Stadshagen is a district in

Stockholm Municipality Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms kommun or ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, maki ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, Sweden.

Location

Stadshagen is located in the northwest part of the island of

Kungsholmen Kungsholmen is an island in Lake Mälaren in Sweden, part of central Stockholm, Sweden. It is situated north of Riddarfjärden and considered part of the historical province Uppland. Its area is with a perimeter of . The highest point is at ...

. Stadshagen borders the districts of

through Lilla Västerbron, Marieberg and Igeldammsgatan; Kristineberg through Lindhagensgatan; Marieberg through part of Rålambshovsleden and to

Huvudsta Huvudsta is a suburb of Stockholm in Solna Municipality, Sweden. In Huvudsta, near Vasastaden in Stockholm, stands the Karlberg Castle which was built in the 17th century. The Huvudsta metro station was opened in 1985 as part of the Blue li ...

in Solna municipality through the

Karlbergskanalen Karlbergskanalen (Swedish for "Canal of Karlberg") is a canal in western central Stockholm, Sweden. Separating the island of Kungsholmen from the northern municipality Solna, it connects Ulvsundasjön to Karlbergssjön and thus forms the west ...

History

One of Stockholm's major hospitals, Saint Göran Hospital (''Sankt Görans Sjukhus''), opened in 1888 in this district. Saint Göran Church (''Sankt Görans kyrka'') first opened in 1910 as a chapel designed by architect Gustaf Améen (1864–1949). The present church was designed by architect Adrian Langendal (1904-1970) and was inaugurated in 1958. The Blue line

metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...

station of Stadshagen was opened in 1975 between

Fridhemsplan Fridhemsplan is a square at the intersection of Fridhemsgatan and Drottningholmsvägen in the districts of Kungsholmen and Marieberg in Stockholm, Sweden. Description The name Fridhemsplan was given 1935, after the major street ''Fridhemsgatan' ...

and Västra skogen. Stadshagen metro station was inaugurated on 31 August 1975.

References

Districts of Stockholm {{stockholm-geo-stub