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Storstockholms Lokaltrafik

Logo: Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Swedish transport company

Storstockholms Lokaltrafik known as SL, (lit. 'Greater Stockholm Local Transport') is the public transport organisation responsible for managing land-based public transport in Stockholm County, Sweden. SL oversees a network that includes the Tunnelbana metro, Pendeltåg commuter trains, buses, trams, local rail, and some ferry services. SL's network serves approximately 700,000 daily passengers and is financed through a combination of regional taxes and fare revenues.2 Its chief executive is David Lagerholm (since 2020).1 It is part of Region Stockholm.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1916Founded1
  • Industrypublic transport1
  • HeadquartersStockholm1
  • Founded inStockholm1
  • Websitesl.se
  • Legal formaktiebolag1
  • LEI549300V8RNJM71TBP1213
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, 105 73 Stockholm, Sweden3
  • Registered withSwedish Companies Registration Office, 556013-06833

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Photo: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Storstockholms Lokaltrafik known as SL, (lit. 'Greater Stockholm Local Transport') is the public transport organisation responsible for managing land-based public transport in Stockholm County, Sweden. SL oversees a network that includes the Tunnelbana metro, Pendeltåg commuter trains, buses, trams, local rail, and some ferry services.2

Corporate structure

Storstockholms Lokaltrafik is part of a group headed by Region Stockholm. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Region Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden
    • Storstockholms Lokaltrafik Stockholm, Sweden
      • Aktiebolaget SL Finans Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
      • Bromma Blocks Owned · Sweden
      • Bromma flygplats tram station Owned · Sweden
      • Gamla stan metro station Owned · Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
      • Lidingöbanan Owned · Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
      • Spårväg City Owned · Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
      • Trams in Stockholm Owned · Lidingö Municipality, Sweden

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Storstockholms Lokaltrafik reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Bromma Blocks
  • Bromma flygplats tram station
  • Gamla stan metro station
  • Lidingöbanan
  • Spårväg City
  • Trams in Stockholm

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Stockholm in 1916, in Stockholm.1

SL has its origins in AB Stockholms Spårvägar (SS), a city-owned public transit company which started in 1915, by the City of Stockholm with the aim to deprivatise the two separate private tramway networks into one more efficient company. SS would in the late 1920s also acquire private motorbus companies. The first part of the Stockholm Metro was opened in 1950.

SS was renamed to SL in January 1967 when the metro, local train, and bus operations in Stockholm County were merged into a single organisation under the supervision of Stockholm County Council. The different mass transit systems within the County had until then been run by different organisations, Statens Järnvägar, private companies and companies owned by the local municipalities.

In 1993, SL began to use independent contractors for the operation and maintenance of the different transport systems. For bus traffic the operators own the buses, but for rail bound traffic SL own the trains, and the contractors operate them.

Since 2012, the county council's (now Region Stockholm) traffic board and traffic administration is the regional public transport authority responsible for public transport. SL now serves as a brand name for public transport services provided by various contractors on behalf of the traffic administration. The limited company AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik still exists and manages (apart from the brand) certain contracts and assets.

From Wikipedia’s article on Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Helge Berglund1967–1972
  2. Ingemar Bäckström1973–1988
  3. Leif Axén1988–1998
  4. Gunnar Schön2000–2003
  5. Ingemar Ziegler2003
  6. Lennart Jangälv2003–2006
  7. Lars Nordstrand2006
  8. Ingemar Ziegler2007–2009
  9. Göran Gunnarsson2009–2011
  10. Madeleine Raukas2011
  11. Anders Lindström2012–2015
  12. Ragna Forslund2015–2016
  13. Caroline Ottosson2016–2019
  14. Sara Catoni2019–2020
  15. David Lagerholm2020–now

Chair

  1. Per-Olof Hanson1967–1971
  2. Bertil Jonberger1971–1974
  3. Stig Dingertz1986–1988
  4. Claes Ånstrand1989–1991
  5. Elwe Nilsson1992–1994
  6. Elwe Nilsson1999–2002
  7. Anna Kettner2003–2006
  8. Christer G. Wennerholm2007–2014
  9. Kristoffer Tamsons2014–now
197019801990200020102020

Products and brands

SL oversees the public transport network in Stockholm County, but also some services extending to the neighbouring Uppsala and Södermanland counties. Since 1993 SL has used contract operators for the operation of services.

Stockholm Metro: The Tunnelbana metro consists of three main lines: the Red Line, Green Line, and Blue Line.

Commuter Train: The Pendeltåg commuter train system connects central Stockholm with the wider county, operating on two main branches with six route lines.

Local Railways:

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Roslagsbanan: A narrow-gauge railway serving north-eastern suburbs.

Saltsjöbanan: A railway line that connects Slussen with Saltsjöbaden.

Light Rail Lines:

Lidingöbanan: A light rail line linking the island of Lidingö to the mainland.

Tvärbanan: A semi-circular orbital route passing west of the city.

Nockebybanan: A feeder light rail line linking western suburbs to the Stockholm metro.

Spårväg City: A tram line connecting the city centre with Djurgården.

SL Buses: A network of approximately 500 bus routes serving the Stockholm area.

Commuter Ferry: Five Pendelbåt ferry lines connecting the city centre with locations in the archipelago and Lake Mälaren.

From Wikipedia’s article on Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Region Stockholm

Owners

  • Region Stockholm

Also owns

  • Bromma Blocks
  • Bromma flygplats tram station
  • Gamla stan metro station
  • Lidingöbanan
  • Spårväg City
  • Trams in Stockholm

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. 2020New chief executive David Lagerholm becomes CEO1
  2. 2019New chief executive Sara Catoni becomes CEO1
  3. Mar 1, 2016New chief executive Caroline Ottosson becomes CEO1
  4. 2015New chief executive Ragna Forslund becomes CEO1
  5. Jan 1, 2012New chief executive Anders Lindström becomes CEO1
  6. Jun 23, 2011New chief executive Madeleine Raukas becomes CEO1
  7. Oct 1, 2009New chief executive Göran Gunnarsson becomes CEO1
  8. Jan 1, 2007New chief executive Ingemar Ziegler becomes CEO1
  9. 2006New chief executive Lars Nordstrand becomes CEO1
  10. Nov 1, 2003New chief executive Lennart Jangälv becomes CEO1
  11. 2003New chief executive Ingemar Ziegler becomes CEO1
  12. Apr 1, 2000New chief executive Gunnar Schön becomes CEO1
  13. Sep 1, 1988New chief executive Leif Axén becomes CEO1
  14. Jan 1, 1973New chief executive Ingemar Bäckström becomes CEO1
  15. 1967New chief executive Helge Berglund becomes CEO1
  16. 1916Founded Founded in Stockholm1

Sources

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