Södermalm

Södermalm is the southern borough of central Stockholm, consisting of the island of Södermalm proper, two smaller islands connected to it from the west, as well as the neighbourhood of Hammarby Sjöstad on the opposite bank of the Hammarby Sjö in the east, which is a redeveloped former industrial area that was transformed into a model sustainable residential community.
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  • Type: Suburb with 104,000 residents
  • Description: island and urban district in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: Söder”, “Sodermalm”, and “Soedermalm
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nobel Prize Museum and Moderna Museet.

Museum
The is located in the former Stock Exchange Building on the north side of the square in , the old town in central , .

Museum
Photo: Kalle1, Public domain.
is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009, the museum opened Malmö in .

Scenic viewpoint
The or Katarina Lift is a passenger elevator in that connects Slussen to the heights of Södermalm. The lift was a shortcut between Katarinavägen, Slussen and Mosebacke torg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gamla stan and Norrmalm.

pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in , containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.

, also known as City, is the central borough of , bordering to to the east at Birger Jarlsgatan, the Old Town to the south, to the south-west, and Vasastan north-west of Tegnérgatan.

is a borough in north-eastern , bordering and Vasastan at Birger Jarlsgatan, one of Stockholm's longest streets. The core of consists of 19th century city-blocks, combined with vibrant tree-lined boulevards and upmarket shopping.

Södermalm

Latitude
59.31595° or 59° 18′ 57″ north
Longitude
18.07799° or 18° 4′ 41″ east
Population
104,000
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
9FFW838H+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 54592424
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2676209
Wiki­data ID
Q740149
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Urdu—“Södermalm” goes by many names.
  • Akan: Södermalm
  • Armenian: Սյոդերմալմ
  • Basque: Södermalm
  • Catalan: Södermalm
  • Cebuano: Södermalm
  • Chinese: 瑟德马尔姆岛
  • Chinese: 瑟德马爾姆島
  • Danish: Södermalm
  • Dutch: Södermalm
  • Finnish: Södermalm
  • French: Södermalm
  • Galician: Södermalm
  • German: Södermalm
  • Hebrew: סדרמאלם
  • Hungarian: Södermalm
  • Indonesian: Södermalm
  • Italian: Södermalm
  • Japanese: セーデルマルム
  • Korean: 쇠데르말름
  • Latin: Södermalm
  • Macedonian: Седермалм
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Södermalm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Södermalm
  • Norwegian: Södermalm
  • Norwegian: Sødermalm
  • Persian: سودمالم
  • Polish: Södermalm
  • Portuguese: Södermalm
  • Russian: Сёдермальм
  • Russian: Содермальм
  • Slovenian: Södermalm
  • Spanish: Södermalm
  • Swahili: Södermalm
  • Swedish: Katarina-Sofia
  • Swedish: Maria gamla stan
  • Swedish: Maria-Gamlastan
  • Swedish: Södermalm
  • Swedish: Sofia gamla stan
  • Turkish: Södermalm
  • Ukrainian: Седермальм
  • Urdu: سودرمالم

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