How to find the Geoscience building

The main entrances are on the south side of the building and the Visiting address is Svante Arrhenius väg 8.

Drone image of Geoscience building, Stockholm University in autumn. Photo Sören Andersson.

The Geoscience building can easily be reached by

• Metro, the red line to the metro stop "Universitetet". The station is situated 120 meters south-west from the Geoscience Building. The journey takes 10 minutes from Stockholm Central Station.
• Suburban train Roslagsbanan to the train stop "Universitetet". Than you have to walk about 500 hundred metres east to reach the building.
• Bus number 50 or 540. The bus stop at "Universitetet Norra" is located next to the Metro, 100 meters west from the Geoscience Building. Some of the buses with numbers from 600 (from Roslagen to Östra station) also stop at the metro station.
• Bike or walk, for example alongside the Brunnsviken (bay), along the Roslagsvägen (road) or through the Lill-Jans skogen (wood/park). 
• Go by car using Roslagsvägen (the road from Roslagstull towards Norrtälje), Frescativägen, Svante Arrhenius väg. There are parking places at Svante Arrhenius väg, north of the Geoscience Building.

The Geoscience building

The Geoscience Building (Geovetenskapens hus in Swedish), at the Stockholm University Frescati Campus and houses the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, the Department of Geological Sciences, the Department of Human Geography, and the Department of Physical Geography. About 450 members of staff have their workplaces in the Geoscience Building and roughly 3,500 students study in the building for longer or shorter periods during a semester.

Interior, Geoscience buildning. Photo Elisabeth Sturesson.

Since the late 1950s a new geography building has been planned at Stockholm University. Construction began in May 1995 and the departments moved in during the summer 1997. September 19, 1997, the Geoscience Building was inaugurated.

The Geoscience Building was designed by Anders Pyk, Dag Cavallius and Snorre Lindquist at Nyréns' architect's office in Stockholm after planning and sketches by Anders Pyk och Dag Cavallius at the same company. Interior designer was Per Åstrandsson, Creo, and the garden was designed by Bengt Isling, Nyréns. Building company was JM Byggnads AB. Akademiska Hus own the building.

2007–2008 the Geoscience Building was rebuilt to house one additional department, the Department of Applied Environmental Science (today the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry).