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Karlatornet

Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden

The 296th tallest building in the world

246 m · 807 ft

Karlatornet (lit. 'The Karla Tower') (briefly known as Polstjärnan or Karlavagnstornet) is a mixed-use skyscraper built by Serneke in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Started in 2019 and topped out in June 2023, the tower stands at 246 m (807 ft) tall with 74 floors, was completed in the autumn of 2024 and is the current tallest building in Sweden. The building's architecture firm is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and it was built by Serneke Group AB. It was finished in 2024, but the first inhabitants started moving in from August 2023. The building reached 246 metres tall (807 ft), and is the tallest building in Scandinavia and in the Nordic countries. On 22 September 2022, the tower reached this milestone at 193 metres, officially surpassing Turning Torso in Malmö.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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