Österåker Prison

Österåker Prison

Location in Sweden
Location	Österåker Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates	59°31′20″N 18°17′20″E / 59.52222°N 18.28889°E / 59.52222; 18.28889Coordinates: 59°31′20″N 18°17′20″E / 59.52222°N 18.28889°E / 59.52222; 18.28889
Status	Operational
Security class	Class 2
Capacity	93
Opened	1969
Managed by	Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Stockholm Region
Director	Gunilla Ternert

The Österåker Prison (Swedish: Anstalten Österåker, commonly known as Österåkersanstalten) is a prison located in Österåker Municipality, thirty kilometers north of , Sweden. It is a Class C-security prison with a capacity for 146 inmates. The facility also contains a remand prison with the capacity for 80 inmates.

The Österåker Prison was built in 1969 as a replacement for the Långholmen Prison in Stockholm. Since 1976 the prison is concentrated on inmates with different types of abuse problems.