Skyscraper under construction in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden
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Karlatornet (lit.'The Karla Tower', initially called Polstjärnan[4][5]) is a skyscraper under construction by SernekeinLindholmeninGothenburg, Sweden. The tower reached its final height of 247 meters in June 2023. It will have 74 floors above ground. The building is expected to be fully completed in autumn 2024.[6][7]
When completed, it will reach 247 meters tall (810 ft), and will be the tallest building in the Nordic countries. On 22 September 2022, the tower reached this milestone at 193 meters, officially surpassing Turning TorsoinMalmö.[11]
The building was initially budgeted to cost about 4 billion Swedish kronor but final cost totalled 6.5 billion Swedish kronor or 630 million USD (currency exchange rate at that time).[12]
Karlatornet has 5 elevators engineered by Finnish elevator maker Kone.[13] Two of the elevators have a max speed of 6 m/s and the remaining three top out at 8 m/s. At the time of construction, these were the fastest elevators in Sweden.[14]
Karlatornet is one out of 9 buildings that will form Karlastaden. (lit. 'Karla City' .[15][16]
Other buildings are:
Karlatornet houses a Strawberry hotel with 300 guestrooms and multiple conference areas, restaurans, gyms and a spa. The total hotel area is 17,500 square metres (188,000 sq ft).[19]
Karlatornet with surrounding buildings is called Karlastaden (literal translation: Karlacity). The total area of Karlastaden is 270,000 square metres (2,900,000 sq ft). It houses apartments, schools, gyms, higher education institutions, hotels, offices, restaurants and healthcare clinics.[20]
