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Ericsson Headquarters & offices · Stockholm, Sweden
Ericsson · Stockholm, Sweden
It began in a 13 m² workshop in 1876; today about 10,000 people work at the Kista headquarters — and from 2028 they start moving to a new city campus in Hagastaden.
The Kista campus, the benefits and 150 years of Stockholm addresses — then the business. Every number from Ericsson's own filings, website and the architects' pages.
- ≈ 10,000people at the Kista headquarters
- 13 m²the first workshop, 1876
- 2028phased move to Hagastaden begins
- 88,826employees worldwide, end of 2025
Sources: sandellsandberg arkitekter (Ericsson, Kista) · Ericsson history “Ericsson's first addresses” · Press release May 25, 2026 · Form 20-F 2025
Companies / Sweden / Telecommunications Equipment / Ericsson
THE HEADQUARTERS · KISTA, STOCKHOLM
A tech campus north of Stockholm, with a showroom that welcomes 20,000 visitors a year
About 10,000 people work at Ericsson's headquarters in Kista. The architects sandellsandberg were asked to make the brand visible across Kista, inside and outside the gates: the façade, pavilions in the street, showrooms, receptions, workplaces, auditoriums, restaurants, labs and boardrooms. The Ericsson Studio, first opened in 2010 and fully refreshed in 2020, is the campus showcase for customers, partners and events, and next to it a 1,250 m² blue “Imagine Possible” testbed is open to everyone.
- ≈ 10,000 people at the HQ
- Ericsson Studio: 200,000+ visitors since 2010
- 85,000 m² (≈ 914,900 sq ft) of Kista offices in seven buildings
- Interiors & brand spaces: sandellsandberg arkitekter
- Kista building by Wingårdhs: Stockholm Building of the Year 2010
The Kista headquarters today
About 10,000 people work at Ericsson's headquarters in Kista, at Torshamnsgatan 21.
Inside the round atrium
The architects sandellsandberg were asked to make the brand visible inside and outside the gates, from receptions to workplaces.
Facts: sandellsandberg arkitekter project page “Ericsson, Kista” · ericsson.com “Ericsson Studio – Stockholm” · Vasakronan “Kista – where future ideas become reality” (landlord).
The Kista campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Global Headquarters | Torshamnsgatan 21, 164 83 Stockholm (Kista), Sweden |
| Ericsson Studio / Open Box | Grönlandsgatan 8, 164 40 Kista, Sweden |
| Ericsson Kista office building (Wingårdhs) | Isafjordsgatan 10, Kista, Sweden |
Source: ericsson.com “Ericsson in Sweden” and “Ericsson Studio – Stockholm” · Annual Report 2025 (AGM venue) · Vasakronan Kista page · See them on the map ↓
Source: sandellsandberg arkitekter · Vasakronan (landlord) · ericsson.com Ericsson Studio · Press release May 25, 2026 (71,000 m² in five buildings plus the 24,000 m² Infinity property)
Benefits (United States)
An automatic 3% company contribution, plus a match of up to 4% when you put in at least 5% of eligible pay.
New employees get at least 15 days of accrued vacation a year.
11 annual holidays plus up to 3 personal days a year.
80 hours of paid sick time a year.
Up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave.
6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.
Employees can join Ericsson's Stock Purchase Plan.
8 hours of volunteer time a year, plus matching gifts, educational assistance and financial wellness programs.
Source: Ericsson job posting 791671 (jobs.ericsson.com), “Compensation and Benefits at Ericsson”. Paid time off is pro-rated by start date. Swedish benefits are not published in detail.
Why people stay: what Ericsson itself says
Ericsson combines in-person collaboration with flexible working to support careers and life commitments.
Employees have the freedom, support and mobility to move into new roles, projects, technologies and countries.
Ericsson Academy faculties, mentors, an AI-based learning portal, VR and gamified courses, certifications and micro degrees.
Open to everyone, plus recurring employee engagement surveys.
400 summer interns each summer and 200 master's theses written with Ericsson each year.
