Welcome to celebrate National Day in the most Swedish of places.
From 9 am we offer a Swedish breakfast with bread baked with cultural cereals, Swedish cheese and charcuterie. From 11:30 we serve a menu bursting of traditional Swedish flavours.
On the vibrant square in front of the restaurant, you can enjoye fantastic sausages from the barbecue or our fried herring, served on crisp bread with herb mayonnaise, pickled red onions and potato puree, i’ts already a classic.
National Day menu 595:-/p
Amuse bouche
Cold nettle soup with a wedge of egg (served in a smaller cup) Starter
Herring with lumpfish roe, sour cream, red onion, crumbled cress and Västerbotten cheese Main course
Lightly gravelled Arctic char with butter-fried chanterelles, pickled root vegetables and horseradish cream Dessert
Strawberry cake with vanilla cream and whipped cream
On 30 May, there will be two open lectures in Aula Magna at Stockholm University with two of the world’s leading researchers in prehistoric DNA, as part of a Nobel symposium.
Ludovic Orlando on “The Taming of the Horse” and talks about how prehistoric DNA has changed our understanding of horse domestication.
Beth Shapiro on “Can We Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth?”, where she discusses the science behind and the possibilities of recreating extinct species.
Speakers:
Ludovic Orlando, Director CAGT at the University of Toulouse
Beth Shapiro, Chief Science Officer at Colossal Biosciences
Date and time: 30 May, kl 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Aula Magna, Stockholm University
Free of charge, no registration.
Language: English
The Bert Bolin Lecture on Climate Research is given annually to commemorate professor Bert Bolin and his pioneering work for climate research at Stockholm University and internationally.
This year’s Bert Bolin Climate Lecturer is Professor Paulo Artaxo from the Center for Amazonian Sustainability, University of São Paulo. Professor Artaxo will join us here in Stockholm on the 7th of May to give a public lecture titled Climate Change and the Amazon Forest: a close relationship.
Date: Wednesday 7 May Time: 14.00 – 15.00 Location: Aula Magna, Stockholm University
Join Heather Wood and Viktor Eriksson for a guided bat walk around Stockholm University campus. Before the guided walk there will be a talk on bat ecology and the use of detectors for surveying bats. Both Heather and Viktor are landscape ecologists interested in how historic and present land-use affects biodiversity and they will explain some of the important habitats on the campus and how this relates to biodiversity today.
Time: 7th June 20:30 – 22:30
Venue: Meet outside the University tunnelbana
Language: English
Maximum participants: 20
Since the late eighteenth century, science, architecture, and art have interacted with nature in the area that is now Campus Frescati. Parts of this earlier history are still visible, others have disappeared. A new era began in 1960, when the Stockholm University College became a state university, and preparations began to create a campus for this new seat of learning. During the tour, we will look at art, architecture and nature at Frescati, inside and out, focusing on the period from 1960 until the present day.
Merit Laine will guide the tour. She is Associate Professor of Art History and Curator of the Stockholms University Art Collections.
Time: 12 May Time: 17-18
Place: Meeting point at Studenthuset, main entrance, Stockholm University, Frescati
Every day from 3 June – 6 September, Princess Estelle’s Sculpture Park is staffed between 12.00 – 16.00. At 13.00 and 15.00 there will also be a guided tour of the sculpture park, which is completely free to take part in and no pre-registration is required. Dress for the weather, the tour will not be cancelled due to rain!
Artist of the Year 2026: Cristina Iglesias
Cristina Iglesias, born in November 1956, lives and works in Madrid. She studied chemistry before training at Chelsea School of Art in London and is regarded as one of the most influential contemporary sculptors. Over more than four decades, Iglesias has developed an artistic language at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, and nature. Working in materials such as bronze, steel, glass, and water, she creates large-scale works that often relate to the history of a site.
Every year, Princess Estelle’s Sculpture Park in the Rosendal area of Royal Djurgården is enriched with a new site-specific permanent sculpture. Previous artists include Alice Aycock, Elmgreen & Dragset, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Giuseppe Penone and Monika Sosnowska. The Artist of the Year 2026 is Cristina Iglesias.
