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

  • Power of Fashion - 300 years of clothing 01 January 2013 - 31 December 2013
    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
  • Titanic - The Exhibition 30 April 2013 - 08 September 2013
    Titanic - The Exhibition

    Welcome aboard!

    April 15th 1912, the Titanic sank claiming the lives of 1495 people. 101 years later, Titanic the Exhibition, with over 200 original authentic objects and reproductions of the inside rooms, takes you on an unforgettable journey to the past.

    Titanic The Exhibition features an individual sound system included in the entrance fee, which, with voices, music and sound effects, guides visitors around the exhibition, submerging them in the true history of the Titanic.

    Location: Norrköping
  • The Nordic Model 04 May 2013 - 18 August 2013
    The Nordic Model

    An exhibition featuring some of the most renowned names at the Nordic contemporary art scene.

    Location: Malmö
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  • Grand Opening ABBA The Museum 07 May 2013
    Grand Opening ABBA The Museum

    ABBA The Museum will become the home of ABBA’s collected works, set to be showcased in a contemporary, musical and interactive exhibition that allows the audience to get close to their favourite band. ABBA The Museum is a part of the new Swedish Music Hall of Fame, and the tickets will be valid throughout the building. In addition to the two permanent exhibitions ‘the History of Swedish Popular Music’ and ‘Hall of Fame’, Swedish Music Hall of Fame will also host temporary, mostly contemporary music exhibitions.

    Read more about ABBA The Museum

    Location: Djurgårdsvägen 68, Stockholm
  • Art Fair 10 May 2013 - 27 October 2013
    Art Fair

    The fair if you want to sell or buy art. With all kinds of art; textile, digital art, photography, drawings, glass art, oil.

    Location: Malmö
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  • Vintage street market, flea market 18 May 2013 - 21 September 2013
    Vintage street market, flea market

    A brand new street market every other Saturday, premiere 18th of May. This is a market for everyone who loves nostalgia, second hand goods, antiques and bargains: The sellers are both private citizens and vintage and antique stores. Each market day you will find around 80 sellers.

    Location: Stockholm
  • WILLIAM WEGMAN - HELLO NATURE 01 June 2013 - 29 September 2013
    WILLIAM WEGMAN - HELLO NATURE

    This summer’s exhibition at Artipelag introduces the American artist William Wegman. He is perhaps best known for his photography of his dressed up Weimeran dogs, the dogs that have raised generations of American children through the children’s television show Sesame Street and which have reached cult status in Wegman’s own movies.

    Location: Stockholm
    Website:
  • The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk 17 June 2013 - 22 September 2013
    The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk

    The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk provides an unprecedented look at the designer dubbed fashion’s “enfant terrible” from the time of his first runway shows in the 1970s and who has become one of the most important fashion designers of recent decades.

    Organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Maison Jean Paul Gaultier, the exhibition will be on view at Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm in June 2013. Location: Stockholm
  • Midsummer Eve/Solstice Celebrations 21 June 2013
    Midsummer Eve/Solstice Celebrations

    Traditional celebrations with dance and music around the maypole.

    Contact regional tourist offices for local celebrations throughout the country.

    Read more about Midsummer

    Location: Sweden
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  • Midsummer celebrations at Skansen 21 June 2013 - 23 June 2013
    Midsummer celebrations at Skansen

    Midsummer is one of the highlights of the year at Skansen. Our celebrations last for three entire days. Visitors help in making garlands of flowers for the maypole which they raise together with Skansen Folk Dance Team.

    Location: Stockholm
    Website:
  • Bergman week 24 June 2013 - 30 June 2013
    Bergman week

    The Bergman week is a six-day celebration of Ingmar Bergman’s art, with films, guests, seminars and tours to film locations on Fårö, Gotland.

    Location: Fårö, Gotland
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  • ÅF Offshore Race 27 June 2013 - 03 July 2013
    ÅF Offshore Race

    One of the biggest sailing events in the world, dating back to 1937. The start takes place in Stockholm and the first race goes to Sandhamn in the archipelago. The boats then continue to the island of Gotland.

    Location: Stockholm
  • Bråvalla Festival 27 June 2013 - 29 June 2013
    Bråvalla Festival

    One of Swedens biggest music festivals. Acts on stage: Rammstein, Green Day, Avicii, In Flames, Armin van Buuren, Volbeat, Stone Sour, Nause, Icona Pop, Timbuktu & Damn!, Eldkvarn and many more....

    Location: Norrköping
  • SkiStar Swedish Open 06 July 2013 - 14 July 2013
    SkiStar Swedish Open

    The SkiStar Swedish Open (or Swedish Open Båstad) is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Båstad, Sweden in July each year.

    Location: Båstad
  • Falsterbo Horse Show 06 July 2013 - 14 July 2013
    Falsterbo Horse Show

    At Falsterbo Horse Show it is always as much Horse as Show. With almost a thousand horses and riders, fifty different disciplines and over six hundred people working in the Falsterbo Horse Show crew, you soon realize Falsterbo Horse Show is not just an ordinary event. It is a lifestyle, a venue and above all, the week of the summer everyone is waiting for.

    Location: Falsterbo

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