Anstalten Norrköping, Prison complex in Norrköping, Sweden

Anstalten Norrköping is a prison complex in Norrköping featuring a symmetrical layout with multiple wings extending from a central core. The buildings combine traditional Swedish architectural elements with robust stone construction characteristic of late 18th-century institutional design.

Founded in 1790 as a Crown Spinning House for women, the complex operated continuously for over two centuries as a working institution. The facility underwent several transformations before closing in 2013, serving different purposes throughout its long existence.

The site's name changed with each shift in function, from Kronospinnhus to Centralfängelset för kvinnor and later Tvångsarbetsanstalten. The 1742 spinning house stood on Saltängen, and the quarter there is still called Spinnhuset. The present complex in kvarteret Drags was designed by architect C.F. Adelcrantz, whose plans Gustav III approved in 1784 on condition that the halls be made taller.

The former prison closed in 2013 and is not open to visitors, so the buildings can only be seen from outside. A long, low metal fence with evenly spaced posts and horizontal rails runs along the street in front of the pale yellow-orange complex. The site lies in the Drags block, upstream from the harbour and next to Norrköping's old textile industries.

The 1790 building was designed by architect C.F. Adelcrantz, who showed his drawings to Gustav III in 1784; the king approved them on one condition, that the halls be made taller because low rooms were considered unhealthy. The plan, with a prison church and stairwell in the centre and sleeping and work halls at the sides, followed the layout of hospitals such as Danviken and Drottninghuset rather than that of a prison.