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  • Hanna Hirsch Pauli, Breakfast Time, 1887. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

    Monographic exhibition with Hanna Hirsch Pauli to open at Nationalmuseum on 19 June

    This summer, Nationalmuseum will be presenting the first monographic exhibition on Hanna Hirsch Pauli. It will provide a comprehensive overview of her long life as an artist, including her most famous paintings and works that have never been exhibited before. In Hanna Hirsch Pauli – The Art of Being Free, her art is exhibited in its own right for the first time.

  • Ernst Billgren, From Sveaborg to Fredriksten, 2024. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

    New art by Ernst Billgren exhibited at Nationalmuseum from 10 April

    Nationalmuseum is excited to present Ernst Billgren – New Memories, an exhibition with multiple new pieces by one of Sweden’s most renowned artists. Billgren challenges the art world’s unwritten laws and unspoken expectations with work that combines traditional art historical motifs with pop culture references and kitsch.
    The exhibition will feature about two dozen artworks by Billgren, in whic

  • Pierre Bonnard - Under the Tree (1915). Christies, New York.

    Exhibition ‘Bonnard and the Nordics’ Opening at Nationalmuseum on 20 February

    Pierre Bonnard was one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists. In iridescent images, the Frenchman captured the world around him: his home, family, garden, bustling streets, and the view on the ocean from his window. In recent years, crowds around the world have flocked to exhibitions of Bonnard’s paintings. Nationalmuseum’s exhibition is the first one in Sweden in more than seven dec

  •  Pierre Bonnard, Stairs in the Artist's Garden, 1942/44. Photo: National Gallery of Art, Washington.

    Exhibitions at Nationalmuseum 2025

    This coming year, Nationalmuseum will continue to deepen visitors’ understanding of popular artists in its collections, collaborate with other Nordic and European museums, and feature contemporary artists in its temporary exhibitions.

  • Left: Caspar David Friedrich, Caspar David Friedrich, Two men observing the moon. Right: Gustav Adolph Hennig, Reading Girl. both images are cropped.

    Revolutionary artworks from the Romantic era go on show at Nationalmuseum

    This autumn, Nationalmuseum is presenting a major exhibition entitled The Romantic Eye. Visitors will enjoy a full-on experience of the revolutionary artworks that appeared in the years around 1800, when art itself and the role of the artist evolved to reflect emerging ideas about independent thinking, individual experience and the creative mind. The exhibition runs from 26 September 2024.

  • Harriet Backer, Evening, Interior, 1896. Photo: National Museum/Børre Høstland.

    Exhibitions at Nationalmuseum 2024

    The year at Nationalmuseum begins with exhibitions about the Norwegian artist Harriet Backer and the Japanese designer Akira Minagawa. It then ends with a large exhibition about Romanticism with art both from the 19th century and contemporary art.

  • David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, Self-portrait with allegories. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

    Just like in a mirror opens 4 October at Nationalmuseum Jamtli

    The exhibition Just like in a mirror – portraits over five centuries presents men, women and children who lived in or served Sweden from the 16th century to the present day. Not all the subjects were born in the country, but they all contributed in various ways to its history or cultural life. Some of the artists and subjects have a connection with Jämtland.

  • Artist unknown, manufacturer C. A. Kjernås Eftr., Cigar Box, 1925. Photo: Bodil Karlsson/Nationalmuseum.

    The exhibition The Joy of Giving opens at Nationalmuseum 5 July

    Nationalmuseum’s collections include many exquisite, representative examples of Swedish and European silver from the 16th century to the present day. This unique collection has come about partly as a result of many generous donations and financial contributions received over the years. The exhibition The Joy of Giving presents some 80 gifts received by the museum in recent decades.

  • Claude Monet, Le Jardin de l’artiste à Giverny, 1900. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay)/Adrien Didierjean. Dan Dailey, Five Wild Dogs, 1998. Photo: Viktor Fordell/Nationalmuseum.

    Exhibitions at Nationalmuseum summer 2023

    During the summer you can see a number of exhibitions produced by Nationalmuseum. At Nationalmuseum in Stockholm you can see The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature, Beauty and the Unexpected and The Joy of Giving – silver donations. At The Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum Bathrooms for everyone! is on show, at Nationalmuseum Jamtli Ideal and Reality and at Läckö Castle Animals in Art.

  • Emily Erb, Lady Liberty, 2017 and Mark Burns, Old Queen, 1998. Photo: Viktor Fordell/Nationalmuseum.

    The exhibition Beauty and the Unexpected opens at Nationalmuseum 30 March

    Beauty and the Unexpected features modern and contemporary American crafts selected by former gallerist and craft educator Helen W. Drutt English. The exhibition displays 81 objects including jewelry, chairs, ceramics, wall pieces and textiles from the 1950s until today.

  • Peter Adolf Hall, Selfportrait, c. 1780. Photo: Bodil Karlsson/Nationalmuseum.

    Exhibition about the mysterious Swedish miniature painter Peter Adolf Hall at Nationalmuseum

    On 23 March Nationalmuseum opens an exhibition about the Swedish miniature painter Peter Adolf Hall. He revolutionised the art of miniature portraits in Paris in the latter half of the 18th century and enjoyed great success. But how Hall came by his innovative miniature painting technique, and how he learned or developed this art form, remains a mystery.

  • Johan Johnsen, Still Life with a Bouquet of Flowers. Photo: Erik Cornelius/Nationalmuseum.

    The exhibition The Garden opens at Nationalmuseum 23 February

    The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature takes the form of a grand tour showing how gardens have been portrayed in art. The exhibition includes more than 300 paintings, drawings, applied art and sculpture. Artists on display include Watteau, Boucher, Oudry, Le Nôtre, Monet and Carl Larsson and, from contemporary times, Peter Frie and Emma Helle.

  • Otto Hesselbom: Our Land. Motif from Dalsland, 1902. Photo: Nationalmuseum.

    Ideal and Reality – Nordic Nature opens 1 June at Nationalmuseum Jamtli

    This summer, Nationalmuseum Jamtli presents Ideal and Reality – Nordic Nature, an exhibition showing how nature has been depicted in art and applied art through the ages. The exhibition features some 130 works, paintings, drawings, photographs and applied art, all drawn from Nationalmuseum’s collections.

  • Anna Boberg, Northern Lights. Study from North Norway. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum. Lennart Nilsson, Gustaf V (1858-1950), king of Sweden, 1950. Photo: Lennart Nilsson Photography/TT Nyhetsbyrån.

    Exhibitions – Summer 2022

    During the summer you can see exhibitions produced by Nationalmuseum at tourist destinations throughout Sweden.

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