Karolinska University Hospital 4.18

The Karolinska University Hospital is a university hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, with two major sites in the municipalities of Huddinge and Solna. It is the second largest hospital system in Sweden, after Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg.The present day Karolinska University Hospital is the result of a 2004 merger between the former Huddinge University Hospital in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, and the Karolinska Hospital in Solna, north of Stockholm. The new hospital has about 15,000 employees and 1,700 patient beds. The Karolinska University Hospital is closely affiliated with the Karolinska Institutet. It incorporates the Astrid Lindgren Children’s hospital in Solna and the Children’s Hospital in Huddinge.The Karolinska University Hospital in Solna is in the process of being replaced by The New Karolinska Solna University Hospital, to be completed by end of 2016.