURE TRANSPORT CORRIDORS

27. Public transport corridors in the southern suburbs
The urban development corridor links lvsj with Hgdalen and on to Norra
Skndal and Skarpnck via Farsta (27) or rbyleden (27a.). A public transport
corridor with prioritised traffic flow supports urban development and enables
more cross-city journeys. Sprvg Syd and commuter train traffic are efficiently linked by all the green metro lines.
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28. Public transport corridors in the west of the inner city
A new public transport link is being studied for (Hagstra) lvsj Lilje
holmen Fridhemsplan Odenplan Universitetet. New rapid transit traffic
will enable swift journeys between some of the most important nodes in Stockholm. Expansion would mean a major increase in capacity across the
Saltsj-Mlar water strait and alleviate the pressure on T- Centralen.
29. Public transport corridors in the east of the inner city
A new public transport link is being studied for Hammarby Sjstad/Sickla

Vrtan Albano Norra Station, which will mean extending the eastern link.
New rapid transit traffic will enable fast journeys between some of the most
important urban development areas in Stockholm. Capacity across the SaltsjMlaren water strait will increase considerably, easing the pressure on
T-Centralen. The new urban development areas of Stockholm Royal Seaport,
Albano and Norra Station will see the Vrtabanan line taking on a new function for passenger traffic in the future.
30. Northsouth link west of the inner city
Additional increases in capacity across the Saltsj-Mlaren water strait may be

needed in the future. A new link between the western and southern suburbs
will support the urban development of areas on both sides of Lake Mlaren,
and improve the regions communications as a whole.
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5.
Dialogue and
implementation
Dialogue and collaboration
Fotograf: Johannes Liljeson
5.1
Consultation and exhibition according

to the Planning and Building Act
Work on the Stockholm City Plan has involved dialogue and collaboration
within the City of Stockholm and with other stakeholders. Between 10 November 2008 and 12 January 2009 widespread consultation was carried out, and a
number of activities were organised during this period to reach a large number
of target groups. This consultation resulted in valuable discussions on future
urban development and in total approximately 350 written opinions were
received from agencies, stakeholder organisations, private individuals and so
on. Between 1 June 2009 and 21 September 2009 a new proposal was put forward for debate. The dialogue continued during this period and around 100
new opinions on the proposal were received.
City Plan based on extensive dialogue
It has taken just over two years to produce a new City Plan. During that period
there has been a major focus on communication and dialogue. This has taken
place continuously throughout the process, not merely during the consultation
and exhibition phases. The entire process started out from broad-based collaboration with the citys administrations and companies. On top of this a number of
meetings have been arranged geared towards the people of Stockholm or sometimes to particular stakeholders or bodies within the city. Secondary-school
and upper-secondary-school pupils have been involved in the discussions on
the Stockholm of the future. Particular focus has also been placed on the property developers and construction company stakeholders involved in developing
the city. At the same time there has been an opportunity throughout the process
for individual interest groups to invite representatives from the city to discuss
the City Plan. This opportunity, known as Phone and we will be there, has
resulted in just over 200 meetings being held during the process.
This widespread dialogue has formed the basis for the production of the City
Plan for Stockholm now adopted. During the process the urban development
strategies have been fi nalised and supplemented by a report of the most important conflicts between goals in the implementation of the urban development
strategies. The City Plan also specifies the underlying planning information
which is important in future programme work, detailed planning and building
permits.
Directives by the
City Planning Committee
2008
J
Adoption by
City Council
Approval by the
City Planning Committee
2009
F
Investigations/inquiry
Consultation material
2010
F
Public consultation
Draft plan
10 November 12 January
Final processing/decision
Rolling
Exhibition
comprehensive planning
1 June 21 September
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5.2
Continued planning
and implementation
Guidelines for an efcient planning and building process
The City Plan is a steering document that is not legally binding. According to
the provisions of the Planning and Building Act, the plan is to provide guidance
and support in making decisions on the use of land and water areas and how the
built environment is to be developed and protected. At the same time the plan
clearly sets out the citys view of future development for Stockholmers, public
agencies and other stakeholders. It serves to give them an idea of how the city
may respond to future demands for change in the urban environment.
In Stockholm the City Plan is important for the work of the City Planning
Administration in improving the efficiency of the planning and building process in accordance with the aims of the City Council, as a clear City Plan
reduces the need for consultation on programmes. This City Plan will provide
an opportunity to examine different proposals for change directly in planning
consultation, if they are in accordance with the aims. The citys experience is
that the planning process for such projects can be considerably shortened without to any major extent reducing the opportunity for influence.
Urban development priorities can be set with
the support of rolling comprehensive planning
Stockholms stads budget 20092011

(City of Stockholm budget 20092011)
The aim of this City Plan is to act as a long-term urban development programme that provides support for priorities in the shorter term. The City Plan
contains a large number of areas and links with development potential. However, flexible implementation is important, with planning able to adapt to new
conditions and changes in the world around us.
The City Plan is a comprehensive steering document for the committees
and companies in the City of Stockholm which are responsible for different
aspects of the citys development. For it to work, it needs to be linked to the
citys management and follow-up system (ILS) where the annual budget and
Vision 2030 take precedence. The forms in which this can be achieved should
be developed. The starting point should be that ongoing follow-up of the City
Plan will provide the City Council with a wide-ranging remit for making decisions on annual priorities for urban development within the citys budget.
Vision 2030 a world-class Stockholm
Budget (13 years)

