Sweden Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Sweden - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Sweden.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Studio He’s timber retreat treads lightly in a Swedish birch forest
Studio He, a young architecture practice in Sweden, joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Big Branzino sauna floats in the Stockholm archipelago
The Big Branzino floating sauna by Sandellsandberg opens to guests in the Stockholm archipelago
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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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
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‘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
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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
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White out: Swedish label Axel Arigato breezes into London
By Ali Morris Last updated
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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
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Factory fun: Nordic students create innovative products for Lammhults
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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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
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Feminism, fantasy and furniture at Stockholm Design Week 2020
We traversed the Swedish capital to unlock the unmissable events at Stockholm Design Week 2020 (3-9 February) that included responsible design at Stockholm Furniture Fair, pop-ups in restaurants and ex-military bases, plus a recreated artist’s atelier
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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A tour of the new Acne Studio in London’s Mayfair
By Malaika Byng Last updated
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Villa Mörtnäs by Fourfoursixsix is an exercise in Swedish simplicity
By Helen Berg Last updated
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A 19th-century former crispbread factory and residence showcases new designs at Stockholm Design Week
By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated
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Ten years of change: Form Us With Love present a retrospective in Stockholm
By Sujata Burman Last updated