Exhibitions in Stockholm
March 2027
March at a glance: 3 exhibitions opening, 3 closing, and 10 more on view across the city.
Opening in March
Akseli Gallen-Kallela18 Mar 2027Nationalmuseum
The largest show of the Finnish master ever seen in Sweden: a world of images where nature, myth and national identity converge.
Nils Dardel – Artist and Dandy20 Mar 2027Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde
Around 100 works by the Swedish modernist Nils Dardel (1888–1943), including Ballets Suédois stage designs and sketches for Stockholm Public Library's Fairy Tale Room.
Hannah Modigh24 Mar 2027Stockholm City Museum (Stadsmuseet) · Free
Works by the 2025 Lennart af Petersens Award winner, including "Archive of longing", portraits of women at a Stockholm day shelter for homeless women.
Closing in March
Jan Håfström – The Lost World14 Mar 2027Moderna Museet
An exhibition of Swedish artist Jan Håfström, curated by Matilda Olof-Ors.
Life in Color & Form: Robert and Barbro Nilsson29 Mar 2027Millesgården
Retrospective of sculptor Robert Nilsson, a Milles pupil, and textile pioneer Barbro Nilsson of Märta Måås-Fjetterström: sketches, weaving samples, models and letters.
True Crime31 Mar 2027Spritmuseum
Sweden's prohibition era in 1920s-30s Stockholm, told through smugglers, bootleggers and moonshiners.
Also on through March
Current Archaeology: Finds from Syltato 4 Apr 2027Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet)
Entrance-hall showcase of fresh excavation finds, currently objects from a Viking Age burial ground at Sylta near Köping, Västmanland.
Kvinnor bakom kameran, 1848–1968to 11 Apr 2027Fotografiska Stockholm
Women behind the camera: rewriting Swedish photography history with long-overlooked work by female professional photographers.
INNER CHILD: Playing with Designto 11 Apr 2027Artipelag
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.
Democracy does not exist - We make it!to 15 Apr 2027Medelhavsmuseet (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.
Byggfenomen: The First and Last Thing We Seeto 18 Apr 2027ArkDes · Free
Architect Daniel Johansson moves humble acoustic ceiling tiles onto the wall in a full-scale installation, turning an overlooked everyday material into ornament.
Diana Markosian: Fatherto 9 May 2027Fotografiska Stockholm
Diana Markosian's personal photographic story of separation, absence and reunion with her father.
Women as Technologyto 19 Sept 2027Nationalmuseum
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.
James Cameron – Challenging the Deepto 30 Sept 2027Vasa 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.
Absolut Absolutto 26 Mar 2028Spritmuseum
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.
Colour! For children and their curious grown-upsto 12 Aug 2029Nationalmuseum
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.
Image credits
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- Akseli Gallen-KallelaCourtesy of Nationalmuseum
- Nils Dardel – Artist and DandyNils Dardel / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
- Hannah ModighPhoto: Hannah Modigh.
- Jan Håfström – The Lost WorldCourtesy of Moderna Museet
- Life in Color & Form: Robert and Barbro NilssonCourtesy of Millesgården
- True CrimeCourtesy of Spritmuseum
- Current Archaeology: Finds from SyltaCourtesy of Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet)
- Kvinnor bakom kameran, 1848–1968Foto Sven Gillsäter
- INNER CHILD: Playing with DesignCourtesy of Artipelag
- Democracy does not exist - We make it!Courtesy of Medelhavsmuseet (Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities)
- Byggfenomen: The First and Last Thing We SeeCourtesy of ArkDes
- Diana Markosian: FatherCourtesy of Fotografiska Stockholm
- Women as TechnologyCourtesy of Nationalmuseum
- James Cameron – Challenging the DeepLovisa Brämming/The Vasa Museum/SMMTF, CC BY
- Absolut AbsolutJoar Vestergren / Spritmuseum
- Colour! For children and their curious grown-upsPhoto: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum
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