Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet) · Östermalm

Viking Life with Halvdan and Meia

Now showing21 February 2026 – 1 November 2026·kr 180

A play Viking village for preschoolers: a chieftain's house, forge, farm animals and a Viking ship, based on Martin Widmark's Halvdan Viking books.

Book tickets

You come in along the jetties, where a Viking ship is moored and open for boarding. Behind a palisade sits a small village of six cabins: a chieftain's house, a forge, a sacrificial house, a bakehouse, a barn and a weaving cottage. Every one is open for play, and there are animals on the farm to pet.

The village is a touring play exhibition built in 2022 by Barnutställningar, based on Martin Widmark and Mats Vänehem's Halvdan Viking books, and it is aimed at preschoolers. The makers also added Kata's grave with its runestone, modelled on the burial site at Varnhem in Västergötland. Of all the jetties in Stockholm, these are the ones where you can let a three-year-old run flat out.

It closes on 1 November. Under-19s get in free, adults pay the 180 SEK museum ticket, and no booking is needed. It sits next to The Viking World, prams are allowed, and there's a lunchroom with a microwave for packed lunches.

Look for

The Viking ship
Look for the ship moored at the jetties by the entrance; children can climb aboard and set sail.
The six cabins
A chieftain's house, forge, sacrificial house, bakehouse, barn and weaving cottage stand inside a palisade, and every one can be walked into and played in.
Kata's grave and runestone
A Viking grave with its own runestone, copied from the burial site at Varnhem in Västergötland.

Good for

Rainy Days
Small Kids

Skip if

You don't have a small child with you: it's a play village built for preschoolers.

With kids

Built for preschoolers, with every cabin and the ship open for play. Under-19s are free, prams are allowed, and baby changing is in the accessible toilets on every floor.