City Plan (10 20 years)
Planning aims
Urban development strategies
CP indications?
The City Plan in the citys

steering system
The illustration shows how the City Plan
should be coordinated with the citys
system for integrated management and
follow-up of operations and nancing (ILS).
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City Council aims

City Council overall objectives
City Council objectives for the business area
City Council indicators/activities
Operational plans (1 year)

Aims of boards
Boards indicators/activities
One key question is how the four urban development strategies of the City
Plan can best be balanced. In some years decisions on infrastructure investments may, for example, justify a focus on one or some of the City Plans nodes
in the outer city. On other occasions it may be more relevant to fi rst prioritise
minor projects to increase density within the existing urban structure.
Extensive interplay between land policy
and physical planning can create new opportunities
Stockholms major landholdings increase opportunities to achieve the vision

of a world-class city. In the central parts of the city and in areas such as Kista,
land prices are generally high. This enables the construction of this dense and
attractive city, despite the fact that development is simultaneously associated
with high costs. In many of the nodes and links in the outer city in the City
Plan, market conditions are currently not as good. Implementing the plan will
therefore demand advanced coordination between strategic physical planning
and active land policy with sights set on long-term development.
Investeringar i Stockholms stad

Kommunfullmktige har angivit hur investeringar ska beslutas, genomfras och fljas upp.
Investeringar i Stockholms stad

(The citys investment rules) seek to ensure
good management and follow-up of the citys
investments and other signicant projects.
Adopted by the City Council in 1999 with a supplementary decision from the City Executive Board in
October 2005.
The need for new underlying information to support

the planning process must constantly be examined
In general the city has a wealth of knowledge about the conditions governing
planning, and important underlying information is set out in this City Plan. In
some areas of society, however, development is proceeding at a fast pace, particularly as a result of technological developments. It is essential that the city
is well prepared for new needs and that the underlying information supporting
the planning process is updated as the situation changes. In recent years, for
example, better awareness of risk and vulnerability in an urban environment
has accentuated the need for improved information.
Collaboration between the citys administrations and companies is also
important when working on information underlying the planning process.
Proposals for major investigative projects should be addressed by the City
Council within the budget process.
Cooperation and dialogue on conicts
of interest in subsequent planning
For the aims and the strategies of the City Plan to be carried through, detailed
geographical studies, programme work and detailed planning must be based on
a holistic approach. The City Plan sets out a position on fundamental conflicts
between objectives and conflicts of interest regarding sustainable growth at the
overall level. It is therefore important that the continuing process of balancing
different interests and objectives is specified in more detailed planning.
The development of the strategic areas and links presented in the City Plan
make particular demands of wide-ranging planning for a larger geographical
area. This kind of planning opens up opportunities for broad-based collaboration within the city and with external players where, for example, social aspects
can be addressed with the same amount of care as fi nancial or environmental
ones. This also creates better preconditions for securing the development of
public services in the development areas.
More detailed geographical consideration of the City Plan or major programmes also forms an excellent starting point for deeper dialogue with the
people who live and work in a particular area. The focus of the dialogue can
then be escalated from individual projects to the overall needs and opportunities for positive development of the region, the city and the area. Experience
shows that a well-implemented planning process at area level fosters an efficient planning and construction process in the later phases.
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Adopted by Stockholm City Council on 15 March 2010

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How Stockholm is governed

Stockholm City Hall.

The City Planning Administration,

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The planning process

THE PLANNING PROCESS

The planning process

Swedens Building and Planning Act requires all Swedish municipalities to

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About this document

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1.1 New City Plan for Stockholm.....................................................................7

2.1 Public interests and focus areas................................................................ 13

3.1 Starting points for a strategy of long-term sustainability........................ 33

4.1 Strategic areas and links in central Stockholm........................................50

5.1 Dialogue and collaboration...................................................................... 81

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New City Plan for Stockholm

A growing and sustainable city

A major challenge for urban planning in Stockholm is to embrace the citys

versiktsplan 1999 (City Plan 1999)

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Challenges for future

Continued growth drives long-term planning

Inhabitants and jobs

The population of Stockholm has grown dramatically in recent years, rising

Framtidsutredningen 2007 outlines the

The Stockholm-Mlaren region is defined as the counties of Stockholm, Uppsala,

Stockholm is a small city in global terms, making it highly dependent on a

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The Stockholm Business Alliance

Globalisation affects the region in several ways

Framtidsutredningen 2008 outlines how

Framtidsutredningen 2009 discusses

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The European Commission made Stockholm

vision Jrva 2030

Vision Jrva, part of Vision for Jrva,

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Visions and goals for

The vision of Stockholm as a world-class city

In June 2007, Stockholm City Council decided on a collective, long-term

Ett Stockholm i vrldsklass

Vision 2030, for the City of Stockholm.

A national strategy for sustainable

RUFS 2010 is the new Regional Development

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Public interests and focus areas

Many public interests to be taken into consideration

Excerpt from the Planning

Planning aims in the text and on the map

The City of Stockholms aim is to reduce the number of steering documents

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Stockholm as the city