Saltsjöbadens friluftsbad, Public bath in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden

Saltsjöbadens friluftsbad is a wooden bathing structure built directly in the sea, offering separate swimming areas and sandy beaches along the Stockholm archipelago coast. The facility extends on stilts into the water, creating a direct connection between the rocky seabed and the bathing spaces.

The women's cold bath house was built around 1895 on Badhusholmen and moved to Restaurangholmen in 1913. The men's bath house, designed by Torben Grut in 1920s classicism, was added in 1925, and a sand beach between the two was laid out around 1930. After decay from the 1980s and demolition proposals in the 1990s, the Föreningen Saltsjöbadens Friluftsbad restored the buildings, completing work in 2006; both were declared listed buildings in January 2012.

This facility embodies a long Swedish tradition of public bathing directly on the sea, where visitors move through spaces created for community swimming. One can observe how locals and tourists use the different bathing areas and enjoy the social aspect of open-water swimming.

The two cold-bath houses stand on Restaurangholmen in Baggensfjärden, with a shared sandy beach between the women's and men's sections. The women's bath is the older building, moved here in 1913; the men's bath dates from 1925. Both are owned and run by Föreningen Saltsjöbadens Friluftsbad, the association founded to save them from demolition, and both were declared listed buildings in January 2012.

The men's bath, designed by Torben Grut in 1925, has a plan shaped like the letter "A", with its opening toward the sea and a tree-covered inner courtyard at its centre. The original galleries with changing cabins and the entrance ticket kiosk are still in place.