Stockholm Music Week Premieres At Former Meatpacking District

Sweden, a country that has produced tons of successful music-exports over the years, is currently building a new home for its creative economy in Stockholm’s former meatpacking district, called Slakthusområdet.

It is the hub for Stockholm Music Week, a new international industry week that’s being held for the first time April 22-29, 2026. The week combines conference programming with an active live circuit — including touring shows, club nights, and industry events hosted inside working venues. It brings together the music industry, the tech sector, the wider business community, academia and the public sector.

Events range from meetings to a day hosted by Swedish music rights society STIM at concert and event venue Fållan, sessions, launches, and artist talks, attended by a number of international corporate leaders, experts and journalists.

Sweden is one of the few countries in the world that exports more music than it imports. In Stockholm County alone, the cultural and creative industries account for about €35 billion ($41 billion) in revenues, close to 70,000 companies and more than 107,000 jobs, according to a study by regional authority Region Stockholm published in February 2026.

Atrium Ljungberg is the company in charge of redeveloping the district, which is larger than both New York’s Meatpacking District and Copenhagen’s Kødbyen. It invested approximately €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) in the area, and is a hosting partner of the premiere of Stockholm Music Week.

The redeveloped meatpacking district is also home to Fållan, a 2,400-capacity mid-cap operated by independents but sitting inside an Atrium Ljungberg-owned “adaptive-reuse asset” — a financing model that keeps cultural operators inside the developer’s balance sheet rather than priced outside it.

Slakthusområdet is flanked by the 14,000-seater Avicii Arena, and the 30,000-capacity 3Arena, which have hosted artists from Beyoncé and Madonna to Justin Timberlake, Zara Larsson and Swedish House Mafia.

Some highlights from the Pollstar Boxoffice for shows at these venues include three sold-out nights at Avicii Arena by Lady Gaga, Oct. 12-15, 2025, where she moved a total 43,528 tickets and grossed $7,285,772 across all shows.

Last summer, Iron Maiden sold out 3Arena twice, June 12-13, selling 66,702 tickets in total, and grossing $6,015,580. On Aug. 9, 2025. Kendrick Lamar and SZA moved 32,841 tickets at a $4,227,650 gross at the stadium.

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Other companies that have set up shop at the Slakthusområdet district include Universal Music Group, Swedish outdoor brand Haglöfs and the Swedish National Culinary Team (Bocuse d’Or). They operate alongside restaurants, bars and nightclubs. The area is also home to a co-working space and private members’ club owned by Atrium Ljungberg.

Slakthusområdet will also be home to Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH), currently under construction with a scheduled opening in 2030.

Stockholm Music Week brings together partners from the music industry, tech, the public sector, education and civil society. Atrium Ljungberg’s role within this ecosystem is to develop the districts, workplaces and environments that give the creative economy physical form and the conditions for long-term growth.

Partners include STIM, IFPI, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Stockholm Business Region, Spotify, YouTube, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Sweden, Warner Music Sweden, the Swedish Music Publishers Association, the Swedish Institute, Export Music Sweden, the Stockholm School of Economics’ House of Innovation, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Swedish youth organisation Fryshuset, the Tim Bergling Foundation (established in memory of Avicii by his family), Pophouse Entertainment (cofounded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus and EQT founder Conni Jonsson), Amuse, Snafu, Epidemic Sound and Dolby.

Since 2025, Atrium Ljungberg has also been a partner of the Tim Bergling Foundation in a long-term collaboration focused on young people’s wellbeing and voice in the urban
environments of the future, and is also the landlord for several of the other partner organizations.

Comments:

Maria Hammarsten, Head of Urban Innovation at Atrium Ljungberg, “The music industry and the wider creative industries are already present in Slakthusområdet. Stockholm Music Week makes that clear, both to Stockholm and to an international audience.

“The creative industries are hugely important to both Stockholm and the Swedish economy. In Slakthusområdet, we are creating an environment for both creative companies and creative people. The experiences that emerge from the cultural and creative industries are also an important part of the city’s ecosystem. They often function as open meeting places, bring people closer together and are an important reason why people choose to come to—and stay in—a city or district. The music industry, and the intersection of music and tech, is one of Stockholm’s clearest areas of strength.”

Johan Seidefors, founder of Stockholm Music Week, previously head of Spotify’s Northern European business, “Slakthusområdet already combines the culture, innovation and optimism about the future that Stockholm Music Week wants to bring together. Atrium Ljungberg develops the places and working environments where creative industries can operate, grow and meet, which makes the company an important partner for the week. AL was involved in the conversations at an early stage, and their understanding of the creative industries has been highly significant in shaping Stockholm Music Week.”

More information about Stockholm Music Week can be found here. More info on Atrium Ljungberg, here.

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