Culture

Sweden offer a whole treasure chest of adventures, culture, relaxation and conference possibilities. Everything in a good mix! Here follows just a few examples of culture worth seeing and experiencing.

Vadstena Cathedral and St Birgitta Abbey Museum

This unique cathedral was built on the directive of St. Birgitta and consecrated in 1430. Today it holds a collection of unique church art and it also has Birgitta’s shrine from the 1300s. Vadstena town in South East Sweden is a historic pearl and one of the county’s most well preserved middle age towns with ancestors from the 1200s. Vadstena is a town with a very pleasant and genial atmosphere!

The Abbey Museum in Vadstena is one of the country’s most remarkable buildings: royal palace, nunnery, veteran’s home, prison and mental asylum. The story of St. Birgitta is told here, Sweden’s only saint acknowledged by the Vatican and one of Europe’s patron saints since 1999.

The museum is contained within the old palace that was built in the middle of the 1200s by Birger Jarl to be a royal summer home.

Gamla Linköping ( Linköping Old Town )

You will go back in time 100 years when you visit Gamla Linköping!

You will find small shops, handicraft and cafés with old fashioned charm. In some houses you can find old homes that are untouched, as though the residents have just stepped out momentarily!

Norrköping´s Industry Scenery

There are few European cities that offer as well preserved industrial scenery as Norrköping!

The scenery characterized by culture is bursting with life. Today the magnificent industrial buildings live on in the new ones. You can listen to Norrkoping’s Symphony Orchestra at the Louis De Geer Konsert & Kongress (concert and convention hall) which is located in an old paper factory. Also in this area is one of Sweden’s most beautiful industrial buildings, which today contains one of the country’s most exciting museums, the Arbetets museum (Museum of Work).

Vasa Museum

Worth checking out is the amazing Vasa Museum in Stockholm!

This museum is built around the Vasa Ship; the world’s only surviving 17th century battleship! On the 10 of August 1628 the royal warship Vasa sank on its maiden voyage, in Stockholm harbour. The Vasa rested on the seabed for 333 years and was finally salvaged in 1961!

The museum building, the presentation of the ship and its artefacts have to be seen to be believed – unmissable!

Stockholm Old Town

The oldest part of Stockholm is Gamla Stan, the Old Town, and the tiny adjacent island, of Riddarholmen. It includes the Royal Palace, with museums like Livrustkammaren, the Royal Armoury and Skattkammaren, the Royal Treasury and the Changing of the Guards in the Outer Courtyard.

History lovers can take a guided city tour, offered in many different languages.

From Gamla Stan, it’s a beautiful walk to the picturesque street, Fjällgatan, over in the Södermalm district, with stunning views across the city!

Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall

Since 1901, Stockholm has hosted the prestigious Noble Banquet for 1300 distinguihed guests.Now you can invite your V.I.P.s to a Nobel Banquet in the City hall´s elegant Blue Hall or glided Golden Hall. For groups of less than 70 persons, the gracious City Hall Restaurant is another option. The best of all - you may select any Noble menu from 1901 and onwards.

A highlight is a guided tour of the various rooms, halls and salons, especially the Golden Hall whose walls are covered with 18 million tiles, in mosaics illustrating motifs from Swedish history. The 106 metre tall tower is topped by three golden crowns, the symbol of Sweden!

Viking Festive - a classicer in genuine 800 century spirit

On arrival to the Viking Village in Tofta on Gotland you will transport yourself back in time! Dressed in time-typical Vikingclothes you will be welcomed by the Viking Chief. You will compete in games like axe-throw, housebuilding and ingenious handicraft competitions! The festive will continue with a lamb barbeque with beer and wine.

This is an evening to remember!

The Art of Glass

Sweden is known worldwide as one of the leading countries for design in a broad sense – in furniture, interiors, glass, textiles, ceramics, wood, metal and other fields.

