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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.

Saint Eric’s Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral located on Södermalm, the southern part of central Stockholm, Sweden. It was built in 1892 and was raised to the status of a cathedral in 1953, when the Roman Catholic diocese of Stockholm was created (still the only one in Sweden).

The substantial increase in the number of Catholics in Stockholm and Sweden, mostly as a result of immigration after World War II, made the old church insufficient, and an extension, designed by architects Hans Westman and Ylva Lenormand, was inaugurated in 1983, at the 200th anniversary of the re-establishment in 1783 of the Roman Catholic church in Lutheran Sweden.

The church takes it name from Saint Eric, the 12th century king of Sweden who, having been slain by a Danish prince, came to be regarded as a martyr and the patron saint of Stockholm, depicted in the seal and coat of arms of the city. (source Wikipedia)

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