Kronprinsen

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Kronprinsen ("The Crown Prince") is a high-rise located in Malmö, Sweden in the city district of Västra Innerstaden. The building is 82 metres high and has 27 floors, and its facade is blue with blue stones. It is a residential building with a shopping mall on the first floor, and at the top floor a luxury restaurant called Översten (or in English, The Colonel). The restaurant offers a nice view of Malmö and the Öresund strait, and perhaps a little bit of Copenhagen. It is located near the crossing of two main streets in Malmö, Mariedalsvägen and Regementsgatan. On the other side of Regementsgatan is a nice, large park. The name "Kronprinsen" means "Crown prince" (the heir to the monarchy) in Swedish. It is called so because where Kronprinsen now is there once was the barracks of the royal regiment.

Kronprinsen was the first high-rise in Sweden upon completion in 1964. It was also the tallest buildning in Malmö for just over four decades before the famous skyscraper Turning Torso was completed in August, 2005.