Kaknästornet

Infobox Modern building

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caption=View of the TV Tower
name=Kaknästornet
location_town=Stockholm
location_country=Sweden
architect=Hans Borgström
Bengt Lindroos
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construction_start_date=1963
completion_date=1967
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style=Neo brutalism|

The Kaknäs tower (Swedish: Kaknästornet) is a TV tower in Stockholm, Sweden, at coord|59|20|06|N|18|07|35|E|type:landmark_region:SE|display=inline,title. 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 meters (including antenna 170 meters). For many years Kaknästornet was the tallest building in ScandinaviaFact|date=September 2007, but it was surpassed in 2000 by the Kista Science Tower in north Stockholm, a mere three meters tallerFact|date=September 2007, 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.Fact|date=July 2008 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. Weekdays the restaurant offers "dagens" or "the days meal" which is affordable eating for most tourists. Booking at the restaurant allows free (otherwise chargeable) access to fantastic views.

Popular culture

*The tower appears in the SVT1 (a.k.a. Kanal1) ident from 1988.

External links

* [http://www.stockholmtown.com/templates/Museum___5881__EN.aspx Information from Stockholm Town]
* [http://www.teracom.se/?page=5405 Information from Teracom] sv icon
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