Nordiska museet on Djurgården is Sweden's largest museum of Nordic cultural history. The grand Renaissance Revival building was designed by Isak Gustaf Clason and opened in 1907. Its collections cover everyday life, traditions and material culture in the Nordic countries from the 1500s to the present, including folk costumes, furniture and Sami heritage.
lecturein progress
A brief guided tour through Nordiska museet's history and architecture, from a wool skirt from Dalarna to a collection of 1.5 million objects.
lectureAuthor Lars Mytting discusses the cultural history, philosophy, and craftsmanship of wood at Nordiska museet.
exhibition(117 days)
The Nordic Museum's major exhibition spanning 500 years of Nordic life, culture and everyday experience through 4,000 objects, photographs and archival materials from its collections.
lecturePer Faxneld and Marie Steinrud discuss black magic, folkloristic sources and social change in a talk at Nordiska museet.