Östermalmstorg metro station is station on the red line of the

Stockholm metro The Stockholm metro ( sv, Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are three colou ...

, located in the district of

Östermalm Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous districts in Stockholm. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest housing p ...

. The station was opened on 16 May 1965 as the 59th station in the Stockholm system as the north terminus of the extension from

T-Centralen T-Centralen (Swedish for "The T-Central"; T being an abbreviation for "tunnelbana", the Swedish word for "underground" or "subway") is a metro station that forms the heart of the Stockholm metro system, in the sense that it is the only station ...

. On 2 September 1967, the line was extended northeast to

Ropsten Ropsten is a cape at the eastern part of Stockholm mainland at the inner part of Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. Two bridges named Lidingöbron extend from Ropsten over to the island of Lidingö. Ropsten area is located between Hjorthagen and ...

. On 30 September 1973, another extension, north to Tekniska högskolan, was opened. The platform is approximately below the surface. It is located in the city center, making it one of the most-used stations in the system, with approximately 38,550 people travelling from the station on an average workday. The station was built by the

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method and formed the first part of the extension of the red line north of

. Nearby stations include Stadion (T14) and

Karlaplan Karlaplan is an open park-plaza area in Östermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden. History Lindhagenplanen was a general plan presented with a proposal for street regulation in Stockholm in 1866 by a committee headed by the lawyer and politician ...

Stockholm Central Station Stockholm Central Station ( sv, Stockholms centralstation) is a railway station in Stockholm, Sweden. It is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station opened on 18 July 1871 and it had over 200,000 visitors da ...

is about away. The station has two main accessible exits, one by

Östermalmstorg Östermalmstorg is a square in the district of Östermalm, in Stockholm, Sweden. It is known principal for Östermalm Market Hall (''Östermalmshallen'') which first opened in 1889. Östermalmshallen's interior is a marketplace for food and ...

and one by

Stureplan Stureplan is a public square in central Stockholm, between Norrmalm and Östermalm. The square connects the major streets Kungsgatan, Birger Jarlsgatan and Sturegatan. The buildings around the square house offices of banks and other financial ...

. The major artwork of the subway station was created by Siri Derkert and symbolises

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, and the green movement. It was designed to function as a shelter in the event of nuclear war.

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Red line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1965 Stockholm metro stations located underground {{Stockholm-metro-stub