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Långholmen Hotel (Kronohäktet) — Stockholm

Yellow building of the Långholmen Hotel in Stockholm with the word Kronohäktet over the door, a former prison on the island of Långholmen
Artwork FileStockholm, Sweden

Kronohäktet

SeenAug 2023

Långholmsmuren 20, Stockholm, Sweden

Photo: Olaf Meister / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), as published on World Art Utopia.

Långholmen Hotel sits in the old Crown Prison (Kronohäktet) on the island of Långholmen in Stockholm. Prison activity on the island ended in 1975, and the hotel and hostel opened in 1989. The hotel calls its rooms “cells”; according to Uniq Hotels, the original cell doors are still there. The huge central prison built next door in 1874-1880 is a different building and was demolished. Source Source Source Source Source Source Reported

Seen Aug 2023: photo of Kronohäktet on Långholmen taken 29 August 2023 (Commons camera date). No newer dated photo or report was found. Source Reported

More photos

The prison buildings on Långholmen in Stockholm around 1890
1890 The prison island; Kronohäktet at far leftPhoto: Unknown photographer / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Interior corridor of the former Kronohäktet prison on Långholmen in Stockholm, now a hotel, with a potted tree and café tables, 2010
2010 Inside the former KronohäktetPhoto: Holger.Ellgaard / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
The former Kronohäktet prison on Långholmen in Stockholm, now a hotel, in August 2023
2023 Kronohäktet from the car parkPhoto: ThibautRe / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

💡 4 things to know

  1. Not the big central prison
    The hotel is in Kronohäktet. Swedish Wikipedia says the central prison next to it (built 1874-1880) is gone, “Byggnaden revs 1982”, and Uniq Hotels also says the central prison was demolished. Source Source Source Checked
  2. Prison to hotel in 1989
    The island’s prison activity ended in 1975. The hotel and hostel opened in 1989, per the hotel’s own history page. Source Source Checked
  3. Rooms called cells
    The hotel says “At Långholmen, we call our hotel rooms cells!” According to Uniq Hotels, the original cell doors remain and are opened with a key card. Source Source Reported
  4. A gallery from 1866
    According to the Swedish Tourist Association, the central gallery of the building dates from 1866. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Långholmsmuren 20, 117 33 Stockholm. Source Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 1890

    Prison island; Kronohäktet at far left · Commons

  2. 1975

    Prison activity ends, Långholmen.com

  3. 1989

    Hotel and hostel open, Långholmen.com

  4. 200617 Jul

    Prison building, Wikimedia Commons

  5. 2010

    Inside the former Kronohäktet · Commons

  6. 20154 Jul

    Kronohäktet, Wikimedia Commons

  7. 202329 Aug

    Kronohäktet from car park, Commons

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Address
Långholmsmuren 20, 117 33 Stockholm Source Source Checked
Prison closed
1975 (prison activity on the island) Source Source Checked
Hotel opened
1989 (May 1989 per STF) Source Source Source Checked
Built
Swedish Wikipedia: the remand prison moved into a former cloth factory in 1850, with an extension taken into use in 1867. STF: built in the early 19th century, central gallery from 1866 Source Source Source Conflicting
Architect
Carl Fredrik Hjelm designed the 1860s extensions, according to Swedish Wikipedia Source Reported
Rooms
STF: 89 single cells and 13 double cells. English Wikipedia: a 112-room hotel and hostel Source Source Conflicting
Room sizes
Compact double cell 9 m2, double cell 15 m2, standard cell 9 m2 Source Reported
Operator
Långholmen Hotell & Restaurang AB, a privately owned company Source Reported

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