Stockholm Estate is situated the in the Central Western high range around the Upcot, Maskeliya agro climatic area of the Nuwara Eliya district. The Estate lies at an elevation of 4800 feet from mean sea level bordering the Balangoda mountain range and close to Adams Peak. The principal crop on the Estate is tea, covering an area of 305 hectares (750 acres).

The Estate was established in 1922 under the ownership of Mackwoods Ltd. From 1975 to 1992 to Estate was owned by the Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation following the Nationalisation of the Estate with the Land Reform Commission Act. Following privatisation of estates in 1992, the management of Stockholm was taken over by Horana Plantations