Source: Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F), People, Talent and Diversity · ericsson.com careers (Employee benefits, Career development and Learning) · ericsson.com “Ericsson in Sweden”
Who works here
employees in Sweden (year-end 2025)
nationalities among Ericsson's people in Sweden
people joined in 2025; 11,526 left
countries where Ericsson serves customers
Source: Form 20-F 2025 (employees by market area) · Annual Report 2025, Note G4 Employee information (gender, joiners and leavers) and People, Talent and Diversity · ericsson.com “Ericsson in Sweden”
Pay at Ericsson
Source: Ericsson job posting 791671 (jobs.ericsson.com, 2026). Base salary only; an annual bonus plan is on top. Ericsson is a Swedish company and publishes no CEO pay ratio or median employee pay.
Office history: from a 13 m² kitchen workshop to Kista — and next, Hagastaden
- 1876 Drottninggatan 15 — a workshop in a former kitchen
On April 1, 1876, Lars Magnus Ericsson opened his mechanical engineering shop in a courtyard building at Drottninggatan 15. With his partner Carl Johan Andersson and an errand boy, he worked in a former kitchen of no more than 13 m², with two foot-pedal lathes.
Source: ericsson.com history: “Ericsson's first addresses”
Drottninggatan at Strömgatan, Stockholm, 1860–1883 · Ole Tobias Olsen / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 1876–1880 Three courtyards in lower Norrmalm
Late in 1876 the firm moved to Jakobsbergsgatan 23 B, at the end of 1877 to Lästmakargatan 29 — where Ericsson began making his first telephones — and in 1880 to Norrmalmsgatan 5 (now Biblioteksgatan). Staff grew from 9 in 1880 to 50 in 1884.
Source: ericsson.com history: “Ericsson's first addresses”
Jakobsbergsgatan, Stockholm, 2014 · I99pema / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1884 Tulegatan — the company's own building
In 1883–84 Ericsson built a five-story building at the corner of Tulegatan and Rådmansgatan, with workshops on every floor and the Ericsson family living on the first floor. It was extended in 1891 for 200 employees and still stands at Tulegatan 5; a larger plant by architect Johan Laurentz followed nearby.
Source: ericsson.com history: “The manufacturing plant on Tulegatan”
L M Ericsson workshops, Tulegatan 5, Stockholm (built 1884) · I99pema / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1940 Telefonplan — “L.M. City” in Midsommarkransen
Work on a new headquarters in southern Stockholm began in 1938, and the company moved in spring 1940. Architect Ture Wennerholm designed a functionalist complex with a 14,000 m² sawtooth-roofed hall and a four-story office building; the square in front was named Telefonplan.
Source: ericsson.com history: “LM City” and “Midsommarkransen! Taylorism as architecture” · Form 20-F 2002 (Telefonvägen 30)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2003–04 Kista — Torshamnsgatan 23
The annual report filed in March 2003 still gave Telefonvägen 30 as the registered office; the one filed in March 2004 places the headquarters at Torshamnsgatan 23 in Kista, north of Stockholm.
Source: Form 20-F 2002 and 2003 (SEC)
Ericsson head office, Kista, 2010 · Holger.Ellgaard / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2013 Torshamnsgatan 21 — today's address
From the 2013 annual report on, the headquarters address is Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista. About 10,000 people work there today.
Source: Form 20-F 2012, 2013 and 2025 (SEC) · sandellsandberg arkitekter
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2028– Next: the Ericsson Stockholm Campus in Hagastaden
In May 2026 Ericsson decided to move its Stockholm operations, including the headquarters, to Hagastaden on the northern city boundary. Phased moves start in 2028 and will take several years; almost all employees will move.
Source: Press release May 25, 2026 · ericsson.com “Ericsson heads to Hagastaden”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | ≈ 140 | 13 | First workshop, Drottninggatan 15 |
| 1940 | ≈ 150,700 | 14,000 | Production hall at Telefonplan (plus a four-story office building) |
| 2026 | ≈ 914,900 | 85,000 | Kista office space in seven buildings (landlord Vasakronan) |
| 2028– | ≈ 1,022,600 | ≈ 95,000 | Leases signed in Hagastaden (six properties) |
Map: how the headquarters moved
Ericsson has never left Stockholm. It moved from central Norrmalm to Vasastan, south to Telefonplan in 1940 and north to Kista in the early 2000s — and from 2028 it heads back toward the city centre, to Hagastaden.
