35 Vintage Photos Capture Street Scenes of Stockholm in the 1960s

Stockholm is the capital and most populous urban area of Sweden as well as in Scandinavia. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago.

Stockholm street scenes in the mid-1960s

Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. Ranked as an alpha global city, it is the largest in Scandinavia and the main centre for corporate headquarters in the Nordic region.

The Stockholm metro, opened in 1950, is well known for the decor of its stations; it has been called the longest art gallery in the world.

These fascinating photos were taken by Anders that show street scenes of Stockholm from 1965 to 1967.

Hötorget, Stockholm, 1965

Kungsbron, Stockholm, 1965

Kungsgatan, Stockholm, 1965

Sergelgatan, Stockholm, 1965

Stockholm street scenes, 1965

Stockholm, 1965

View north of Stockholm, 1965

Bus passengers, Stockholm, 1966

Bus stop at Norra Bantorget, Stockholm, 1966

Bus, Stockholm, 1966

Gränsgatan, Sundbyberg, Stockholm, 1966

Karlsviksgatan, Stockholm, 1966

Kiosk, Vasagatan, Stockholm, 1966

Mäster Samuelsgatan, Stockholm, 1966

On the way to the central, Vasagatan, Stockholm, 1966

Taxi station on Vasagatan in front of Centralen in Stockholm, 1966

The train from Uppsala on the way in, Märsta station, Stockholm, 1966

The train from Uppsala, Märsta at Centralen, Stockholm, 1966

Torsgatan, Stockholm, seen from Uppsalatåget, 1966

Track work, Stockholm, 1966

Train Märsta, Stockholm, 1966

A. W. Bauer & Co tailor was then on Biblioteksgatan, Stockholm, 1967

Birger Jarlsgatan, Stockholm, 1967

Hamngatan, Stockholm, 1967

In the foyer of the cinema Rialto, Stockholm, 1967

Lufthansa, Stockholm, 1967

Nattbild från Stureplan, Stockholm, 1967

Near Biblioteksgatan, Stockholm, 1967

Night view from Tunnelgatan (now partly Olof Palmes gata), Stockholm, 1967

Night view from Tunnelgatan (now partly Olof Palmes gata), Stockholm, 1967

Norrmalmstorg tram, Stockholm, 1967

Norrmalmstorg tram, Stockholm, 1967

Probably at Kungsholmen near Fridhemsplan, Stockholm, 1967

Riksbron, Stockholm, 1967

Stortorget-Svartmangatan, Old Town, Stockholm, 1967