Kungstornen

Kungstornen (King's Towers) are twin tower skyscrapers, individually named Norra Kungstornet (Northern King's Tower) and Södra Kungstornet (Southern King's Tower), in <a href="/facts/Norrmalm/TsXczy7u">Norrmalm</a>, <a href="/facts/Stockholm/sD74W4Pm">Stockholm</a>. The 16-storey Norra Kungstornet is 60 m (200 ft) and was built between 1919 and 1924; and the taller 17-storey, 61 m (200 ft) Södra Kungstornet was built between 1924 and 1925. Together, they are considered the first modern <a href="/facts/Skyscraper/5nM0naVB">skyscrapers</a> in Europe.
The tower pair marks a slight bend in the street, one block east of <a href="/facts/H%C3%B6torget/obdFWu4b">Hötorget</a>, where it is crossed by the 16 m (52 ft) <a href="/facts/Malmskillnadsbron/kVppJpJL">Malmskillnadsbron</a>, a bridge in the course of <a href="/facts/Malmskillnadsgatan/yWTbteHP">Malmskillnadsgatan</a>, to which they are adjacent. They are 16 m (52 ft) and of similar, but not identical, exterior design. Their construction was inspired by American models, particularly the architecture of <a href="/facts/Lower_Manhattan/bl6eMMHK">Lower Manhattan</a> of the time. The north tower was designed by Sven Wallander [sv] who also authored the 1919 master plan for Kungsgatan; the southern tower was designed by Ivar Callmander [sv].

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