Ersta Hospital is a private institution run by the non-profit foundation Ersta Diakoni, serving patients through Stockholm’s public healthcare system. The new hospital has taken over all somatic functions—except hospice care—from the existing facility, significantly expanding the range of treatments offered.
Drawing on the site’s existing topography and surrounding urban fabric, Ratio Architects together with Nyréns Arkitektkontor designed the new building for Ersta New Hospital. Located in a dense city environment, the hosptal features an open and welcoming entrance facing Folkungagatan, complemented by a new forecourt. On the ground floor, there are retail spaces, a café, gym and movement studios, a chapel, and a welcoming reception at the heart of the central entrance hall.
The entrance hall functions as a link between the preserved building and the new structure. The larger volume, rising eight storeys, is set back to maintain a lower building height along Folkungagatan. Together with the existing building, this creates an inner courtyard that offers a pleasant environment while efficiently maximizing daylight in the interior spaces.
The preserved Nurses’ Home has been adapted with outward-facing rental functions on the ground floor and hospital offices on the upper levels.
In collaboration with Nyréns Arkitektkontor, Ratio won first prize in the invited parallel competition for the new hospital in 2013. The two firms worked on the project through the building permit application in 2017, after which Tengbom Architects took over responsibility for leading and completing the project until its inauguration in 2023, with Emma Olbers as interior architect.
The hospital complex was officially opened by HM Queen Silvia in autumn 2023.
Ersta New Hospital was named Stockholm Building of the Year in 2024 and went on to win the Healthcare Building Award in 2025 in the category “Spaces for Care.”
