ABBA-museum on MySpace
Premiere for ABBA the Museum at MySpace! Our new place for ABBA the Museum's Friends. Here you can follow the construction work, see unique pictures, watch video clips, send Messages and Comments. The page will continously be updated with interesting material and information.
We celebrate the premiere by taking you on a short video tour inside the old building called Stora Tullhuset (the Big Customs House), before we begin to transform the interior into an interactive experience where you can sing, dance an participate in the ABBA history with all your senses.
Please add ABBA the Museum to your own MySpace page and if you like tell your friends.
Change in program for crowning of Lucia
Both day and time for crowning of the Swedish Lucia has changed. This years Lucia will be crowned on Sollidenscenen at Skansen Saturday December 1 from 17.00 o'clock. Lucia and her company will return to perform on Lucia day December 13. Read more about Christmas programme at Skansen here.
Stockholm, je t'aime
Vasastan the new artcentre in Stockholm
Photo: Art by Rémy Zaugg, Galleri Nordenhake
Vasastan area in Stockholm is becomming the new contemporary art centre of Stockholm. The industrial brickbuilding, designed in 1930 by the City Hall architect Ragnar Östberg, has now turned into the home of Stockholms seven premier art galleries: Brändström & Stene, Andrén-Schiptjenko, Gallerie Nordenhake, Natalia Goldin, Christian Larsens Aerea, Maria Sundberg galleri och Map (Mobile art production). The galleries are situated on Hudiksvallsgatan 6-8, Vanadisplan in Vasastan. An art-tour in Stockholm would start at Bonniers Konsthall on Torsgatan, via Galleri Loyal on Karlbergsvägen and then on to the new gallerycluster at Vanadisplan and en in the galleries on Östermalm.
Culture night at Kulturhuset in October
Photo: Kulturhusnatten/Darya & Månskensorkestern
For the third year in a row Kulturhuset (culture house) in Stockholm arranges its culture-house-night starting at 19.30 hours on friday October 12 and ends at 01.00. The whole house will open and filled with music, film, dance, artists, performances, bars, art and cirkus. It kosts 20 SEK for all events during the night.
Medieval museum moves temporary
The Medieval Museum (Medeltidsmuseet) will open its new temporary premises at Kulturhuset on August 14 at 12.00 oclock. The Medieval museum, free entrance, will open a shop, a smaller exhibition area and a childrens corner at Kulturhuset, groundfloor opposite Klarascenen. It will be open for public between 11-19 on weekdays and 11-17 on weekends. Mondays closed. The museum is moving due to the renovation of Norrbro bridge.
Design theme at 3 museums
10 stories - Swedish art 1910-1945 at Moderna museet features Ivan Aguéli, Nils von Dardel, Siri Derkert, Sven X-et Erixon, Sigrid Hjertén. (until 9 september)
Game Art at Galleri K1, Kulturhuset how artists are inspired by computer games?. Exhibition between August 30 and October 7, 2007.
Missed the Eric Höglund Collection?
Swedish glass is world famous and Eric Höglunds? glass is collective items even outside Sweden. One of Stockholms unknown pearls are situated at the Färgfabriken museum. They hosts a permanent collection of Eric Höglunds powerful and expressive glass. A 450m2 permanent exhibition including paintings and works from wrought iron, bronze and glass through Eric Hoglund's 50 years as an active artist. During his career he also made over 150 commissioned works for public spaces in Sweden as well as abroad.
Färgfabriken is closed during the summer but Eric Höglund Collection is open Tuesday-Thursday
Carl Eldh Studio Museum enters cyberspace
One of our ?unknown pearls? is the Carl Eldh Studio Museum. Due to the construction of Norra länken (car tunnel) the museum is closed during 2007. But don?t despair: In the meantime you can enjoy their new website.
Carl Eldh (1873-1954) was one of Sweden's most prominent sculptors during the first half of the 20th century. The studio in which he worked and lived for more than three decades is now preserved as a museum. This unusual wooden building was designed in 1919 by the architect Ragnar Östberg, who also designed the Stockholm City Hall and other buildings of note, and it contains several hundred sculptures by Carl Eldh.
Medieval museum moves temporarily
The Museum of Medieval Stockholm will temporarily be housed in Kulturhuset, at Sergels torg right in the middle of Stockholm, where a small display and shop will be opening on 14 August. The move is necessary because of the renovation of Norrbro (the North Bridge). While this is taking place we will be rebuilding our permanent displays. The new Museum of Medieval Stockholm is expected to open in the late autumn of 2009 or the spring of 2010.
Best Swedish art galleries
Eight Swedish art experts have chosen the best Museum/Art Gallery in Sweden published in Swedish designmagazine Konstvärlden & Disajn. Three of the top five are situated in Stockholm: Number 1; Magasin 3, Number 2; Bonniers Konsthall and Number 3; Millesgården