Glaskonst (The Art of Glass) is Sweden’s most extensive art glassware exhibition. Exhibitions will be held at all our glassworks throughout the summer. Sweden's entire world-class art glassware design team will take part in this major art event, which opened with a collective reception on April 23-24 and continue until September 4.

Norrköping Visualization Center

A new Visualization Center is built here in Norrköping. The third of a kind. The other two you find in Greece and on Hawaii!

Norrköping Visualization Center owes its existence to the visualization research conducted in Norrköping and Linköping. In less than a decade a world-class visualization research programme has been established.

The visualization technology helps us to see things that would otherwise be impossible to see with the naked eye and allows us to perceive data that would otherwise be too complex. Scenarios may involve space travel, exploring the human body or diving into the deepest crevices of the world’s oceans.

The Dome Theatre will held spectacular 3D-performances in which the audience will be surrounded by both image and sound! In order to heighten the visualization experience, the visitors will use special stereo-optical glasses. Performances like "Fly me to the Moon" will be both lerning and exciting for all ages!

Sundborn - Carl Larsson

A paradise for art lovers, for those interested in design and for garden enthusiasts! Enter the legendary home and savour the wonderful atmosphere at Lilla Hyttnäs, the home of Carl Larsson.

Here you will meet the lively Larsson family led by Carl and Karin, one of the most well known couples in this and the previous century, whose life and art have come to characterise our image of Sweden both at home and abroad. Many artist groups, schools and designers come here to be inspired by one of the most trend setting artists of the 20th century and his talented wife.During a guided tour you can wander round the Larsson family’s untouched home and hear how one of the 20th century’s most famous couples lived their life.

In the 16th and 17th centuries there were numerous copper smelteries along the Sundborn River. The area is still brimming with life and these days you will find several craftspeople, an art gallery, antique shops, a home furnishing shop, a smithy, a café and a restaurant. Don’t miss the popular church in Sundborn with its interior paintings by Carl Larsson.

The Röhsska Museum

The Röhsska Museum of Design and Decorative Arts in Gothenburg has over

50 000 objects in its collections. The Museum's collections are not set up on a cultural history basis, i.e. to reflect their times. Instead, one of the main criteria for selection of objects has been high aesthetic and technical quality. This is a fantastic journey from 18 th century groing industrial period to todays Information Society seen from a designers perspective.

The Röhsska Museum mainly collects contemporaneous material in the categories of handicraft, commercial handicraft and industrial design. Mainly Swedish products, but Nordic products together with European and First World products which have been important for design are included in the collections.

Aeroseum

Aeroseum - an internationally unique exhibition destination!

Inside a declassified Swedish Air Force bunker carved out of solid rock, you will be able to take a journey through the History of Flight. The site is equipped with flying experiences for young and old, men and women. You can look, listen and touch as we restore and fly vintage airplanes and helicopters. You may even take a flight with us.

Located only 15 minutes from the centre of Gothenburg, Aeroseum is a continuously innovative, live installation. Corporations, authorities and societies can entertain customers, employees or members with a variety of activities here.

Sofiero Palace and Gardens

Sofiero Palace and Gardens have received first price in the competition "Europes´most beautiful park 2010!

The park is situated in the city of Helsingborg, Sweden. Interesting exhibitions, inspiring events and the gardens that bristle with the most wonderful flowers and plants - those are some of the things you can look forward to when planning your visit to Sofiero! Closed for the winter with exception for special arrangements and events such as the art exhibition Salong and the Christmas market. The Palace and the Orangery will open again in the spring, with regular hours and new interesting exhibitions and activities. The season starts in April and ends in September.

Moderna Museet Malmö

Moderna Museet, opened in December 2009, is one of Europe’s leading museums of modern and contemporary art, with a collection of high international standing!

Malmö has one of the most beautiful exhibition spaces in Sweden. Moderna Museet is the only museum north of Amsterdam with an international collection covering the entire 20th century. In consequence, Moderna Museet Malmö will offer an art experience that is unique for the Öresund region.

Moderna Museet Malmö is located in the city centre of Malmö, a ten minutes walk from the Central station.