Art, architecture and travel in Sweden

Landet Stay is a holistic cabin retreat on the Stockholm archipelago

Landet Stay offers a serene haven designed by Andreas Martin-Löf and Tobias Vernon in Sweden

By Sophie Axon Published 19 February 24

Highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2024

At Stockholm Design Week 2024 (until 11 February), emerging designers and icons of Swedish heritage combine design's past and future

By Mary Cleary Published 9 February 24

Transparent Turntable spins into the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024

The Transparent Turntable is a high-end record player from Sweden that mixes modular design with minimal lines

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 17 January 24

Cabin Kiladalen in Sweden takes architectural reuse to the next level

Cabin Kiladalen by Vardehaugen started its life in an Oslo exhibition, but has now found a second life as a Swedish lakeside retreat

By Ellie Stathaki Published 23 November 23

Vemdalen Villas brings contemporary minimalism to the skiing experience

The family of dwellings at Vemdalen Villas, designed by architecture studio Hesselbrand, creates a contemporary skiing experience in the Swedish countryside

By Ellie Stathaki Published 8 November 23

Tour Hallen, architect Åsa Hjort’s minimalist Swedish home

Hallen by Åsa Hjort is a minimalist home in the Swedish countryside, making the most of its serene, leafy location

By Ellie Stathaki Published 2 November 23

Dalarö House by Olson Kundig is a rock star

Dalarö House, US practice Olson Kundig’s first build in Sweden, takes centre stage in the Stockholm archipelago

By Ellie Stathaki Published 10 June 23

Svenskt Tenn gets a summer makeover courtesy of Margherita Missoni

At Svenskt Tenn, Margherita Missoni curates 'A postcard from Italy,' a summer takeover of the Stockholm gallery (until 27 August 2023), as well as special edition pieces

By Rosa Bertoli Published 3 June 23

Last chance to see: ‘Pleated for Frank’, an homage to Josef Frank by Folkform and Svenskt Tenn

Folkform and Svenskt Tenn present a homage to the classic plissé lampshades by Josef Frank (until 19 May 2023)

By Laura May Todd Last updated 13 May 23

Nordic Knots opens Stockholm showroom in a former cinema

New Nordic Knots Stockholm showroom makes the most of the dramatic interiors of the early-20th-century Eriksbergsteatern

By Pei-Ru Keh Published 19 March 23

Stockholm Furniture Fair launches Älvsjö Gård collectible design platform

Stockholm Design Week 2023: Stockholm Furniture Fair has launched Älvsjö Gård, its first platform for collectible design

By Laura May Todd Published 16 February 23

Alexander Lervik’s ‘Hemvist’ wooden furniture was crafted using a technique for making stairs

Stockholm Design Week 2023: Alexander Lervik and wooden stair manufacturer Drömtrappor present a new collection of furniture at his recently opened design gallery, Unikat

By Laura May Todd Published 15 February 23

New Polestar design studio in Gothenburg reshapes and restores an icon of corporate architecture

Polestar’s Thomas Ingenlath and Maximilian Missoni tell Wallpaper* about their company’s brand new Gothenburg studios and future direction

By Jonathan Bell Published 12 February 23

Arctic conditions shape pared-down house in northern Sweden by Claesson Koivisto Rune

Claesson Koivisto Rune’s new pared-down house makes a bold sculptural statement on the banks of Sweden’s Lule River, shaped by building regulations and its location’s Arctic conditions

By Jonathan Bell Published 3 February 23

Peep inside Luca Nichetto’s Pink Villa in Stockholm, part studio, part showroom

Welcome to the pink house that is the new Stockholm home to Luca Nichetto's team

By Maria Cristina Didero Published 18 January 23

The Hat House is a retreat straight out of a Swedish fairy tale

The Hat House by Tina Bergman Architects takes its cues from Swedish fairy tales and the woods around it

By Ellie Stathaki Published 10 December 22

‘A House’ is a minimalist Nordic cabin by emerging studio nāv

‘A House’ by studio nāv is an idyllic Nordic minimalist cabin

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 6 December 22

Wästberg presents ‘Holocene’ candleholders by Ilse Crawford, David Chipperfield and Ingegerd Råman

The new Holocene collection by Wästberg continues the Swedish brand's mission of combining cutting-edge technology with a humanistic approach to lighting

By Rosa Bertoli Published 30 November 22

Spit polish: Foreo introduces new mini face brushes and toothbrushes

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 3 November 22

White out: Swedish label Axel Arigato breezes into London

By Ali Morris Last updated 31 October 22

Sexual taboos, myth and montage: Linder’s provocative collages

In Stockholm, British artist Linder is destabilising normative ideas of sexuality in a new series of photomontages

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 31 October 22

Factory fun: Nordic students create innovative products for Lammhults

By Sujata Burman Last updated 31 October 22

Diving force: a pool and spa complex in Sweden has hidden depths

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 28 October 22

Totême and Halleroed create 3D installations around Stockholm

A series of perspective-shifting images lensed by photographer and director Mikael Jansson have been collaged across bold plinths by interior designers Halleroed 

By Laura Hawkins Last updated 27 October 22