- 1 · 1876Drottninggatan 15, Stockholm — The first 13 m² workshop
- 2 · 1884Tulegatan / Rådmansgatan, Stockholm — The company's own building, still standing at Tulegatan 5
- 3 · 1940Telefonplan, Midsommarkransen — “L.M. City”, headquarters until the move to Kista
- 4 · 2003Torshamnsgatan 23, Kista — First Kista headquarters address
- 5 · 2013Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista — Global Headquarters today
Addresses: Ericsson history pages · Form 20-F (2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2025) · ericsson.com “Ericsson in Sweden”
What Ericsson does
Ericsson began in 1876 repairing telegraph instruments and soon made telephones. Today it describes itself as a leading provider of mobile connectivity solutions to telecom operators and enterprises, and it holds more than 60,000 granted patents.
Three main segments: Networks, Cloud Software and Services, and Enterprise (plus Other).
Where the money came from · Net sales by segment, 2025 (SEK)
Source: Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F), Board of Directors' report – Financial highlights
Source: Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F, filed March 12, 2026)
Growth: revenue vs. people
SEK 220.3B → SEK 236.7B
111,464 → 88,826
Calendar years. Net sales (SEK billions): Annual Report 2020 five-year summary (2016–2020, restated) and Annual Report 2025 (2021–2025). Employees at year-end: same reports and Form 20-F 2025. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Joined Ericsson in 1997; headed Business Area Networks from March 2025 and Cloud Software and Services from 2022.
President and CEO for more than nine years; executive advisor to the new CEO until June 15, 2027.
Took over as CEO on January 1, 2010.
Became CEO in April 2003 and completed a major restructuring.
Founder: Lars Magnus Ericsson (1876), with partner Carl Johan Andersson.
Source: Press release June 16, 2026 · ericsson.com management (Börje Ekholm) · Ericsson history: “Corporate story”, “A sudden phone call”, “Ericsson's first addresses”
Ericsson: questions people ask
Where is Ericsson's headquarters?
At Torshamnsgatan 21 in Kista, in the north of Stockholm, Sweden. Ericsson calls it Kista, Global Headquarters.
Source: Form 20-F 2025 · ericsson.com “Ericsson in Sweden”
Is Ericsson moving its headquarters?
Yes. In May 2026 Ericsson decided to move its Stockholm operations, including the headquarters, from Kista to Hagastaden. The phased move starts in 2028 and will take several years, because most of the new buildings are not yet under construction.
Source: Press release May 25, 2026 · ericsson.com “Ericsson heads to Hagastaden”
How big is the Hagastaden campus?
Ericsson has leased five properties of about 71,000 m² — Wave, Corner of Ekeblad, Trinity, Emerald House and Jubileumshuset — plus the 24,000 m² Infinity property, due to be ready by late 2027.
Source: Press release May 25, 2026
How many people work at Ericsson's headquarters?
About 10,000 people, according to the architects who designed its interiors and brand spaces. Ericsson had 12,806 employees in Sweden and 88,826 worldwide at the end of 2025.
Source: sandellsandberg arkitekter · Form 20-F 2025
Who designed Ericsson's Kista offices?
sandellsandberg arkitekter worked across the headquarters: the façade, street pavilions, showrooms, receptions, workplaces, auditoriums, restaurants, labs and boardrooms. Ericsson's Kista building by Wingårdhs was named Stockholm Building of the Year in 2010.
Source: sandellsandberg arkitekter · Vasakronan
Can you visit Ericsson's headquarters?
The Ericsson Studio at Grönlandsgatan 8 in Kista hosts customers and events; visits are requested through a local Ericsson sales representative. It has had more than 200,000 visitors since 2010, about 20,000 a year.
Source: ericsson.com “Ericsson Studio – Stockholm”
What benefits does Ericsson offer in the U.S.?
An automatic 3% 401(k) contribution plus up to 4% matching, at least 15 vacation days, 11 holidays and up to 3 personal days, 80 hours of sick time, up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave, 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at full pay, and a Stock Purchase Plan.
Source: Ericsson job posting 791671
Does Ericsson allow flexible or remote work?
Ericsson's annual report says it combines in-person collaboration with flexible working to support careers and life commitments.
Source: Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F)
Who is Ericsson's CEO?
Per Narvinger, President and CEO since October 1, 2026. He joined Ericsson in 1997 and succeeded Börje Ekholm, who led the company from January 2017.
Source: Press release June 16, 2026
When was Ericsson founded?
On April 1, 1876, when Lars Magnus Ericsson opened a small engineering workshop at Drottninggatan 15 in Stockholm.
Source: ericsson.com history · Form 20-F 2025
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