Slussen 

is a station of the Stockholm metro, located in Slussenområdet in the district of Södermalm.

The station is served by the Red and Green lines. Originally opened in 1933 as an underground tram
stop, on 1 October 1950 it became the terminal of the first metro line running south to Hökarängen,
[2]
 it was again rebuilt when the extension of the line north to Hötorget was opened on 24 November
1957.[3] On 5 April 1964, the first stretch of the Red line, between T-Centralen and Fruängen, was
opened.[2]
Just outside the northern entrance to the metro station, there is a bus terminal for buses to
the Nacka and Värmdö municipalities. The terminus for the Saltsjöbanan railway was also located
here, but it was moved to Henriksdal in 2016 due to the reconstruction of Slussen. Traffic will
resume when the reconstruction is complete, possibly in 2026.[4]
In November 2017 an art exhibition by Liv Strömquist at the metro station sparked a debate about
the appropriateness of showing depictions of menstruation to children.[5]

Slussen metro station in 1950

References[edit]
0. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019"  (PDF) (in Swedish).  Storstockholms
Lokaltrafik. pp.  51, 67.  Archived  (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 1
April  2021.
1. ^ Jump up to:a b Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
2. ^ "Slussen".
3. ^ Spetz, Lennart (13 June 2016).  "Sista färden till Slussen / Tio år tills Saltsjöbanan når
Slussen igen".  Nacka Värmdö Posten  (in Swedish). No.  2016–24. p. 8. Retrieved 21
January  2017.
4. ^ Hunt, Elle (2017-11-02).  "'Enjoy menstruation, even on the subway': Stockholm art sparks
row". the Guardian. Retrieved  2018-07-21.

External links[edit]
 Images of Slussen