Million Programme era

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The Million Programme era was a large-scale Swedish public housing initiative from the 1960s–1970s aimed at rapidly building modern, affordable homes to address housing shortages and improve living standards.

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Label Occurrences
Million Programme era canonical 2
Million Program 1
Million Programme 1

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Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Swedish government program ⓘ
housing program ⓘ
urban development initiative ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Miljonprogrammet ⓘ
Million Program ⓘ
amenityIncluded bathrooms in every flat ⓘ
central heating ⓘ
indoor plumbing ⓘ
modern kitchens ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
architecturalStyle functionalism ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
criticizedFor insufficient social planning ⓘ
monotonous architecture ⓘ
poor urban design ⓘ
endTime 1974 ⓘ
followedBy renovation programs for Million Programme housing ⓘ
goal alleviate housing shortage in Sweden ⓘ
build one million dwellings in ten years ⓘ
improve living standards ⓘ
provide modern affordable housing ⓘ
replace substandard housing ⓘ
hasEffect concentration of immigrants in certain suburbs ⓘ
creation of large suburban housing estates ⓘ
demolition of older inner-city housing stock ⓘ
long-term maintenance challenges ⓘ
rapid urbanization in Sweden ⓘ
reduction of overcrowded housing ⓘ
social segregation in some estates ⓘ
implementedBy Swedish central government ⓘ
linked to: Swedish government

municipal housing companies ⓘ
private construction firms ⓘ
initiatedBy Swedish Social Democratic Party ⓘ
inspiredBy post-war mass housing policies ⓘ
language Swedish ⓘ
legislativeBasis Swedish housing policy reforms of the 1960s ⓘ
mainSiteOfActivity Gothenburg metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Gothenburg region

Malmö metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Malmö

Stockholm metropolitan area ⓘ
medium-sized Swedish cities ⓘ
suburban areas in Sweden ⓘ
partOf Swedish welfare state expansion ⓘ
post-war European housing programs ⓘ
praisedFor providing modern amenities ⓘ
raising minimum housing standards ⓘ
rapidly reducing housing shortage ⓘ
startTime 1965 ⓘ
subjectOf architectural criticism ⓘ
research on social housing ⓘ
urban renewal debates in Sweden ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
typicalBuildingType high-rise apartment blocks ⓘ
row houses ⓘ
slab blocks ⓘ
tower blocks ⓘ
uses industrialized construction methods ⓘ
prefabricated concrete elements ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fittja → developedDuring → Million Programme era ⓘ
Akalla → partOfProgram → Million Programme ⓘ
linked to: Million Programme era
Hjulsta → developedDuring → Million Programme era ⓘ
Million Programme era → alsoKnownAs → Million Program ⓘ
linked to: Million Programme era