For several years, we at Djurgården have been collaborating toward a long-term sustainable development of this wonderful place. On September 27, 2022, we became one of the world’s first two urban destinations to achieve the Green Destinations Platinum Award, thanks to our structured work around the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. By 2024, two more urban destinations had joined us in this achievement, bringing the total to four as we once again recieved the award after having further advanced our efforts. On November 15, 2022, we signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism. In April 2024, we hosted the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s World Congress, which brought together 500 sustainability-focused colleagues from 57 countries.
Our work is ongoing, and long-term thinking is part of our core.
The story behind this site? In spring 2020, the world stopped and our way of working completely changed. Once we realised the extent of the impact, we asked ourselves the question: How can we keep our sustainability work going during the pandemic? The answer: we needed a knowledge bank to inspire one another and others. We hope you enjoy reading all about our sustainability work at Royal Djurgården!
A clear focus
Working sustainably is not just important, it is something our visitors expect us to be doing. Which is why we work together to make sure that your visit to Djurgården has a positive impact.
We work systematically and follow a structure. We continuously analyse our sustainability work, through which we have identified the areas in which we can make the biggest impact. Based on these, we have established four focus areas; all of our work is also consistent with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our four focus areas
Through working together and sharing our knowledge, we inspire one another to reduce our carbon footprint. We work with others to bring about further change and achieve set goals within our four focus areas.
“Royal Djurgården itself is a symbol of sustainability because of our ambition to connect Swedish cultural heritage with modern environmental thinking”
Watch our film where Björn Ulvaeus so eloquently describes our collaborative sustainability work at Royal Djurgården.
A big thank you to Björn for being our voice.
Our values
Djurgården has a proud history and is constantly evolving. We will see new attractions open and existing ones develop. Visitors from near and far have come here for over 400 years to experience culture and have fun. Today, Djurgården is Scandinavia’s #1 attraction, and right now it is our responsibility to make sure that visitors can continue to come to Djurgården for another 400 years. Therefore, 55 of our attractions have come together based on five shared values, which influence our choices and inform our joint decisions and actions.
Open, accessible, welcoming
Constantly evolving
Thinking long-term
Protecting our cultural heritage and looking ahead
Working and evolving together