Stockholm International Fairs ( sv, Stockholmsmässan) is a large exhibition facility that arranges

trade fair A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and c ...

s in

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.

History

The idea of starting a trade fair in Stockholm started with brothers Börje and Folke Claeson in 1942. Initially, the Royal Tennis Hall (''Kungliga tennishallen'') was rented for this purpose. In 1964, the City of Stockholm and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce took over as owners and operators. The main building was constructed in 1971 in the

Älvsjö Älvsjö () is a district of the city of Stockholm Municipality in Sweden, located in the borough Älvsjö in Söderort. It has the biggest rentable facility in northern Europe called Stockholm International Fairs, and also the hotel Scandic Ta ...

suburb of

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 ...

Events

The facility has hosted international congresses, seminars, general assemblies and musical events. It played host to the

1975 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song " Waterloo" by ABBA. Organised by the European Broadcasting Un ...

and

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

, the Swedish national selection, in

Melodifestivalen 1996 Sweden was represented by One More Time with the song "Den vilda" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. At the contest, held in Oslo, Norway, One More Time performed last of 23, following Slovakia. At the close of the voting it had received 100 ...

and

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

Gallery

Stockholmsmassan 2009.jpg, Main entrance before renovation (March 2009) Stockholmsmässan entre 2015a.jpg, Main entrance (February 2015) Stockholmsmässan entre 2015c.jpg, New entrance to halls (February 2015) Stockholmsmässan 2014.jpg,

Scandic Talk Hotel Scandic Talk Hotel (previously the Rica Talk Hotel) is a skyscraper and hotel, located at the Stockholm International Fairs in Älvsjö, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Ex ...

(far left) is located within the complex

References

External links

Official website
{{Eurovision Song Contest Infrastructure completed in 1971 1971 establishments in Sweden Convention centres in Sweden Buildings and structures in Stockholm Music venues in Sweden Fairgrounds in Sweden