Kaknästornet
Encyclopedia
The Kaknäs tower is a TV tower in Stockholm
, Sweden
. It has 72 pillars. The tower is a major hub of Swedish television, radio and satellite broadcasts. It was finished in 1967, designed by architect Bengt Lindroos
, and the height is 155 metres (508.5 ft) or 170 metres (557.7 ft) with the antenna included. For many years Kaknästornet was the tallest building in Scandinavia until Näsinneula was opened in Tampere
, Finland in 1971. It was surpassed in 2000 by the Kista Science Tower
in north Stockholm as the tallest building of Sweden, a mere three meters taller, which in turn was surpassed by Turning Torso
in Malmö in 2005. The tower is owned by the national Swedish broadcasting company Teracom
. It can not communicate with some southern satellites due the environmental orders that protect the ancient oak trees owned by the King of Sweden. These block the "line-of-sight".
The tower is open to the public, with information centre/gift shop, indoor and outdoor observation decks as well as a restaurant. The tower affords superb views of Stockholm city to the west and Stockholm archipelago to the east.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It has 72 pillars. The tower is a major hub of Swedish television, radio and satellite broadcasts. It was finished in 1967, designed by architect Bengt Lindroos
Bengt Lindroos
Bengt Ingmar Lindroos was a Swedish architect. He designed the Kaknästornet television tower in 1967. Lindroos started drafting houses for a local builder at the age of 17 years and received his formal education at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1942-45.After being employed by Sven...
, and the height is 155 metres (508.5 ft) or 170 metres (557.7 ft) with the antenna included. For many years Kaknästornet was the tallest building in Scandinavia until Näsinneula was opened in Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, Finland in 1971. It was surpassed in 2000 by the Kista Science Tower
Kista Science Tower
Kista Science Tower in Kista, Stockholm is the second tallest building in Sweden, at a height of 117.2 m . The black cube on top of the roof is, contrary to some rumors, not meant to be the start of more floors; it is the top of the elevator shaft and space for the electronics for the antenna...
in north Stockholm as the tallest building of Sweden, a mere three meters taller, which in turn was surpassed by Turning Torso
Turning Torso
HSB Turning Torso is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden and the Nordic countries, situated in Malmö, Sweden, located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait. Upon completion, it was the tallest building in Scandinavia, the tallest residential building in the EU and the second tallest residential...
in Malmö in 2005. The tower is owned by the national Swedish broadcasting company Teracom
Teracom
Teracom is a terrestrial broadcast transmission service company owned by the Swedish Government. Teracom owns all Swedish broadcast transmission sites, and distributes all terrestrial radio and TV channels, private as well as public-service, analogue as well as digital.Teracom Components is a...
. It can not communicate with some southern satellites due the environmental orders that protect the ancient oak trees owned by the King of Sweden. These block the "line-of-sight".
The tower is open to the public, with information centre/gift shop, indoor and outdoor observation decks as well as a restaurant. The tower affords superb views of Stockholm city to the west and Stockholm archipelago to the east.
Popular culture
- The tower appears in the SVT1SVT1SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
(a.k.a. Kanal1) ident from 1988. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6PnbMnNjF4&feature=BFql&playnext=1&list=QL&index=33|1
External links
- 360 degree view from the Kaknastornet by photographer Jonathan Winstone.
- Information from Stockholm Town
- Information from Teracom