It was opened on October 1, 1950, as part of the first route of the Stockholm metro, running from Slussen to Hökarängen.
The station was opened for trams in 1946 after the construction of Skanstull bridge, and converted to Metro usage on 1 October 1950 (on the first line from Slussen south to Hökarängen), its distance from Slussen is 2.3 km.
The station began as an underground tram-stop in 1933 but became part of the first metro on 1 October 1950 when the line from Slussen south to Hökarängen, was opened.
The station was originally an underground tram-stop from 1933 called Ringvägen but became a stop on the first metro line (from Slussen south to Hökarängen) on 1 October 1950 after it was remodelled to full metro standard.
The station, opened on 1 October 1950, then called Hammarby until 16 April 1958, was on the first metro line opened, from Slussen south to Hökarängen via Blåsut.
Originally opened in 1933 as an underground tram stop, in 1950 it became the terminal of the first metro line running south to Hökarängen, it was again rebuilt in 1957 when the line north to Hötorget was opened.