The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre ( Swedish : Svenska Mässan ) is an exhibition and convention centre in Gothenburg , Sweden and one of Scandinavia's largest assembly points, which attracts around 1.8 million visitors a year. It is one of Europe's largest, fully integrated hotel and congress facilities, owned and run by a nonprofit foundation , the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre Foundation.
7-576: A third tower was built in 2011–2014, making the venue one of the five largest in Europe, with a room capacity of over 1,200. The third tower is the tallest building (100 m (330 ft)) in Gothenburg and the fourth tallest in Sweden . In the early 20th century a variety of Swedish companies arranged fairs in order to promote Swedish industry. Hence emerged the idea of a congress centre, and on 8 July 1918
14-616: A 325 m (1,066 ft) high skyscraper, Scandinavian Tower, in Malmö, but they were canceled in 2004. If built, the Scandinavian Tower would have been the tallest skyscraper in Europe. Definition Building heights are measured in "plushöjd" with the RH2000 vertical reference system in Sweden, which shares its zero point with the NAP . The zero point is approximately at sea level. A common mistake
21-627: The official Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre was opened. Svenska Mässan wanted to expand further. During the 1970s, they started organizing courses and conferences, thus conference and congress facilities were built. The centre has nine exhibition halls, 60 meeting rooms (from 2 to 8,800 guests), a congress hall for 1,500 people, eight restaurants, five bars and Scandinavia's largest hotel, Gothia Towers . The centre has an area of 41,000 m (440,000 sq ft) for exhibitions and congresses, and each year about 30 exhibitions are held with 8,000 exhibitors. Festivities and banquets are held at
28-568: The proposal was 40 floors and 150 meters high. This would have made it the tallest skyscraper in Europe by a large margin at the time. In the Post-World War II era construction of several high-rise buildings began, such as Wenner-Gren Center , Skatteskrapan , Hötorgsskraporna , Folksamhuset , and Kronprinsen . In the early part for the 21st century a new wave of high-rise buildings has reached Sweden. Karlatornet in Gothenburg stands as
35-454: The tallest building in Sweden and Scandinavia . Many Swedish skyscraper projects have been canceled after protests, or because the plans were proved economically unsustainable. A 200 m (656 ft) high skyscraper, called Tell Us Tower, was planned for construction in 2010 at Telefonplan in Stockholm's southern suburbs, but the plans were canceled in 2007. There were plans to construct
42-550: The venue with up to 8,000 guests. The location of the Congress Centre was decided by different trade commissions and industry corporations when Svenska Mässan was established. The location is efficient since it is in the middle of Scandinavia , equidistant to the three capitals of Sweden, Denmark and Norway – Stockholm , Copenhagen and Oslo . The central location also places the venue within walking distance of hotels, restaurants, pubs, shopping malls and theatres. The arena
49-791: Was one of the four potential candidate venues to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 . In the end, the Malmö Arena was chosen to host the contest. List of tallest buildings in Sweden This is a list of the tallest buildings in Sweden . The history of skyscrapers in Sweden began with the completion of Kungstornen on Kungsgatan in Stockholm. The twin towers are each 60 m (197 ft) high and were completed in 1924 and 1925 respectively. In 1927 Thor Thörnblad proposed an American inspired skyscraper on Blasieholmen in Stockholm ,
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