The Stockholm Mosque occupies a building designed by the Art Nouveau architect Ferdinand Boberg and completed in 1903 as the Katarina power station. The article names no architect for the mosque conversion. The Islamic Association in Stockholm bought the building from the city in 1996 for 8 million kronor. The infobox and text agree that construction began in 1999 and the mosque was inaugurated on June 8, 2000.
The infobox lists Islamic and Art Nouveau styles, and the text says the original building was influenced by Moorish Islamic architecture and was oriented toward Mecca. It names no materials or dimensions. Capacity is 2,000, with one minaret.
The city council decided on the conversion in 1995. Funding came from individual Muslims in Sweden and abroad, including Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, for whom it is named. It has a library, bookshop, lecture halls and a café. The article gives no hours.
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