Stockholm wins world smart city award

Stockholm has claimed the Smart City 2019 award for its GrowSmarter project at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona.

The Swedish capital was commended for its ‘innovation, openness and connectivity’ and efforts to improve living conditions for residents.

GrowSmarter brings together the public and private sectors to integrate 12 smart city solutions across energy, infrastructure and mobility.

It was one of three projects chosen from over 19 submissions to receive support from the European Commission's ‘smart cities and communities’ category under the Horizon 2020 funding stream.

Speaking after the ceremony, Gustaf Landahl, Stockholm GrowSmarter Coordinator told Cities T...