Meet some of the people who died on the warship Vasa when it sank on the 10th of August in 1628.
The exhibtion tells the story of how they perished, but also offers a glimpse of how they lived.
In recent years, researchers at the Vasa Museum have re-examined the skeletons in collaboration with experts in DNA, osteology and isotope analysis. This has resulted in more information about, among other things, what these people looked like, how they were dressed and what they carried with them on their journey, and about where they came from, whether they were related to each other and what diseases they were predisposed to.
The exhibition also tells a story of the human aspects of the disaster. Its aims to display a little something about the happiness and anticipation of the travellers which suddenly turned into chaos and despair.
Meet the couple who died in each other’s arms, the boy with the fancy shoes and the woman in a red cap.
Gustav III’s Pavilion in Haga Park is one of the highlights of Swedish art history and is considered to have the country’s most perfect Gustavian interior.
The pavilion was built by architect Olof Tempelman – with detailed instructions from the dedicated King Gustav III. Another great artist of the time, Louis Masreliez, was commissioned for the interior work, making him a trendsetter in the interior design of that era.
The building was part of Gustav III’s grand visions for Haga Park, many of which never progressed beyond the drawing board. The king managed to use the pavilion for a couple of years. It was from here that Gustav III set off for the fateful masquerade ball at the Opera in March 1792.
Opening hours:
31 May – 15 June: Saturday-Sunday
17 June – 17 August: Tuesday-Sunday
23 August – 31 August: Saturday-Sunday
The palace is open in conjunction with guided tours.
In Swedish: at 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
In English: at 13:00 and 15:00
Gustav III’s Pavilion in Haga Park is one of the highlights of Swedish art history and is considered to have the country’s most perfect Gustavian interior.
The pavilion was built by architect Olof Tempelman – with detailed instructions from the dedicated King Gustav III. Another great artist of the time, Louis Masreliez, was commissioned for the interior work, making him a trendsetter in the interior design of that era.
The building was part of Gustav III’s grand visions for Haga Park, many of which never progressed beyond the drawing board. The king managed to use the pavilion for a couple of years. It was from here that Gustav III set off for the fateful masquerade ball at the Opera in March 1792.
Opening hours:
31 May – 15 June: Saturday-Sunday
17 June – 17 August: Tuesday-Sunday
23 August – 31 August: Saturday-Sunday
The palace is open in conjunction with guided tours.
In Swedish: at 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
In English: at 13:00 and 15:00
Gustav III’s Pavilion in Haga Park is one of the highlights of Swedish art history and is considered to have the country’s most perfect Gustavian interior.
The pavilion was built by architect Olof Tempelman – with detailed instructions from the dedicated King Gustav III. Another great artist of the time, Louis Masreliez, was commissioned for the interior work, making him a trendsetter in the interior design of that era.
The building was part of Gustav III’s grand visions for Haga Park, many of which never progressed beyond the drawing board. The king managed to use the pavilion for a couple of years. It was from here that Gustav III set off for the fateful masquerade ball at the Opera in March 1792.
Opening hours:
31 May – 15 June: Saturday-Sunday
17 June – 17 August: Tuesday-Sunday
23 August – 31 August: Saturday-Sunday
The palace is open in conjunction with guided tours.
In Swedish: at 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
In English: at 13:00 and 15:00
Ulriksdal’s beautiful palace park is filled with handicrafts and delicacies during the three days. Take the opportunity to walk in the park and visit Ulriksdal castle, the castle theater and the castle chapel!
Rosendal Garden Party is by far the most magical concert evening of the summer. 3 days with world stars, good food & drink, art, activities & experiences in a hidden oasis on Djurgården in Stockholm.
Each night has a unique identity – a headliner in the company of other well-chosen stars and timeless favourites. Everything is held together by the atmospheric setting at Rosendal, Djurgården.
This year, the Rosendal Garden Party is visited by the German pioneers Kraftwerk, Lars Winnerbäck’s only gig this year, the icon Chaka Khan and the hitmaker Sean Paul. Don’t miss the highlight of the summer 13-15 June!
