Ullnabacken

Stockholm's second-biggest slope, built on top of a landfill at Täby, skied from the 1970s until the 1990s and fenced off ever since - with a plan to put a lift back once the tip is finally capped.

Region: Stockholm County
Country: Sweden
Status: closed
Year opened: 1970s
Year closed: 1990s
Reason for closure: Not documented in accessible sources. Ski operations at Ullnabacken were discontinued during the 1990s and the hill was fenced off, remaining an active landfill site rather than a recreation area.

History

Ullnabacken stands at Arninge in Täby, north-east of Stockholm, and is not a mountain at all - it is a tip. Material has been deposited there since the 1950s, and the growing spoil heap was opened for skiing in the 1970s, becoming the second largest slope in the whole of Stockholm and a popular one, close enough to the city for after-work skiing. Skiing was discontinued during the 1990s and the hill has been cordoned off since, still receiving fill. It regularly tops Swedish lists of the most-missed lost ski facilities, and a long local campaign has pressed for its return. Täby municipality's city planning committee approved a start plan in March 2025 for Ullna park rekreation, beginning work on a detailed plan covering a ski slope, year-round recreation and a solar array on the same ground. The hill is expected to become publicly accessible once the landfill is completed and the overhead power line is buried in 2027-2028, with the hope of opening a lift for the winter of 2028-29. The lifts it had in its skiing years are not documented in any source found, and neither is the exact year the skiing stopped.

Lifts

Name	Type	Manufacturer	Notes
Unnamed lift			The hill was lift-served during its skiing years but no source found records the number, type or manufacturer of the installations

Sources and further reading

Location

59.4707, 18.1417