Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden is a submarine cable landing point in Sweden (coordinates 59.3322°, 18.0629°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Sweden's international connectivity infrastructure.

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of Sweden, as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.5 million in the metropolitan area. 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. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Stockholm, Sweden

Cables landing at Stockholm, Sweden are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including CITIC Telecom International, Eastern Light, Latvia State Radio and Television Centre. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Stockholm, Sweden, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Sweden.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Stockholm, Sweden in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Eastern Light Sweden-Finland I (2019) — Eastern Light Sweden-Finland I is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Finland and Sweden. Landing at Hanko, Helsinki, Kotka, Stockholm, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Sweden-Latvia (2005) — Sweden-Latvia is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Sweden and Latvia. Landing at Farosund, Stockholm, Ventspils, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Baltic Sea Submarine Cable (2000) — Baltic Sea Submarine Cable is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Finland, Sweden, Estonia. With landing points at Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.