Stockholm International Fairs

Stockholm International Fairs and Congress Centre
Stockholmsmässan
Älvsjömässan
Location Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates 59°16′40″N 18°00′55″E / 59.277778°N 18.015278°E / 59.277778; 18.015278Coordinates: 59°16′40″N 18°00′55″E / 59.277778°N 18.015278°E / 59.277778; 18.015278
Capacity 4,000
Construction
Built 1971

Stockholm International Fairs and Congress Centre, (Swedish: Stockholmsmässan), colloquially called Älvsjömässan, is a company that arranges trade fairs in Stockholm. The main building is in Älvsjö – a southern suburb of Stockholm Municipality for which the building got its nickname – and was constructed in 1971. It holds 4,000 people.

The facility played host to the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen 1996 and Melodifestivalen 1999.

Preceded by
The Dome
Brighton		 Eurovision Song Contest
Venue
1975 		Succeeded by
Congresgebouw
The Hague
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