Looking to find top music studios? Here you can find your Stockholm studio! This list of studios only contains professional music recording studios in the Stockholm area. If there is a studio that should be added or excluded, let us know.
These are the best studios in Stockholm, in our view. The studios included all have:
Studios are listed in alphabetic order without any ranking in between them. The music studio list is intended as a rough studio guide, check the web sites to find out more about each studio. Most studios do not belong to one music genre only. Not all studios accept pure studio lease, since the studios are used for their own productions. Those music studios that do not have links are typically studios that have changed names, moved or closed. Check the mentioning of which studio the people involved have continued to.
The longevity of recording studios varies. Soundism music studios have been operating under the same name and with the same music producers and songwriters for many years. Soundism has successfully been in the studio business through its many dynamic changes. While the studio facility once known as the EMI studio still exists, its name and owners have changed many times during the same period. Its name and ownership have changed from Cosmos, to X-Level, to Baggpipe, and then to Immersive.
Here is our list of Stockholm studios.
Music production company with studio.
People: Per Magnusson and David Kreuger
Artists: Andres, Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Dana Dragomir, Danii Minogue, E-Type, Il Divo, Katherine Jenkins, Leona Lewis, Shane Ward, Westlife, Will Young…
Website: A Side Productions
Studio with a historically notable international activity.
People:
Artists: ABBA, Elvis Costello, Entombed, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Lenny Kravitz, Meja, Quincy Jones, Roxette, Sophie Zelmani…
Website: Atlantis
For a few years this was the name of the classic Stockholm studio facility once operated by EMI. Later the studio was taken over by Immersive.
People: Renaming of the physical facility is referring to Anders Bagge.
Artists: The artists that have recorded in the music studio under its recent ownership are not yet available to us.
Website: (no longer available)
Legendary studio and team. Birthplace to many of the current music developments in Sweden. [No longer in operation, but the same address houses a studio today too.]
People: [Denniz Pop, Alexander Kronlund, Alexandra Talomaa, Andreas Carlsson, Herbie Crichlow, Jake Schulze, John Amatiello, Kristian Lundin, Max Martin, Per Elofsson, Rami Yacoub.]
Artists:
Website: (no longer available)
Cosmos was sold to a new operator running a music label in 2012 (see X-Level).
People:
Artists: Al Dimeola, Amy Diamond, Awa Manneh, Bananarama, Cat Stevens, Eagle Eye Cherry, Gareth Gates, Geri Halliwell, Mando Diao, Nenneh Cherry, Roxette…
Website: (no longer available)
Since 2021 the new name and owners of the studio with the traditional physical layout with a large recording room. This studio opened in 1969 by EMI in the former 1950s movie theater. It has since changed name and operators a few times, several of those changes are documented on our website as you can read here on this page.
People:
Artists: The artists that have recorded in the music studio under its recent ownership are not yet available to us.
Website: Immersive
Music production company with studio. The Stockholm studio facility was closed/sold with producers continuing music production etc in other locations.
People: [Douglas Carr and some others used to work in this studio.]
Artists: Ace of Base, Emma Bunton, Meja, Nick Carter…
Music production company with studio. [Usually not for lease]. Additional name “MXM Studios”
People: Max Martin, Alexandra Talomaa, and Shellback.
Artists: Ace of Base, Backstreet Boys, Bon Jovi, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Def Leppard, Leona Lewis, Michael Bolton, N’Sync, Papa Dee, Pink, Robyn, Westlife…
Website: (no longer available)
Music production company with studio, formed 2008. No longer operational.
People: [Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson]
Artists: [See Murlyn and The Location]
Website: (no longer available)
Music publishing and record company with studio. Folk and schlager music record releases and general purpose studio.
