Table of Contents
Address: Råsta Strandväg 1, Solna
Country: Sweden
Capacity: 54,000
Opened: 27 October 2012
Main use: Football
Tenants: AIK (football)
Friends Arena, originally opened as Swedbank Arena in 2012, is Sweden’s largest football stadium and a premier multi-purpose venue. The stadium hosts football, bandy, concerts, and motorcycle speedway, and serves as a key home ground for the Swedish national football team.
Located in Solna, just outside Stockholm, Friends Arena has been designed to accommodate high-profile domestic and international matches, offering modern facilities including VIP areas, media centers, and advanced spectator amenities. The stadium was renamed Friends Arena in 2012 to emphasize social responsibility and promote anti-bullying campaigns.
Swedish National Team Matches: Numerous home fixtures, qualifying matches, and friendlies
1958 FIFA World Cup Legacy: Although the current stadium opened in 2012, Solna historically hosted the 1958 FIFA World Cup final, where Brazil defeated Sweden 5–2 in front of 49,000 spectators. Pelé, who scored twice, was later elected Athlete of the Century by the IOC.
AIK Home Matches: AIK, founded in 1891, are the primary tenants. The club won its first Swedish football championship in 1900 and has drawn strong crowds for top-flight league matches at Friends Arena. In their first season at the venue, AIK averaged 18,000 spectators over 15 home games.
Concerts and Cultural Events: Friends Arena hosts large-scale concerts and cultural events, leveraging its retractable roof and adaptable seating for flexible stage configurations.
Friends Arena is a modern, state-of-the-art stadium, incorporating the latest standards for professional football:
Seating and spectator comfort: Fully seated capacity with VIP and hospitality sections
Pitch quality: Advanced natural grass with hybrid reinforcement and drainage systems
Lighting: Professional-grade floodlights suitable for UEFA and FIFA matches, as well as broadcast-quality events
Media and broadcast infrastructure: Facilities for live streaming, television, and press coverage
Multi-purpose flexibility: Retractable roof and modular configurations for concerts, bandy, and speedway events
The stadium continues to host top domestic and international events, supporting AIK’s matches, Sweden national team fixtures, and high-profile entertainment events.
? Instagram: @oscarcsvensson
With the growing popularity of nighttime sports events, professional competitions demand higher lighting quality. The glare from traditional fixtures can no longer meet athletes’ expectations for sensory experience. Leveraging breakthroughs in MECREE’s sports lighting technology, our precise light control and anti-glare designs enable athletes to perform at their peak and enjoy an exceptional sports experience.
Issues caused by unnecessary nighttime lighting, such as light pollution and light trespass, are increasingly concerning and have led to rising public complaints. Amid growing environmental awareness, lighting designers must prioritize controlling “Light Pollution” and “Light Trespass.” We are committed to addressing this challenge through innovative optical technologies.
Currently common traditional stadium lights model for some international stadiums as below:
MVF406/1800W, HNF003, MVF401, MVF403, MVF024, EF-2000, YOA56305, YOAX56400, 2kW: HQI-TS 2000WDS, 2kW: HQI-TS 1000WDS, MHN-SA 2KW 400V/956, MHN-SB/HO 2KW 400V/956, LPW2000M/D, LPW1000MB/L, LPP2000MHN-SA, LPP2000MHN-SB.
There is big problem that traditional lamps can not cannot meet the needs of 4K and 8K high-definition broadcast and huge energy consumption.
With the strengthening of environmental lighting awareness and the pursuit of high-quality lighting, there is a trend to replace traditional lamps by high quality of LED Stadium Lights.
MECREE has launched the following series of LED Sport Stadium Lighting:
MECREE’s specially engineered precision lighting control is designed to meet the needs of such users. The polarized light range of 65-73° is defined as the P73-L and A65 series products, which deliver an unparalleled visual experience while offering access to thousands of IES profiles.
Our precisely engineered optics of polarized light aim light directly onto the field of play, to shine uniformly and to minimize glare. Outdoor venues benefit from spill light control, no more skyglow and no more complaints from the neighbors.
1. Such light shield is useless,just misleading customers.
2. As tested it will cause 30% reduction of light output
3. While 70% still have high overflow
4. Unbearable strong glare
5. Waste energy,outdated reflective technology
The power supply and lamp body can be mounted separately, reducing the withstand weight of the lamp pole and facilitating maintenance.
Customized crossarms are available to meet all your existing old poles without replacing the main rod, crossarms bolt directly to light pole, easy and accurate installation saves time, ensures performance, safety and reliability,also lower the budget.
In current sports lighting projects, high-altitude light calibration is recognized as a major efficiency bottleneck. The process carries high safety risks, is prone to aiming deviations, and involves cumbersome installation and removal procedures, making it difficult to achieve the required uniformity.
MECREE’s innovative laser aiming mount was designed precisely to address these issues. It revolutionizes the workflow through three key advantages:
Easy Installation: With a simple design, it allows rapid mounting and dismounting, significantly lowering the operational threshold.
Precise Aiming: Ensures accurate laser alignment, fundamentally guaranteeing uniform illumination and compliance with lighting standards.
Efficient Operation: Reduces labor and time costs by up to 80%. Calibrating 200 fixtures at height previously took 20 days; now the same workload can be completed in just 4 days.
Choosing MECREE means choosing a safer, more precise, and highly efficient sports lighting solution.
Through lighting simulation calculations and programming of light show designs, solutions oriented towards either visual effects or cost-effectiveness are provided. Design of Lighthouse, parameters required for building foundation, (axial force, shear force, bending force). High power generator set supporting,circuit design service,cable supply. We are your best supply chain manager! We are committed to providing you with a one-stop solution. We focus on the research, design, and manufacturing of our products, delivering customized and energy-efficient lighting system solutions for all types of sports venues and multifunctional facilities.The details are as follows:high-power sports lighting、arena night lighting retrofit、smart stadium lighting control、energy-efficient LED stadium lights、stadium lighting power supply optimization、broadcast-quality sports lighting、large venue lighting retrofit、adjustable brightness and color temperature lighting、LED floodlight installation and upgrade、stadium lighting maintenance and management、energy-saving lighting solutions for stadiums、multi-purpose venue lighting design、night game lighting optimization.
Guangzhou, China – June 2026 – The 31st Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE), one ...
MECREE sincerely invite you meet us on the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, 9th-12th...
Shenzhen Mecree Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Green Light New Energy Co., Ltd.