We limit car and bus traffic for a few hours so you can cycle 50km and enjoy our wonderful city at your own pace.
You’ll bike down at Norrmälarstrand, up Fredhäll, over Västerbron, enjoying Skeppsbron and Gamla Stan. Then the yard goes via Fridhemsplan, St Eriksbron, Norrtull and Sveavägen down Frö Kungsgatan and up Sturegatan. You have just cycled through some of Stockholm’s most fantastic streets and are heading out on leafy Djurgården, we forest and colonial area to the University, pass the Museum of Natural History and soon have coffee at the Royal Djurgårdsförvaltningen in Stora skuggan. The tour then continues through one of Stockholm’s newer areas, Norra Djurgårdstaden to Värtahamnen, Frihamnen and then into the greenery. We pass DIF’s training facility, Djurgårdsbrunn, Campus Manilla, and Rosendal before we leave the King’s land and continue up Narvavägen, take the roundabout at Karlaplan and cycle the entire Karlavägen until it becomes Birger Jarlsgatan, now the tour is almost over. We turn towards the City again and cycle Birger Jarlsgatan, Norrlandsgatan and Kungsträdgårdsgatan, slow down a little, a little and take a right turn to finish at Gustav Adolfs Torg between Slott, Operan and UD.
Organizer: Sthlm Bike CK, a different cycling association
Ulriksdal Palace is situated by Edsviken in the Royal National City Park. It was built in the 17th century. Highlights include rooms decorated in the 19th century for Karl XV and the Grand Living Room, furnished by Carl Malmsten in 1923 for the Crown Prince couple Gustaf (VI) Adolf and Louise
Several monarchs have left their mark on the palace – Fredrik I, Karl XIV Johan, Karl XV and Gustaf VI Adolf, who was the last to use the palace as a royal residence. Queen Kristina also appreciated the palace so much that she had her coronation procession depart from Ulriksdal Palace in 1650.
The palace is surrounded by a large park, which includes an orangery built in the 17th century. Today, it serves as a fantastic exhibition space for the National Museum’s collection of Swedish sculpture.
Opening Hours:
3 May – 15 June and 23 August – 28 September, Saturdays and Sundays
The palace is open for guided tours.
In Swedish at 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
In English at 15:00
17 June – 17 August, Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00–16:00
Self-guided tours of the palace
Guided tours:
In Swedish at 12:00, 13:00, 14:00
In English at 15:00
Orangery
17 June – 17 August, Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00–16:00
Self-guided tours
Guided tour:
In Swedish at 13:00
This year, ‘The Philharmonic in the green’ celebrates 50 years! The outdoor concert at the Maritime History Museum at Gärdet is a valued summer tradition, it’s always very a popular event and a must in Stockholm at summertime. Bring a picnic and listen to wonderful music with the Royal Philharmonic along with guest artists. The area opens at 11 a.m. with instrument testing for the children in the Concert Hall’s tent. The concert starts at 2 p.m. Food and drink are also sold in the area.
Organiser: Konserthuset Stockholm/Kungliga Filharmonikerna, Dagens Nyheter and Kungliga Hovstaterna.
Location: Gärdet, the lawn in front of The National Maritime Museum. To get there you can walk along beautiful Djurgårdsbrunnsviken or take bus 69 from Centralen.
Rosendal was a summer palace where members of the royal family could come to escape the formalities of courtly life in the city. It is so well-preserved that one gets a sense of how it actually looked when the Bernadottes stayed here. This makes the palace a unique document of the Swedish Empire style, also known as the Karl Johan style.
Rosendal Palace was built in the 1820s for King Karl XIV Johan. One of the more significant architects of the time, Fredrik Blom, was commissioned to design and construct the palace building. The building was manufactured as a prefabricated house.
Opening hours:
31 May – 15 June: Saturday-Sunday
17 June – 17 August: Tuesday-Sunday
23 August – 31 August: Saturday-Sunday
The palace is open in conjunction with guided tours at 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, and 15:00. Tour are given in Swedish and English.
Organizer: The Royal Palaces
Location: Rosendal Palace
Photo: Gomer Swahn
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