The Kaknäs tower ( sv, Kaknästornet) is a

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

tower located at Ladugårdsgärdet in

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. The tower is a major hub of Swedish television, radio and satellite broadcasts. It was finished in 1967, designed by architect

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, and the height is or with the top antenna included. For a few years Kaknästornet was the tallest building in the Nordic countries until

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was opened in

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in 1971. It was surpassed in 2005 by the

Turning Torso Turning Torso is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper built in Malmö, Sweden in 2005. It was formerly the tallest building in the Nordic region until September 2022, when it was surpassed by Karlatornet in Gothenburg, which is still under const ...

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. The tower is owned by the national Swedish broadcasting company

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. Its name comes from the ancient name of the area,

Kaknäs Kaknäs is a former village in Medieval times located in Stockholm, Sweden, as part of the Ladugårdsgärdet area. It is the site of several archeological finds and has given its name to Kaknästornet. During the 1912 Summer Olympics, it hosted ...

. The tower used to be open to the public, with an information centre and gift shop, indoor and outdoor observation decks as well as a restaurant, but has now been permanently closed to the public since 2018 on the grounds that the security repairs would have become too expensive. It was later revealed that the real cause is the threat of foreign intelligence. The fear is that a foreign power would seek to take control of important communication lines and systems of society. According to Swedish television, the Swedish security police have stated in a report in 2017 that the number of foreign intelligence companies has increased and the tower will be closed due to the report. It is since December 2019 forbidden to photograph, copy, measure or describe the tower without permission.

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*The tower appears in the

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(a.k.a. Kanal1) ident from 1988

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File:Kaknästornet bygget 1966d.jpg, The Kaknäs Tower during construction, 1966. File:Stockholms innerstad - KMB - 16001000187930.jpg, View of

Gärdet Gärdet is a part of Stockholm, east and northeast of Östermalm. Its official name is Ladugårdsgärdet. It is renowned for its large number of modernist apartments. Gärdet is one of the largest residential districts built in Stockholm during th ...

and Stockholm city with the newly constructed Kaknäs Tower in the foreground, 1967. File:Kaknästornet 2008d.jpg, View of the restaurant and observation deck, closed to the public since 2018. File:Kaknästornet 2008c.jpg, View of platforms with transmitter antennas. File:The Kaknäs Tower, Rootsi 2016 jaanuar.jpg, View of the Kaknäs Tower and the transmitter building. File:Rootsi teletorn - the Kaknäs tower.jpg, The Kaknäs Tower at

Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...

, with

Lilla Värtan Lilla Värtan ( sv, Smaller Värtan) or simply Värtan is a strait in Stockholm, Sweden. Separating mainland Stockholm from the island and municipality Lidingö, it stretches from Blockhusudden in the south to Stora Värtan in the north, and is ...

in the background. File:Kaknästornet 17 March 2013.jpg, View of the Kaknäs Tower and base. File:Kaknästornet tricolore 2015-11-15b.jpg, The Kaknäs Tower illuminated in the colours of the

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in memoriam to the

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. File:Kaknästornet Djurgårdsbrunnsviken Stockholm Sweden 20050812.JPG, View south-west towards

Djurgårdsbrunnsviken Djurgårdsbrunnsviken is a bay in central Stockholm, Sweden, together with the canal Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen forming the northern shore line of the island Djurgården (or more correctly between Northern and Southern Djurgården). The bridge Dju ...

. File:Kaknästornet utsikt 2009c.jpg, View west towards Stockholm city. File:Kaknästornet Kaknäs Lilla Värtan (Libertus Fjäderholmarna) Stockholm Sweden 20050812.JPG, View east towards

and

Fjäderholmarna The Fjäderholmarna (English: Feather Islands) are a group of small islands in the Stockholm archipelago close to downtown Stockholm, Sweden. The Fjäderholmarna consist of the four named islands of Stora Fjäderholmen, Ängsholmen, Libertas and ...

. File:Kaknästornet Loudden Oljehamn Lidingön Stockholm Sweden 20050812.JPG, View north towards Loudden and

Lidingö Lidingö, also known in its definite form ''Lidingön'' and as ''Lidingölandet'', is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2010, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 31,561. It is ...

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Information from Visit StockholmInformation from Teracom
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