Million Programme

(2009) The Million Programme ( ) was a large public housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to ensure the availability of affordable, high-quality housing to all Swedish citizens. The programme sought to construct one million new housing dwellings over a ten-year period, which it accomplished. As part of its intention to modernise Swedish housing, it also demolished many older buildings that national and local governments considered obsolescent, unhealthy or derelict. At the time, the intention to build one million new homes in a nation with a population of eight million made the Million Programme the most ambitious building programme in the world. In contrast to the social housing proposals of many other developed countries, which is targeted at those with low incomes, the Million Programme was a universal programme intended to provide housing to Swedish people at a variety of income levels.

(2009)]] The Million Programme ( ) was a large public housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to ensure the availability of affordable, high-quality housing to all Swedish citizens. The programme sought to construct one million new housing dwellings over a ten-year period, which it accomplished. As part of its intention to modernise Swedish housing, it also demolished many older buildings that national and local governments considered obsolescent, unhealthy or derelict. At the time, the intention to build one million new homes in a nation with a population of eight million made the Million Programme the most ambitious building programme in the world. In contrast to the social housing proposals of many other developed countries, which is targeted at those with low incomes, the Million Programme was a universal programme intended to provide housing to Swedish people at a variety of income levels. ==Criticism== Many of Sweden's so-called vulnerable areas were constructed during the Million Programme. By the end of 2023, there were 59 such areas in Sweden, with the vast majority overlapping with the Million Programme. The programme has also been criticised for architecturally dull buildings. File:Thomsons väg, Rosengård, Malmö.jpg|Rosengård in Malmö File:Gothenburg Hisingen Tolered IMG 3927 Sommarvädersgatan Friskväderstorget.JPG|Biskopsgården in Gothenburg File:Grantorps bostadshus, Flemingsberg, 2021.jpg|Flemingsberg in Stockholm File:Väggmålning av Bart Smeets.jpg|Brandkärr in Nyköping File:Grindtorps innergård i maj 2025.jpg|Täby in Stockholm File:Motetten, Lindängen, Malmö.jpg|Lindängen in Malmö File:Hagalund 1000 Solnabilder 11.jpg|Hagalund in Stockholm File:Hammarkullen Göteborg september 2013 01.jpg|Hammarkullen in Gothenburg ==Districts== Some Million Programme districts: Rinkeby, Tensta and Husby in Stockholm Municipality Bredäng, Skärholmen and Vårberg in Stockholm Municipality Bagarmossen in Skarpnäck in Stockholm Municipality Bollmora in Tyresö (Stockholm). Fisksätra in Nacka (Stockholm). Vårby gård, Masmo, Alby, Fittja and Hallunda in Huddinge Municipality and Botkyrka Municipality outside Stockholm Jordbro and Brandbergen in Haninge Municipality outside Stockholm Hallonbergen in Sundbyberg Municipality Hagalund in Solna Municipality Malmvägen in Sollentuna Municipality Hovsjö, , Geneta and Fornhöjden in Södertälje Municipality Hjällbo, Hammarkullen and several others in Angered in Gothenburg Municipality Bergsjön in Gothenburg Municipality Hisings-Backa and Kärra in Gothenburg Rosengård, Hermodsdal, Kroksbäck, Bellevuegården, Lorensborg, Lindängen, Höja, Lindeborg and Holma in Malmö Komarken in Kungälv Kronogården in Trollhättan Kronoparken in Karlstad Ryd, Johannelund, Ekholmen, Berga, and Skäggetorp in Linköping Gottsunda, Flogsta and Eriksberg in Uppsala Hertsön in Luleå Araby in Växjö Ålidhem and Mariehem in Umeå Årby in Eskilstuna Hässleholmen and Norrby in Borås Råslätt in Jönköping Ryd, Skövde in Skövde Hageby and Navestad in Norrköping Ekön in Motala Norrliden in Kalmar Linero, Norra Fäladen and Klostergården in Lund Korsbacka in Kävlinge Skogslyckan and Dalaberg in Uddevalla Rosta in Örebro Andersberg and Sätra in Gävle Körfältet in Östersund Kungshall in Nybro Drottninghög, Fredriksdal and Dalhem (Belgium) in Helsingborg Nacksta in Sundsvall Tjärna Ängar in Borlänge ==See also== Urbanism Large-panel-system building (Germany) Panelház (Hungary) Panelák and Sídlisko (Czech Republic and Slovakia) Khrushchevka (Former Soviet Union) Gemeindebau (Austria) Housing estate Public housing Subsidised housing Subsidised housing in the United States Section 8 (USA) Affordable housing Social welfare Welfare state Tower block Vulnerable area ==Notes== ==References==

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