Events in Sweden

During the course of a year, Sweden has all sorts of events and happenings. To find out what, when and where these events take place, please select the month of your interest. These are just some of the events taking place in Sweden this year. Although VisitSweden has done its outmost to check the accuracy of the information, dates, venues and other details can be subject to change and we do not take responsibility for any mistakes nor any omissions. We recommend the readers to, well in advance, carefully check all facts with each event.

Upcoming events in Sweden

  • 12 March 2010 - 31 December 2012 Power of Fashion - 300 years of clothing

    The power of fashion is strong. All social groups use clothing to create their identity. Meet people from three decades, the 1780s, 1860s and 1960s, times when the economy, currents of ideas and technical developments clearly affected clothing and fashion.

    More about the exhibition

    Location: Nordiska Museet, Stockholm
  • 27 January 2011 - 31 March 2012 Shimmering silver

    Shimmering silver exhibits old and brand new objects from Nationalmuseum's collections of silver. Discover how the light plays on the surfaces and shapes. See how silver has influenced and been influenced by art in other materials and techniques.

    Location: National Museum, Stockholm
  • 10 June 2011 - 12 February 2012 Guldknappen 1981-2011

    Guldknappen is a fashion price womens magazine Damernas Värld awarded annually since 1982 to a Swedish designer or fashion house.

    Location: Nordiska Museet, Stockholm
    Website: Guldknappen
  • 01 July 2011 - 31 March 2012 ABBA City Walk

    London has Beatles tours, New York has Sex and the City tours, and now the Stockholm City Museum presents the city where Abba lived and worked! Join us on a walking tour of Abba land and 1970s Stockholm! Starting at the City Hall where Benny performed for the very first time, the tour continues via the Sheraton Hotel, one of many places Abba videos were recorded, and one of the city’s most distinctive 1970s landmarks. The Royal Opera was the scene of Abba’s legendary 1976 royal wedding gala performance, and Benny and Anni-Frid at one time lived in the Old Town. The tour revels in disco-glittery Abba history but it also includes the transformation of the Stockholm City district when the old Klara quarter was demolished; the Velour Man: a 1970s New Man; and the decade when the king married, and also formally handed over power to the nation.

    Meetingpoint: The oak at the City Hall courtyard

    Location: Stockholm
  • 10 September 2011 - 12 February 2012 INCA – Gold Treasures in the Skeppsholmen Caverns

    After the success with the Chinese Terracotta Army we are now proud to present a new exhibition of globally-unique discoveries at the Skeppsholmen Caverns.

    Location: Skeppsholmen, Stockholm
  • 25 October 2011 - 26 February 2012 Erik Olson - Dreams and Visions of a Seeker

    Erik Olson (1901-1986) was a member of the Surrealist Halmstad Group and one of French sculptor Fernand Léger's favourite pupils in Paris of the 1920s. A large selection of his colourful and Surrealist paintings will be shown in a retrospective that encompasses several decades of creativeness.

    Location: Waldemarsudde, Stockholm
    Website: Waldemarsudde
  • 30 November 2011 - 02 December 2011 Stockholm International Horse Show

    Welcome to the biggest indoor equestrian event in the world.

    Location: Stockholm
  • 01 January 2012 - 31 December 2012 Millennium Guided Tour

    Our tour takes you to Mikael Blomkvist´s home, the Millennium Magazine, Lisbeth Salander´s luxurious apartment and many other locations that you will recognize from the books.

    Location: Stockholm
  • 01 January 2012 - 30 December 2012 Strindberg In Centre

    The author August Strindberg was central to his contemporaries - a cultural hub and a dynamo in the Swedish culture. His dramas are played continuously today. He is internationally renowned. Strindberg is still in center!
    The exciting exhibition form presents Strindberg and gender issues, Strindberg and social classes, Strindberg as a painter, Strindberg as a dramatist, as well as our myths about Strindberg.

    In addition, you will see the house where Strindberg lived his last four years, sound set with sounds Strindberg himself heard.

    Location: Stockholm
  • 05 January 2012 - 30 December 2012 Strindberg – writer, painter, photographer

    Nordiska museet owns the largest single collection of Strindberg's paintings (19 in total). 16 of these are on display, together with photographs taken by Strindberg himself and several of his original manuscripts, including Miss Julie, his best-known play.

    Location: Stockholm
  • 06 January 2012 - 12 March 2012 Long distance ice skating on natural ice

    All inclucive Tour skating on natural ice. all skating and safetyequipment is included.
    Also includes lunch and transportation to the best ice for the moment. Start and finish at the Stockholm centralstation.
    Intro and full day tours available to suit differnt needs.
    The best natural ice for the day in Stockholm and nearby

    Location: Stockholm
    Website: Ice Guide
  • 14 January 2012 - 15 April 2012 Anton Corbijn - Inwards and Onwards

    Renowned photographer Anton Corbijn has consistently created inventive and unexpected expressions in portraiture while maintaining a feeling of intimacy, hence the title of his most recent exhibition, Inwards and Onwards. Since 2002 he has been working independently, portraying fine artists and other creative freethinking individuals.

    Location: Fotografiska, Stockholm
    Website: Fotografiska
  • 29 January 2012 - 28 March 2012 The 2011 Spring Salon

    As always, the Spring Salon is Liljevalchs' proud start to the new art year. To be accepted or not into the juried exhibition is the question both for established and non-established artistic practitioners. For the audience, the Spring Salon provides an excellent opportunity to see a great variety of unexpected and perhaps expected artistic expressions and techniques.

    Location: Stockholm
    Website: Liljevalchs
  • 07 February 2012 - 11 February 2012 Stockholm Furniture Fair

    The world´s largest meeting place for Nordic design.
    Furniture, lamps, design, textiles and interiors for homes, offices and public areas.

    Location: Stockholm, Älvsjö
  • 09 February 2012 - 12 February 2012 Oddset Hockey Games

    The 22nd edition of Oddset Hockey Games (formerly known as Sweden Hockey Games) will be taking place at Ericsson Globe in 2012.

    Location: Stockholm

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