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Hotel Duxiana Malmö
Close to Centralstationen, ubersleek Hotel Duxiana is one for the style crew...
Hotel Stureplan
A new boutique offering, stylish Stureplan offers individually designed rooms with pared-back Gustavian chic (think high ceilings, spangly chandeliers and antique tiled stoves) and high-tech touches like flatscreen TVs...
Hotel Birger Jarl
With slick, black-clad staff looking straight out of a Filippa K fashion catalogue, this is another hit with Scandi design fans. Interiors mix understated chic with subtle nods to the original ’70s fit-out...
Hotel Mäster Johan
Just off Lilla Torg is one of Malmö’s finest slumber spots, with spacious, elegantly understated rooms featuring beautiful oak floors and snowy-white fabrics...
Hotel J
This is a popular weekend getaway for Stockholmers, with a breezy Hamptons vibe. The chic summer house, built in 1912, is named after the boats used in the America’s Cup. The scent of nonchalant wealth wafts unmistakably through the air here...
Hotel Esplanade
A cute building in a line of cute buildings, this welcoming hotel has individually decorated rooms and a superb Art Nouveau style. It has been updated in the gentlest possible way, mostly preserving the original feel of the place...
Radisson Blu Royal Viking Hotel, Stockholm
Located in a modern tower block, with all the usual luxury mod cons. This impressive hotel has up-to-date rooms, with 24-hour room service, wi-fi Internet access, coffee and tea facilities, bathrobes, newspapers and so forth, in fine Swedish style...
Nordic Light Hotel
Another design option, the Nordic Light is a minimalist Scandi statement, with slick, well-equipped rooms. The signature ‘mood rooms’ ditch conventional artwork for custom-designed light exhibits, which guests can adjust to suit their temperament...
Hotel Diplomat
This Art Nouveau hotel, dating from 1911, has rooms in many different styles, all luxurious and some with excellent harbour views...
First Hotel Avalon
The new, design-conscious Avalon is steps away from the main tourist office. Rooms are sleek and uncluttered, with flatscreen TVs and heavenly pillows...
Elite Stora Hotellet Jönköping
The Elite is Jönköping’s harbourside show-stopper. Rooms are chic, with either Carl Larsson–inspired undertones or a more contemporary combo of black-and-white photographs and natural hues...
Elite Hotel Mollberg
The main square is dominated by this flouncy 19th-century building. An understated elegance underpins the classic rooms, although the 1980s-era bathrooms could do with a revamp. The restaurant here is one of the best in town.
Grand Hotel Lund
Lund’s most luxurious establishment is the Grand, which opened in 1899 and is resplendent with gilt and chandeliers. Rooms are smallish, but decorated in grand style with heavy wooden beds, Persian carpets and cherub wallpaper...
Crystal Plaza Hotel
Flaunting an eight-storey tower and neoclassical columns, this friendly hotel, housed in an 1895 building, offers wonderfully cosy (albeit smallish) rooms, many of which have been recently renovated. Rates are cheapest when booked early.
Nordic Sea Hotel
This sister hotel to the slightly more upmarket and smaller Nordic Light has an impressive 9000L aquarium in the foyer...
Hotel Hellsten
Hip Hellsten is owned by anthropologist Per Hellsten, whose slick slumber number features objects from his travels and life, including Congan tribal masks and his grandmother’s chandelier...
Elite Stora Hotellet Örebro
This is the pick of the town’s hotels. Many of the sumptuous, Scandinavian-luxury rooms have stunning views of the castle, and all offer the mod cons you’d expect from an upmarket chain. It also has a fine-dining restaurant, Slottskällaren.
Berns Hotel
Popular with rock stars, the rooms at forever-hip Berns come equipped with CD players and styles ranging from 19th-century classical to contemporary sleek...
Victory Hotel
Nautical antiques, art and model ships define the wonderfully quirky Victory. Most rooms are fairly small (though perfectly comfy), while the museum-like suites are larger. There are also four apartments available for long-term rentals.
Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel
Another luxe number, with rooms running around a vast atrium lined with shops, bar and restaurant. Rooms are fresh, spacious and contemporary (beds come with light-up perspex headboards) and there’s a health club (Skr100), complete with pool.
Mälardrottningen Hotel
At one time the world’s largest motor yacht, this stylish, cosy option features well-appointed cabins, each with a bathroom...
Best Western Hotel Baltic
Toward the upper end of the accommodation scale is the attractive Baltic, at the water’s edge near Kulturmagasinet and the bus station. Discounted rates make its bright, modern rooms a good deal.