Karlatornet

Karlatornet (lit. 'The Karla Tower', initially called Polstjärnan ) is a skyscraper under construction by Serneke in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The tower reached its final height of 247 meters in June 2023. It will have 74 floors above ground. The building is expected to be fully completed in autumn 2024.

The building's architecture firm is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and it is being built by Serneke Group AB. It is set for completion in 2024, but first inhabitants started moving in from August 2023.

When completed, it will reach 247 meters tall (810 ft), and will be the tallest building in the Nordic countries. On 22 September 2022, the tower reached this milestone at 193 meters, officially surpassing Turning Torso in Malmö.

The building was initially budgeted to cost about 4 billion Swedish kronor but final cost totalled 6.5 billion Swedish kronor or 630 million USD (currency exchange rate at that time).

Karlatornet has 5 elevators engineered by Finnish elevator maker Kone. Two of the elevators have a max speed of 6 m/s and the remaining three top out at 8 m/s. At the time of construction, these were the fastest elevators in Sweden.

Karlatornet is one out of 9 buildings that will form ''Karlastaden. ( lit.  'Karla City''' . Other buildings are:


 * Cassiopeja, 147 m (482 ft) 43 floors
 * Auriga, 125 m (410 ft) 36 floors
 * Virgo, 27 floors
 * Capella, 17 floors
 * Lynx, 17 floors
 * Aries, 12 floors
 * Callisto, 7 floors

Hotel
Karlatornet houses a Strawberry hotel with 300 guestrooms and multiple conference areas, restaurans, gyms and a spa. The total hotel area is 17500 m2.

Karlastaden
Karlatornet with surrounding buildings is called Karlastaden ( literal translation: Karlacity ). The total area of Karlastaden is 270000 m2. It houses apartments, schools, gyms, higher education institutions, hotels, offices, restaurants and healthcare clinics.