HaningeStrand Golfklubb

HaningeStrand Golfklubb sits in Haninge, a municipality in the southern Stockholm archipelago region, where the landscape transitions between inland forests and the coastal character of the Baltic Sea approaches. Designed by Bengt Lorichs, a Swedish architect active in the latter decades of the twentieth century, the course reflects the regional design tradition of working with natural Scandinavian terrain—typically incorporating pine and mixed woodland, granite outcroppings, and modest elevation changes characteristic of the Stockholm area's glacially-shaped topography. The routing likely takes advantage of the natural contours and vegetation native to this part of Sweden, where designers generally seek to preserve existing trees and integrate rocky features rather than impose heavily manufactured landforms. Courses in this region often play through corridors of pine and birch, with fairways that follow the land's natural movement and greens positioned to incorporate the granite bedrock that defines much of the Stockholm landscape. HaningeStrand serves the southern Stockholm golf community, providing accessible play in a setting that balances the forested inland character with proximity to the archipelago's distinctive coastal environment. The club operates within the Swedish golf culture, where municipal and member clubs coexist and where summer's long daylight hours allow extended playing seasons despite the northern latitude. The course offers a representative example of Swedish parkland golf, shaped by the regional landscape and the practical design approach common to courses developed during Lorichs's era.