The Capital of Scandinavia
Stockholm Smart City

Ann Hellenius
CIO City of Stockholms
ann.hellenius@stockholm.se
@annhellenius
annhellenius.se

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The city of Stockholm
900 000 inhabitants
130 000 children and students
50 administrations and companies
40 000 employees

The Capital of Scandinavia
Rapid population growth rate set
new demands on public services

The Capital of Scandinavia
Stockholm – a city of great diversity
183nationalities

Connected citizens
99%Broadband access

67%of all 2-yr-olds
are internet users
Source: Internetstiftelsen i Sverige

66%Political engagement of social
media users via social media
Source: Pew Research Center

• Half of the world’s population live in cities
• The population in cities will have doubled by 2050
• The region of Stockholm is growing rapidly, today over 2
million inhabitants live here
Urbanization
• The world’s first 200-year old is already born
• In 100 years in Sweden the number of individuals 65 years
and older have doubled, and 10 years and younger have
halved
• In Stockholm 4 out of 10 teachers will retire within 10 years
Aging population
• 70% of all emitted greenhouse gases comes from cities
• By 2020 emissions of grenhouse gases are to decrease by
25% - demands for reduction of car traffic
• The city of Stockholm will by 2040 be a fossil free city
Environment and
climate challenges

Digitalization makes visible

Changed behavior patterns
Recommendation-driven
The virtual city is adapted to citizens
Direct feedback may be used to change behaviors

Synliggöra det osynligaWhat will happen to our malls when
erything is bought using the internet

What will we do with all the
parking space when we have
self-driving cars?

What will the city look
like if more people work
from home?

Digitalization is said to
be the single strongest
factor for change in society
up until 2025
The commission for digitalization (2015)

Cloud services
Social media
Plattforms
for sharing
Big data
Smart phones
Algorithms
Connectivity
Virtual and
augmented
reality
Internet of
Things
Enabling
technologies

Vision 2040
The smartest city in the world

We are not alone in our
efforts to become the
smartest city in the world

What does it mean to be the
smartest city in the world?

Cities can be ranked based on their maturity
Source: Cisco, Arthur D. Little
Contribution to BNP
Time
Maturity
Atlanta
Luxemburg
FrankfurtBern
Berlin
Paris
Helsingfors
Wien
Seoul
Barcelona
Manchester
Pilot projects AreasMarketing Integrated platform
Dubai
Nanjing
Valencia
Rio de
Janeiro Singapore
Stockholm
1–7%
7–15%
<1%0%

Pilot projects that were part of other smart city-
initiatives have yielded positive results
 Installation of 360 smart fuses
 Parking information in real time
 Blueprint for innovative cost-efficient and
environmental-friendly solution for
mobility
 Smart meters with feedback on the
energy consumption
 One combined ticket for all type sof
public transports and real-time
information about traffic
 Transparent system for public access
 Reduced time to search for parking by
70%
 Energy savings of 18%
 Reduction of emitted greenhouse gases
 Energy savings of 20%
 Reduced traffic and lost hours
 Reduced cost for travels, energy savings
and reduction of emitted greenhouse
gases
Barcelona
Vienna
Barcelona
Copenhagen
Project Country/City Initiative Result
Smart
buildnings
Smart parking
Smart driving
Digital
energysystems
for the home
Integrated public
transportation
E-government
Källa: Arthur D. Little

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• Stockholm is a growing and innovative
region in the global economy and is
attractive from an investment and
establishment perspective
• Stockholm is a pivotal hub in the world ,
known for thought leadership, and a
central node in a global network of
successful cities
• The startup scene in Stockholm is one of
the best in the world
• The city grows through entrepreneurship
and intrapreneurship within digitalization
and new technology
• Stockholm attracts talent and visits,
internationally and nationally
• The public sector is cost-efficient due to
the usage of digitalization and new
technology

• Digitalization and new technology is used
in order to make the choice of being
environmentally-friendly easy
• Stockholm is prepared and able to handle
possible effects of the climate change,
such as an increased water level and
heavy rain
• The energy consumption and harmful
emissions of the city are reduced through
smart digital and technical solutions
• The city offers sustainable solutions for
increased mobility and transport
• Biodiversity and nature protection is
stimulated through digitalization and new
technology
• Goods and services are produced with a
low impact on the environment

• Digitalization strengthens the democracy
by engaging resident through increased
influence and participation in the
democratic processes
• Stockholm is an open and available city
for all who lives, works or visits
• The public sector is transparent and
digitalization is used to make visible the
democratic processes and decisions in the
city

• Digital inclusion is a fact and digitalization
is used to bridge social gaps to reduce
exclusion and create an increased sense
of community and collaboration
• Digitalization and new technology helps
individuals communicate, work, study,
experience and have an active life on the
basis of each individual’s unique
conditions
• Stockholm provides digital solutions and
use new technology to enable
independent living for all residents
• Digitalization creates vibrant and safe
neighborhoods and increases the
experienced safety, privately and
publically, for individuals

• The connection required to build the smart
city is available in Stockholm. Connection
is appropriate and reliable
• The city owns the basic infrastructure in
the form of black fiber and provides it on
fair and competition-neutral terms
• Digital technologies are incorporated and
constantly evolving in real estate,
transport and the urban environment
• The administrations of the city are open,
innovative and transparent
• Stockholm offers an innovative
environment for the public sector,
businesses, academy and residents
• Stockholm is a city for cooperation,
learning and innovation – where the city,
region, business, academy and residents
build the smart city together

Förändrat uppdrag för avdelningen för digital
utveckling
The city is already smart

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Immidiate feedback
86,000Point of views 2015

Pay for parking - an app that
enables payment for parking.
Today 1/3 of all payments are
paid via the app.

The city of Stockholm is testing and developing 12 smart
solutions through the project GrowSmarter.
The objective is to decrease the energy consumption
and emissions from transports. Amongst other things the
project is testing:
• a program for hybrid vehicles which guides the driver
to routes that limits the number of stops.
• environmentally-friendly trucks that have been
provided with equipment which allows signal
prioritization at cross-overs.

Digitalization of education
• The digital maturity of the city’s high schools
increased by 30% between 2014 and 2015
via targeted initiatives such as increased
peer learning and development of new
teaching methods.
• A new system that will be the same for
kindergarten, middle- and high school as
well as Swedish for immigrants and adult
education is being implemented.

Regular updates from kindergarten
New ways of working together

Digital care – a common, open
development arena that aims to
increase the collaboration between
SMEs and the public sector.

A service to find leisure
time activities for
children, young adults and
adults that need extra
support has been
developed. The project is
a collaboration between
12 different municipalities

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Engaging citizens

…of all ages

Work
Housing and
environment
Support and care
Preschool and
school
Culture and leisure
Traffic and urban
planning
Politics and democracy
+ =
Business
Academy
Inhabitants
and visitors
The strategy is realized together with the
inhabitants, the business sector and academy
Nationally and
regionally
Internationally