Karolinska Institute is one of Sweden’s largest centres for training and research, accounting for 30 percent of the medical training and 40 percent of the medical academic research conducted nationwide.

According to the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the institute is ranked as the 51st best research university in the world, 11th in Europe and 1st in Sweden. It is ranked 18th in the world in the field of Life and Agricultural Sciences and 9th in Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Before the current redevelopment began, the waterside area was known as Södra Hammarbyhamnen (roughly South Hammarby Port), a mainly industrial zone which now houses a library and offices.

New plans for most of the Södermalm area Norra Hammarbyhamnen in the early 1990s opened the door for a redevelopment of the entire area around the water expanse Hammarby Sjö. Although Hammarby Sjöstad is located outside the inner-city Stockholm, the design is intentionally urban rather than suburban, with boulevards, clearly defined and architecturally varied city blocks, and commercial spaces in the ground floor of the buildings.

In this large-scale 33 Mpix HDR panorama you can see:

• the Stockholm Globe Arena, Globen in Swedish – the largest hemispherical building in the world and represents the Sun in the world’s largest scale model of the Sweden Solar System. This Arena is primarily used for sports and musical performances.
• the three bridges Skansbron, Skanstullsbron, and Johanneshovsbron connects Södermalm to Johanneshov and are part of the major motorways passing through the central of Stockholm,
• the TV tower Hammarbytornet,
• Folksamhuset – the ninth tallest building in Sweden,
• Dagens Nyheter Scraper – DN-skrapan – a daily newspaper in Sweden, third tallest tower building in Sweden
• The old Tax Scraper building Skatteskrapan, now called “Studentskrapan” is currently serving mainly as student apartments
• Söder Torn is, shared with Studentskrapan, the tallest residential building in Stockholm
• Stockholm City Hall – Stadshuset is the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet and one of Stockholm’s major tourist attractions
• Riddarholmen Church – Riddarholmskyrkan – the burial church of the Swedish monarchs
• Church of Catherine – Katarina kyrka, one of the major churches in central Stockholm, rebuilt twice after being destroyed by fires
• Sofia Church – Sofia kyrka – named after queen Sofia of Nassau and belongs to Sofia parish of the Church of Sweden
• Hammarby sjöstad – Hammarby Lake City