People: Benny Andersson and Bernard Löhr
Artists: ABBA, Ace of Base, Aqua, Backstreet Boys, Benny Anderssons Orkester, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Gareth Gates, Il Divo, Laura Pausini, Leah, Mama Mia Movie, Meja, Robyn, Shola Ama, Westlife…
Website: Mono Music Studio
Music production company with studio. Company closed, music producers and songwriters moved to other studios.
People: [Anders Bagge moved on to Meriola from here]
Artists: Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Ricky Martin, Santana…
Website: (no longer available)
Studio established in the 50ies as Europa Studios. No longer operational.
People: [Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen moved on, still active].
Artists: Alcazar, A-teens, Bob Marley, Eartha Kitt, Meja, Quincy Jones, The Rasmus, Vacuum…
First named Polar Music Studios, later Polar Studios. Recorded ABBA and others. This was a state of the art music studio that opened in May 1978, in the former movie theater Riviera. It was one of the best music studios in the world at the time. It featured a room-in-room design and allowed recording strings at the same time as horn, without sound leaks between the rooms. It was a relatively new type of studio design that was based on the ideas of Tim Hidley (Eastlake Audio) and developed further in Stockholm. After some years, an addition was made with an upstairs B-studio. From 1983, the studio was run by Lennart Östlund, Marie Ledin (daughter of Sikkan Andersson and now at Polar Music Prize) and her husband Thomas Ledin. The original studio closed in 2004 after the landlord doubled the rent. The digitalization of music recording also already had an impact on the overall studio industry. [Note: A different studio opened in 2008 with a similar name in another part of Stockholm, operated by Lennart Östlund. He was a sound engineer and later music producer at the original Polar Studio].
People: [For Benny Andersson, see Mono Music]
Artists: ABBA, Alice Cooper, Beastie Boys, Burt Bacharach, Celine Dion, Genesis, Led Zepplin, Phil Collins, Ramones, Ramstein, Rolling Stones, Roxette…
Website: (no longer available)
Music studio of Benny Andersson opened in 2011, available for external projects
People: Linn Fijal
Website: RMV Studio
Music production team Soundism has a number of music studios that are located in Stockholm and Vasteras. Soundism has a traditional large recording room that can host many musicians simultaneously. They work with artists across several music genres: jazz, metal, pop, rap, reggae and others. With their large session room, Soundism also records classical music with acoustic instruments.
People: Embee, Mats Nyman, Jimmy Ledrac, and Vladi Vargas
Artists: Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Cutty Ranks, Embee, Lady Saw, Looptroop Rockers, Junior Kelly, Mr Vegas, Pandora, Papa Dee, Promoe, Sizzla, Tanya Stephens, Timbuktu, Måns Zelmerlöw…
Website: Soundism Studios
Music production team.
People: Bloodshy and Avant. (Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg). Have also appeared as artist group Miike Snow.
Artists: BoA, Britney Spears, Christina Milian, Jennifer Lopez, Kelis, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Maroon 5, Ms Dynamite, Sean Garfett, Sugababes
Music production company with studio.
People: Jörgen Elofsson
Artists: Bomfunk MCs, Brittney Spears, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Geri Haliway, Gloria Gaynor, Guy Sebastian, Il Divo, Kelly Clarksson, Leona Lewis, Meja, Robyn, Twill, Westlife, Will Young…
Website: Lighthouse
Music production company with a studio facility taken over in January 2001, which was formerly belonging to Cheiron. [Now working under new ownership and name, to be updated.]
People: [Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze. Andreas Carlsson, moved to Meriola from here.]
Artists: Backstreet Boys, Bon Jovi, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Laura Pausini, LeeAnn Rimes, N’Sync, Papa Dee, Westlife…
Website: (no longer available)
This studio has been renamed as “Baggpipe”. Previously also used XLVL and X-LVL as studio names. X-Level studio facility was formerly known as Cosmos Studios.
Artists: ? (Studio’s client list includes reference of Cosmos period and prior, not only X-Level Studio/X-Level Music Group references).
Website: (no longer available)