Huvudsta, Solna — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Huvudsta?

Löftets kyrka anchors the district. The church stands among the homes on the south-western side of Solna, and down by the shore the preserved schooner Skonerten Constantia ties the quarter to the water that edges this part of Solna kommun. The vessel marks the waterfront.

Alby kyrka lies within reach in the wider reach of Stockholm County, and together these set the bearings of a residential corner of eastern Sweden rather than a single grand monument.

What is the history of Huvudsta?

The ground carried an estate first. Huvudsta took its name from a manor on the south-western shore long before the streets filled in, and through the twentieth century homes spread across the slope as Solna kommun grew outward toward the water. Building moved down to the shoreline.

The schooner Skonerten Constantia, kept by the waterfront, recalls the maritime working life of this edge of Stockholm County, and the quarter settled into the suburban fabric of eastern Sweden around Löftets kyrka.

Where is Huvudsta?

Huvudsta lies on the south-western side of Solna, where the built ground of Solna kommun runs down toward the water that separates this part of Stockholm County from Stockholm itself, the streets settling between the shoreline and the neighbouring districts of Skytteholm and Hagalund. The shore sets the western edge. Löftets kyrka stands among the homes here, a fixed mark in eastern Sweden.