Exhibitions in Stockholm

Nationalmuseum

Over a hundred design objects and hi-tech artefacts show how women have been made to embody ideas of computing power, domestic work, fertility and satisfaction.

Fotografiska Stockholm

30 photographers explore modern and future masculinity in a digital culture.

Fotografiska Stockholm

Nils Petter Löfstedt's photographs honour care work, human dignity and the invisible bonds that hold society together.

Nationalmuseum

A day at the beach in 200+ paintings, photos, posters and swimwear, tracing coastal tourism 1870s-1950s, with Monet, Zorn, Krøyer, Hjertén and O'Keeffe.

Nationalmuseum

Archival sketches, drawings, photographs and printed matter by designer Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960), shown in the museum's Old Library.

Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet)

Costumes from three Swedish ballets, including Saint George and the Dragon, shown among the medieval sculptures and altarpieces of the Gothic Hall.

Bonniers Konsthall

Major show of the 2026 Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation grant winners Henrik Jonsson, Rakel Bergman Fröberg and Tekla Bergman Fröberg, marking the prize's 40th year.

Nationalmuseum

Two ceramic masters, Swedish and Japanese, united by a love of clay and glaze and beautiful everyday objects for all; also explores cultural exchange as soft power.

Liljevalchs konsthall

Around sixty new works Sara-Vide Ericson painted aboard the icebreaker Oden in the Arctic Ocean, from monumental canvases to installations with expedition material.

Moderna Museet

Around 100 works from 1970–2015: kaleidoscopic mirror mosaics, geometric sculptures, collages, rugs and her "Heartache Boxes".

Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde

The 1930s Gothenburg Colourists, from Åke Göransson and Ivan Ivarson to Karin Parrow and Ragnar Sandberg, in a fresh look made with the Gothenburg Museum of Art.

Stockholm City Museum (Stadsmuseet) · Free

Historical portraits, biographical records and facial recognition bring Stockholm's 19th-century faces, from maids to wholesalers, back to life.

Moderna Museet

An exhibition of Swedish artist Jan Håfström, curated by Matilda Olof-Ors.

Millesgården

Retrospective of sculptor Robert Nilsson, a Milles pupil, and textile pioneer Barbro Nilsson of Märta Måås-Fjetterström: sketches, weaving samples, models and letters.

Spritmuseum

Sweden's prohibition era in 1920s-30s Stockholm, told through smugglers, bootleggers and moonshiners.

Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet)

Entrance-hall showcase of fresh excavation finds, currently objects from a Viking Age burial ground at Sylta near Köping, Västmanland.

Fotografiska Stockholm

Women behind the camera: rewriting Swedish photography history with long-overlooked work by female professional photographers.

Artipelag

Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano curate 100 designers and artists, among them Maarten Baas, Front and Yinka Ilori, in eight chapters on play, imagination and making by hand.

Medelhavsmuseet (Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities)

Interactive show built with V-Dem research and personal stories, exploring fair elections, freedom, equality, openness and participation.

ArkDes · Free

Architect Daniel Johansson moves humble acoustic ceiling tiles onto the wall in a full-scale installation, turning an overlooked everyday material into ornament.

Fotografiska Stockholm

Diana Markosian's personal photographic story of separation, absence and reunion with her father.

Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet)

Europe's first showing of James Cameron's deep-sea exploits: film props from Titanic and Avatar, his underwater cameras and the tech behind his record dives.

Spritmuseum

A spectacular advertising story: how a Swedish state enterprise made Absolut Vodka a global icon, told through some 90 bottles, 130 ads and a robot-run cocktail bar.

Nationalmuseum

An immersive, hands-on exhibition for ages 6-12: don a lab coat and colour goggles and explore what colour is, where it comes from and how it feels.