Nordic Museum
A vast Renaissance-style hall on Djurgarden covering five hundred years of Swedish daily life, with a giant Gustav Vasa inside.
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Artur Hazelius, who also started Skansen, founded the museum to collect what industrialisation was destroying, and the building Isak Gustaf Clason designed for it opened in 1907 - a red brick and sandstone hall in Danish Renaissance manner, so large that the plan was scaled down from something larger still. The main hall is dominated by Carl Milles's painted oak Gustav Vasa, over six metres seated. The collections run from the sixteenth century onward across furniture, dress, textiles, table settings, toys and folk art, with a permanent Sami exhibition and rooms on how Swedes have lived, eaten and dressed. It is next to Skansen and the Vasa museum.
What you actually see
- Milles's oak Gustav Vasa - over six metres, in the main hall.
- Five hundred years of daily life - dress, furniture, table settings.
- A permanent Sami exhibition - one of the main collections.
- Clason's 1907 building - a hall in Danish Renaissance manner.
When to go
Year round; it is indoors. Two to three hours.
Honest expectations
The building is bigger than the exhibitions, and the main hall can feel empty. Some galleries are dated. Djurgarden is crowded in summer. Combined with Vasa and Skansen it becomes a very long day.
Nearby
The Vasa museum is next door; Skansen is a short walk.
What to pack for Nordic Museum
Chosen from what this place is for. Tap a kit for the full checklist.
Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.
